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Town seeks to curb horseshoe crab harvestingBy erika karP

With its horseshoe crab population dwindling, Town of Brookhaven officials are calling on the New York State Depart-ment of Environmental Conser-vation to ban harvesting within 500 feet of town property.

At the Mount Sinai Harbor Marine Stewardship Center at Cedar Beach on Tuesday, Super-visor Ed Romaine (R) announced

the Brookhaven Town Board is poised to approve a message in support of the ban at Thursday night’s board meeting.

Horseshoe crabs are har-vested for bait and medicinal purposes, as their blue blood, which is worth an estimated $15,000 a quart, is used in the biomedical and pharmaceuti-cal industries to detect bacte-rial contamination in drugs and medical supplies, due to its

special properties.While there is already a har-

vesting ban in place for Mount Sinai Harbor, Romaine is seek-

ing to expand the restriction across the North and South shores so the crabs have a safe

Photos by erika Karp top, an approximately 3- to 4-year-old horseshoe crab; above, Supervisor ed romaine and Brookhaven’s chief environmental analyst anthony graves.

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Full-day kindergarten is officially coming to the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, as residents approved a $56.7 million budget for the 2015-16 school year.

Under the spending plan, the district will expand its current half-day kinder-garten program to full — a move backed by many parents as well as the teachers’ union. The budget also maintains class sizes, offerings and extracurricular ac-tivities, and brings the Columbia Univer-sity’s Teachers College Writing Project — which provides writing curriculum and professional development for teachers — to grades kindergarten through fifth.

The budget passed with 1,241 yes votes to 316 votes against.

Superintendent Gordon Brosdal, who joined the district last summer, called the support “outstanding,” and expressed satisfaction that Mount Sinai would no longer be one of the few districts on Long Island left without full day kindergarten.

“To have that margin means to me the community supported the budget,” he said on Tuesday after the vote.

A resident with an average assessed

home value of $3,500 will see an annual tax increase of $156.

Throughout the past few months, school board trustees and officials have urged residents to show up and vote. The district has had a relatively low voter turn-out over the years, and Brosdal previously stated that elected officials do take notice. Compared to last year, 40 more residents cast a ballot in the budget vote.

“I think, to a degree, voters did hear our plea and came out,” Trustee Ed Law said.

The budget wasn’t the only item resi-dents voted on. They also approved a proposition for library services at either the Comsewogue Public Library or Port Jefferson Free Library, and re-elected incumbent board trustee, Lynn Capo-bianco, to a second term, and newcom-er Mike Riggio with 678 votes and 993 votes, respectively. Candidates John De-Blasio and Joanne Rentz missed election.

Despite his loss on Tuesday, DeBlasio, a 54-year-old attorney, said he was happy the budget passed. Rentz, a 51-year-old brand manager, was not immediately available for comment on Wednesday. In a Facebook post Tuesday night, she thanked her supporters and said she hopes for great things in Mount Sinai.

Riggio, a 42-year-old retired New York City Police Department commander in the department’s counterterrorism unit, touted his security background and bud-geting experience during his campaign. He said on Tuesday evening that he want-ed to thank everyone who voted and that win or lose, the experience was “cool.”

“I think people like how I was honest,”

he said.Capobianco, a 65-year-old retired

Mount Sinai school librarian, said she was grateful for the community’s support and excitement about full-kindergarten, now a reality.

“I am thrilled that our program is now a full k-12 program,” she said. “... It has been a long time coming.

Mount Sinai gets full-day kindergarten2015-16 budget passes by nearly 80 percent

Photo by Erika KarpMike riggio, center, speaks to his new fellow school board trustees following Tuesday’s election.


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Reh, Casswell elected to RP school boardBudget approved with nearly 77 percent of the voteBy Jenni Culkin

The Rocky Point Union Free School District’s proposed $78.78 million 2015-16 school year budget was approved Tuesday with great support.

The spending plan, which increased by 2.46 percent from the current year, passed with 788 votes compared to 237 votes against.

The budget maintains just about all programs and activities. However, as the district was faced with a large increase in special education costs, administrators moved to decrease the district’s Striving for Higher Achievement at Rocky Point, known as SHARP, at the elementary level. While the after-school component of the program is eliminated, summer SHARP will continue and after-school extra help will still be offered.

Residents also re-elected incumbent school board Vice President Scott Reh to the board, while Ed Casswell was elected and will fill Trustee John Lessler’s seat. Lessler did not seek re-election. Reh re-ceived 670 votes and Casswell received 588. Unsuccessfully, Donna McCauley garnered 452 votes.

More than 40 people waited patiently for the election and budget results in the Rocky Point High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening.

Reh, the 48-year-old athletic director for Mount Sinai schools, has served on the board for five years. He said he will “advocate for transparency” and “try to give every student the opportunity to suc-ceed” during his next term on the board.

“My plans are to continue working with the current board,” Reh said.

In a phone interview Wednesday morning, Casswell, 50, said he was ex-cited to be part of the team. The Center Moriches High School principal said he will draw his attention to a capital im-provements bond referendum the board is considering moving forward.

Some residents have voiced concerns over social media that the election of both candidates — who were endorsed by the district’s teachers union — cre-ates a singular point of view on the school board, as all the trustees come from education backgrounds or deal with educators.

In a phone interview, McCauley, who ran last year as well, expressed a similar concern. She said she plans on asking the board to reconsider its candidacy require-ments and enact stricter requirements for public entities endorsing candidates.

“I have nothing against [the teacher union], but it creates an unfair advan-tage,” she said.

While this is her last time running, she vowed to stick around.

“I will continue to be involved in any way that I am able,” she said.

But Casswell said that as a trustee he is a parent first and believes everyone is looking out for the kids.

“We’re working for the betterment of our children,” Casswell said. “Under that premise, I don’t’ think I have any concerns about excluding any groups of individuals.”

Erika Karp contributed reporting

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Miller Place residents came out in support of the district’s proposed nearly $70 million budget on Tuesday with 79 percent of voters casting a “yes” ballot.

The approved budget, which stays within the district’s tax levy increase cap of 2.85 percent, maintains pro-grams and adds a few new instructional programs, support services and extra-curricular activities. Out of the 1,226 ballot papers lodged, 964 were in the affirmative.

In addition, residents approved a proposition for library services and elected Keith Frank, 50, as their new school board trustee.

“I think that almost 80 percent is cer-tainly a record in the district for the bud-get and in a light voter turnout, it means even more,” school board president, Mike Unger, said.

Frank, an attorney and father of three kids, waited anxiously for the results to be announced on Tuesday evening. He received 781 votes, while opponent Mike Manspeizer, 55, fell short with 287 votes. After finding out he won, Frank smiled and was congratulated by other board members. He said it felt great to

be elected. “I just want to thank everyone for

coming out and voting,” Frank said. “I’m just looking forward to the next three years.”

The newcomer will take Unger’s seat as the board president did not seek re-election for a third term. In an email, Unger said he feels the board is in great shape and it’s a good time to hand things off. Frank will assume his school board role on July 1.

“I am pleased with Keith Frank as the new trustee,” Unger said. “Both candi-dates had valuable experience to offer. Keith will be a great addition who will work very well with the existing board, the administration and the community.”

Manspeizer said he will continue to serve and be involved in the community.

“I am disappointed in the outcome, but I have a great deal of respect for Keith and I know he’ll do a great job,” he said.

Miller Place Superintendent Mari-anne Higuera said she was pleased the budget passed.

“We’re very appreciative of the com-munity’s support of our programs and staff, and we look forward to another successful year,” she said.

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Photo by Erika KarpKeith Frank, left with school board president, Mike Unger, right, finds out he won a seat on the Miller Place school board.


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IndebtedA Pagnotta Drive resident in Port

Jefferson Station reported on May 11 that somebody used her debit card to make unauthorized purchases.

Punches and piesA man reported a person hit the

back of his head without reason while at a Port Jefferson pizza parlor on Main Street on May 16 at around 3:18 a.m. Police said the man suffered a minor laceration and was transported to St. Charles Hospital for treatment.

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tion woman and a 45-year-old Port Jefferson Station man were arrested in Port Jefferson on May 15 on pub-lic lewdness charges. According to police, the man was touching the woman’s breasts in view of the pub-lic. The woman was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, the muscle-relaxer carisoprodol.

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object to damage a 1994 Saturn while it was parked in front of an Ashland Street residence in Mount Sinai be-tween May 13 and May 14.

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Sound Beach reported that between May 12 and May 13 a person took tires from his backyard.

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Point reported a verbal dispute be-tween himself and a neighbor, who pushed the complainant to the ground on May 15. According to police, the dispute was over leaves and the com-plainant wasn’t injured.

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graffiti in Tiki Action Park on Middle Country Road in Centereach on May 14.

Knock, knockA Gould Road resident in Cente-

reach reported that on May 13 two males in their early 20s assaulted him after he answered his door. The sus-pects took cash from the complainant and fled. It was unclear if the victim

required medical attention.

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tereach reported that unknown peo-ple threw rocks at her home’s window, shattering it, on May 11.

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arrested for second-degree harass-ment, third-degree criminal mischief and acting in a manner to injure a child. Police said the man smashed a window, a lighted neon sign and a cigarette bucket at a Centereach tattoo shop during a May 11 incident.

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County strengthens domestic violence safeguardsBy Phil Corso

The county’s proactive push to em-power victims of domestic violence reached another milestone on Tuesday when the Legislature unanimously ap-proved a pilot program that would slap ankle bracelets on offenders under an order of protection.

County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) ignited the domestic violence discussion last month when the county approved her legislation providing law enforcement and victims with danger assessment tools that identify high-risk offenders. Her efforts turned an-other corner with the approval of leg-islation on May 12 in what she said was a multi-faceted approach toward mak-ing Suffolk’s domestic violence policy stronger than it’s ever been.

The latest pieces of legislation make Global Positioning System technology available for electronic monitoring of those in the family and criminal court systems subject to a “stay away” order of protection — which is more restric-tive than a “refrain from” order — and pose a continuing threat to the safety of a victim or their children, Hahn said.

“This has been something I’ve wanted to work on since getting here,” said Hahn, whose personal experience as a victim of domestic violence brings the issue to the

top of her list of priorities. “One of the things that was important to me was deal-ing with orders of protection. I had an or-der of protection and it’s very frightening — and I’ve heard over and over again over the years — that it’s just a piece of paper with no ability to truly protect the victim. That’s what I’m trying to fix.”

Both bills were virtually replicas of one another, but were specific to criminal and family courts respec-tively. The county’s district attorney would acquire the GPS units and the offenders would have to cover the cost of monitoring, she said.

Tom Spota, Suffolk County district attorney, threw his support behind Hahn’s initiative.

“I have every confidence this pilot program will be successful in effec-tively protecting victims of domestic violence,” he said in a statement.

In 2013 alone, the state division of criminal justice reported that there were more than 1,500 violations of or-ders of protection in the county. That statistic, coupled with the fact that do-mestic violence accounted for 21 per-cent of all violent victimizations na-tionwide from 2003 to 2012, was what spurred Hahn to bulk up her domestic violence agenda, she said.

“In my experience as a federal prosecu-tor, GPS devices serve as a real deterrent,”

said Tim Sini, assistant deputy Suffolk County executive. “In the moment of passion, an offender often thinks twice before reoffending when he knows he is being monitored by law enforcement.”

The pilot program would provide the county with 30 new GPS devices to be used when judges assign offenders to an order of protection. The technol-ogy could be used in one of two ways — either tracking offenders so they

stay away from a victim’s home or jobs, or acting as proximity detectors and letting victims know if an offender is near them. The latter form of tracking would be optional for victims.

“Having been someone who had an or-der of protection and was afraid that the offender would come, it gives you peace of mind as a victim knowing you could be alerted,” Hahn said. “If a victim doesn’t like it, they don’t have to [wear] it.”

Photo from Kara Hahnlegislator Kara hahn, center, pitches the pieces of legislation that would employ GPs technology to keep offenders away from domestic violence victims in suffolk County.


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By Elana Glowatz

Port Jefferson Free Library is checking out architects as it moves toward expand-ing its facilities, officials announced last week during a breakfast meeting with lo-cal community members.

At the meeting, library staffers up-dated a few dozen neighborhood leaders on the library’s strategic plan, which its board of trustees recently finalized and includes ideas of how the institution will serve residents in the future.

Those plans involve branching out to two properties the library acquired adja-cent to its central building at the corner of Thompson and East Main streets: a residence on Thompson and a business on East Main. The goal of expansion is to bring the Teen Center, which is now housed in a separate building across East Main Street, into the main building.

And an “inadequacy of library meet-ing space, in addition to parking chal-lenges, were prime considerations,” library board President Laura Hill Timpanaro said in a statement.

The library is looking to hire an archi-tectural firm that will consider the area’s historical character while designing the potential expansion, Library Director Robert Goykin said in a phone interview last week. “The library board is extreme-

ly committed to preserving the historic streetscape and the historic nature of this corner of the town.”

Once the board hires an architect, there will be public meetings to get com-munity feedback and suggestions during the design process.

“We want to keep the public in-formed and aware every step of the way,” Goykin said.

According to a press release from the library, the adjacent property on East Main Street, which currently houses Scented Cottage Garden, measures 7,750 square feet.

The director said the property would help the library meet village parking re-quirements while satisfying the library’s special needs.

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Goykin said that the breakfast meet-ing at the library was positive, as the community offered supportive com-ments “and really showed how much the public appreciates the library here in Port Jeff.” He said that it’s a good sign for the future, in terms of receiving com-munity input on the design of the facility expansion.

“To see this diverse group of people seemingly in agreement … is a good start.”

Photo from Robert GoykinPort Jefferson Free library board President laura Hill timpanaro and library Director Rob-ert Goykin present the findings of the library’s strategic plan to more than 40 community leaders on wednesday.

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Suffolk County GOP seeks to attract Latino voters By Rohma aBBas

County Republicans are vying for the votes of Suffolk Latinos.

A county GOP press release last week announced that for the first time in its history, it would be creating a Hispanic alliance tasked with register-ing Latino voters and recruit-ing potential candidates to run for office.

“For far too long, the politi-cal left has taken the Hispanic community for granted and recent polls indicate a growing frustration with the Democrat party’s lack of family values and understanding of small busi-ness,” GOP chairman John Jay LaValle said in the statement. “It is clearly time for Suffolk Coun-ty’s Hispanic families to seek an alternative and the Republican Party is that alternative.”

Republicans are seeking to tap into a growing Latino elec-torate in Suffolk County, the statement said. According to Nick LaLota, the Republican commissioner of the Suffolk County Board of Elections, La-tinos comprise about 7.8 per-cent of Suffolk County’s 907,000 total registered voters this year. That’s up from 5.82 percent in 2006, he said.

When drawing up the fig-ures, BOE officials analyzed the last names of voters to deter-mine which individuals have “Hispanic-oriented” names,

LaLota said. And while it’s not an “exact science,” it gives of-ficials an idea of the growth of the population.

Two Hispanic Republicans — Brookhaven’s Jose Nunez and Victoria Serpa of Islip — will co-chair the Suffolk County Republican Hispanic Alliance, LaValle said. When reached this week, Nunez said he felt there was a great opportunity for the Republicans to attract Hispanic voters, who traditionally lean Democratic.

“We believe that they have the same core values— family, business,” he said. “They’re very conservative. There’s a lot of re-ligion. I think there’s a pool of people right here that haven’t been reached.”

But as far as Suffolk County Democratic Chairman Rich Schaffer is concerned, the Re-

publicans were late to the party. He noted the Democrats have backed several Hispanic indi-viduals who were elected

“It’s about time,” Schaffer said. “We don’t need press re-leases. We’ve been doing it for years. We welcome them to fi-nally recognizing that the His-panic population is an impor-tant part of our county.”

Nunez said the GOP’s new alliance would also serve an educational purpose — engag-ing Latino voters in a political dialogue and perhaps dispelling fears of the political process that some may acquaint with their native countries.

It’s “smart” for Republicans to be reaching out to Hispanic voters, according to Xavier Pa-lacios, a Huntington resident,

school board member and co-founder of the Friends of Hun-tington Station Latin Quar-ter — a group established to revitalize Huntington Station through business develop-ment, mentorship, vocational training and other programs. The number-one issue on the minds of Hispanics, Palacios said, is immigration reform, and it’s something Republi-cans need to address head-on if they’re going to attract La-tino voters.

“I think it can no longer be the hot potato,” he said. “A solu-tion to real immigration reform needs to be had, needs to be dis-cussed as a real issue.”

Not everyone thinks that La-tinos care most about the immi-gration issue. Nunez said there

are many Latinos out there who feel people should arrive and settle in the country through legal channels. He also said im-migration was a federal issue, not a local one.

Other issues on the local level are of importance to Lati-nos too, Palacios said — namely economic opportunity. He said Republicans and Democrats would be smart “in focusing on pocketbook issues,” as many first-and-second-generation La-tino residents are staggered in professions or can’t afford col-lege. Immigrants come here to fulfill the American Dream for their children, something that appears to be becoming more challenging.

“Folks nowadays, in my view, are losing that dream,” he said.

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File photo by Rohma Abbas above, Latinos congregate at Xavier Palacios’ law office in huntington station last year to watch President Barack obama announcing executive orders on immigration. Right, suffolk County GoP Chairman John Jay LaValle.


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reach sexual maturity.“We think it is time not to stop or pro-

hibit the harvesting of horseshoe crabs … but instead to say, ‘Not within town properties,’” Romaine stated.

Brookhaven’s Chief Environmental Analyst Anthony Graves and clean-water advocacy group Defend H20’s founder and president, Kevin McAl-lister, joined Romaine at the Tuesday morning press conference.

Graves said the ban would help preserve the 450-million-year-old spe-cies’ population.

Preserving the species affects more than just the crabs: If the population continues to shrink, other species — like the red knot bird, which eats the crab eggs — will suffer.

“They are in some ways an ecologi-cal keystone species,” Graves said. “That means that they serve a function beyond their individual existence.”

East Coast waterways are the epicen-ter for the crabs and, according to McAl-lister, states like New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia have already enacted har-vesting limits. The crabs’ nesting season starts in mid-May and lasts until the end of June. Officials said the crabs are often-times harvested at night and illegally.

Romaine said he has asked all of the town’s waterfront villages to support the measure. If the DEC moves forward with the ban, Romaine said the town could help the department with en-forcement by establishing an intermu-nicipal agreement.

A DEC representative did not imme-diately return a request for comment.

CRABSContinued from page A1

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As the dust attempts to settle follow-ing two weeks of state assessment ad-ministration, preceded by months of po-litically charged debate and activism, I’ll, once again, express my plea that the state powers-that-be reflect on the situation and its root causes and attempt to redi-rect their decision-making toward what is in the best interests of the children of New York.

I can attest to the fact that the admin-istrators, teachers and staff members in Huntington clearly understand their re-sponsibilities. They continue to develop and refine their crafts but have never lost sight of the individual differences dem-onstrated by the students in their class-rooms or buildings. They comprehend the concept of college and career readi-ness and recognize their roles within a systemic approach to a child’s educa-tion. They have instructionally prepared their students in alignment with the new standards, while continually striv-

ing to instill in students a love of learn-ing. They have done everything possible to put aside their anxieties in the face of statewide educational unrest, rapidly moving evaluation targets and mandates that seemingly appear out of nowhere. I imagine all of this is characteristic of the majority of schools and districts throughout the state.

I’d like to think that some learning has been accomplished or perspective gained from recent events. For example, broad-scale changes are likely to meet with failure if necessary preparations are not made or if measures are not put into place to facilitate those changes. (The cli-ché applies — one cannot build a plane while it is being flown.) No amount of federal monies is worth the potential out-comes of a rushed and, therefore, flawed change process.

I’ll add that the importance of ac-countability and evaluation should not be minimized. But an unproven system based on unproven measures will surely contribute to inaccurate outcomes — both false positive and false negative.

Education Law §3012-d has been passed. It requires the state’s Board of Re-gents to redesign the Annual Profession-al Performance Review (APPR) process

by June 30 and subsequently requires districts to submit a new plan by Sept. 1. The bulk of plan development would be slated for a time when key stakeholders may not be available.

There are numerous education-related issues facing New York at this juncture. These issues must be approached with common sense and, again, with an eye toward what is best for our students. Why not begin such an approach with accepting the recent recommendation and allowing districts until at least Sep-tember 2016 to build valid and sensible APPR plans? Give districts the time, re-sources and capacity to do this right. Pro-vide them with the guidance and support

they need. Leave threats of withholding aid out of the equation.

Education in New York is broken as a result of misguided and rushed initia-tives that have left districts to their own devices to address state policy issues and misinformation spread throughout their communities. It is imperative that those in Albany reflect on what has happened and take the critical steps needed to re-store transparency, close the wounds and repair what was and could return to be-ing one of the finest educational systems in the country.

Jim Polansky is the superintendent of the Huntington school district and former high school principal.

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In education reform, slow and steady wins race‘Education in New York is broken as a result of misguided and rushed initiatives that have left districts to their own devices to address state policy issues and misinformation spread throughout their communities.’

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Edna Gerard, a longtime resident with a knack for community service and a mind for business, died on May 16 at age 86.

A 57-year resident of Brookhaven Town and the wife of former town councilman Gene Gerard, she died of complications related to esophageal cancer, her daughter Pam Ruschak said in an interview on Tuesday.

Edna Gerard had lived in Mount Sinai, Port Jefferson and Middle Island with her husband, to whom she was married for 65 years. The couple raised five chil-dren together.

The pair’s surname was perhaps most well-known through the printing shop they owned in Port Jefferson Station, St. Gerard Printing, where Edna worked until last year, when the Gerard family sold the local business.

But “her big love was community service,” Ruschak said.

Gerard had worked with many orga-nizations throughout the area over the years. She was a past president of the Port Jefferson Station and Terryville chamber of commerce; a founding mem-ber and past president of the networking group Decision Women in Commerce and Professions; a former vice president of the Mount Sinai Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary; and a former Long Is-land Power Authority trustee.

Former LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel called Gerard a “valuable asset to the board.”

“Soft-spoken but challenging, cared greatly for ratepayers and the environ-ment,” Kessel said. “She’ll be missed.”

Ruschak said her mother found a way

to raise a family and still be involved in her community, something that makes her proud.

“She was just a beautiful, dynamic, classy, graceful woman,” the daughter said.

In addition to husband Gene, daugh-ter Pam and Pam’s husband, Richard Ruschak, Edna Gerard is survived by her son, Paul Gerard, and his wife, Pam; her daughter, Patricia Leffke, and husband Gary; her daughter, Ann Dunn, and husband John; her son-in-law, Edward McKenna; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Her daughter, Christine McKenna, preceded her in death.

Moloney’s Port Jefferson Station Fu-neral Home handled arrangements and a Mass was held at St. Frances Cabrini R.C. Church in Coram on Wednesday.

“There will be tough shoes to fill,” Pam Ruschak said. “There will be a real void in this community.”

Photos from Kerri Ellis above, the couple is surrounded by their grown children — from left, Christine, Pam, ann, Patri-cia and Paul — on their 50th wedding anniversary. Below, Gene and Edna Gerard were married for 65 years.

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In honor of Give Back to the Community Day, the Service Club at Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School in Miller Place in-volved the entire student body and community in a schoolwide effort to give back to their lo-cal heroes. Approximately 700 students welcomed members of the police force and fire depart-ment, veterans and active duty soldiers into their classrooms to personally thank them for their sacrifices and present them with handmade crafts and thank-you cards.

“We do our best to offer our students as many opportunities as possible to interact with mem-bers of our armed forces, veterans and everyday heroes,” Superin-tendent Marianne Higuera said. “We aim to provide positive role models for our students and en-courage them to act selflessly. Students are able to comprehend the significance of what these brave men and women do every day, and events like these allow them to show their appreciation.”

Each grade created person-alized letters, cards, drawings,

handmade bookmarks and spring crafts to send to residents and veterans of Echo Nursing Home in Port Jefferson, both lo-cal and New York City firefight-ers and police officers, residents of the local veterans home and active duty soldiers stationed around the world.

Service Club members had the opportunity to Skype with U.S. Army Pvt. Leander Martin, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ken-tucky, via SMART Board. Ap-proximately 30 students wrote letters to Martin earlier this year.

Miller Place students thank everyday heroes

Photo from Miller Place school districtMiller Place school district’s Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School welcomed local veterans, police officers, firefighters and active duty soldiers to their school to display their appreciation.

During ALS Awareness Month, Rocky Point Middle School sought to continue to support efforts to raise funds for ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease — re-search by donating more than $600 to the ALS Ride for Life event this May.

The funds, which had been raised as a result of a National Junior Honor So-

ciety fundraiser, were pre-sented during the ride’s an-nual 100-plus-mile patient wheelchair ride across Long Island. Ride participants stopped at the school as they worked their way across Long Island. Present at the event were Ride for Life President Chris Pendergast, Dr. Frank Verdone and oth-er ALS patients

RPMS supports Ride for Life

Photo from Rocky Point school districtRide for Life President Chris Pendergast with Rocky Point students.

Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) attended the Buddy Bench un-veiling ceremony at the Joseph A. Edgar School in Rocky Point on May 11.

Kelly McCauley, the student responsible for raising the funds to purchase the bench, is also the organizer of the Unmasking the Bully club, where she teaches kids about bullying prevention. The Buddy Bench serves as a meeting point for kids looking for playmates. McCauley created the club and bench for her Girl

Scout Gold Award.“The Buddy Bench is a won-

derful idea, and I’m proud that one of our own local students took it upon herself to organize this club and raise the funds to purchase this bench,” Anker said. “Bullying continues to be a prob-lem in our schools, but with the help of students like Kelly, I’m op-timistic that we can end bullying for good.”

A buddy for everyone

Photo from Sarah Anker’s officeRocky Point’s Kelly McCauley un-veiled a new Buddy Bench at the JAE school in Rocky Point.


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FANNIE MAE; Plaintiff(s)vs. MICHAEL P SANTULLI; ROSEMARIE D SANTULLI; et al; Defendant(s)Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROS-ICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600Pursuant to judgment of fore-closure and sale granted herein on or about December 22, 2014, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.On June 10, 2015 at 1:30 pm.Premises known as 29 DANDELI-ON RD, ROCKY POINT, NY 11778District: 0200 Section: 033.00 Block: 04.00 Lot: 050.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as and by Lots Numbers 789 thru 792 both in-clusive, as shown on a certain map entitled, “Map of North Shore Beach, Section B”, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on June 11, 1928 as Map No. 1050.As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.Sold subject to all of the terms

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The bond between seniors Danny Bul-lis and Dan Keenan spans nearly eight years, and the connection between the attacks was evident on the field Mon-day as the two connected for half of the No. 3-ranked Mount Sinai boys’ lacrosse team’s goals in a 6-4 victory over No. 6 Islip in the first round of the Division II Class B playoffs Monday.

“We practice together all of the time … and there’s a good connection there,” Bul-lis said. “I always know where he is on the field so I tend to feed the ball to him.”

With the game tied 1-1 to the start of the second quarter, the team’s leading scorers connected for their first goal of the evening.

Less than two minutes in, sophomore Nick Cesario scooped up a turnover in

the Mustangs’ zone and carried the ball all the way down the field before pass-ing it to Bullis. Milliseconds after re-ceiving the pass, Bullis dished the ball outside to the left of the goal to Keenan, who whipped it in past the goalkeeper to break the tie.

Senior Tony DiMonte scored next from 30 yards out off an assist from se-nior Jason Vengilio, and senior goal-keeper Charlie Faughnan made two big stops — one while the team was a man down — to preserve the 3-1 advantage heading into the halftime break.

“Playoffs are playoffs and every game is going to be a battle,” Mount Sinai head coach Harold Drumm said. “Islip is an excellent team, and we’re just really proud of the kids. They worked really hard.”

Bullis tallied the first goal of the third stanza off an assist by junior Griffin Mc-Grath, and after Islip scored the next goal of the game to cut the lead, Keenan found the back of the net off another pass from Bullis to give Mount Sinai a 5-2 lead.

Islip refused to go down quietly and kept pushing for a goal. The team got an

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Photos by Desirée Keegan Clockwise from above, the Mount Sinai boys’ lacrosse team embraces one another in celebration of the first-round playoff win; Charlie Faughnan deflects the ball away from the net; and Griffin McGrath scoops up the ground ball off the faceoff.

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open look at the net, but couldn’t capital-ize and made one final attempt with nine seconds left in the quarter, but Faughnan came through with another save.

“Charlie’s been playing outstanding,” Drumm said of his goalkeeper, who fin-ished the game with seven saves. “Charlie saves us and bails us out a lot. Our defense does a great job, but Charlie is the back-bone of that and he makes some saves that I just have to thank him after the game for.”

Islip squeezed a goal past Faughnan with 8:55 left to play, and just over a minute later Bullis and Keenan connected for a final time for Keenan’s hat trick goal.

“Dan Keenan, when he shoots over-hand, he has one of the best shots in the league, without question, and Danny Bullis is an excellent lacrosse player,”

Drumm said. “[Bullis] can feed, shoot, dodge, he does a great job. He looks for anybody that’s open. They work in prac-tice together all the time and they work well together, so it’s a nice matchup.”

Islip scored once more two minutes later and threatened late in the game, but Mount Sinai’s defense shut down any Islip oppor-tunities and the offense continued to pass the ball around the outside to eat some time off the clock and preserve the win.

“It was a good team win,” Bullis said. “Our defense was really solid, and goalkeeping ... and

offensively we moved the ball well. [In the second quarter] we just started making bet-ter choices on offense like possessing the ball, moving the ball — and it just started to click.”

Mount Sinai extended an 11-game win

streak into the postseason, and will have another home game today, Thursday, where the team will host No. 7 Eastport-South Manor at 4 p.m.

“We had an excellent regular season for us and we’re real proud of the guys, but none of that really matters at this

point,” Drumm said. “What matters is now and we won the game today. [So] we play Eastport-South Manor … and we’re prepared. We’ll go into that game know-ing it’s going to be a game liked this — a battle — and just try to win every play and hopefully come out with a ‘W.’”

In the second quarter ‘we just started making better choices on offense like possessing the ball, moving the ball — and it just started to click.’

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EDITORIALTake a chill pill

With warmer weather comes an urge to leave the house, and we expect, as usual, there will be a lot more cars on the road, so now is a good time to remind our readers not to lose their cool behind the wheel.

Whether a driver made a mistake — as we all do from time to time — or not, it can be terrifying for that person when another mo-torist becomes enraged and takes it out on them. We’ve all experienced tailgating or obnoxious horn-honking, and some of us have been victims of more dire cases of road rage, like prolonged following and actual physi-cal violence or threats. In the less confrontational incidents, frustrated and angry drivers often lash out

because it’s easy to hide in the anonymous bubble of a car, when they would not have been so bold to display such anger in person. In the more extreme cases, the mad drivers may have had a screw or two loose to begin with and might have acted out no matter the location or circumstance.

We understand that daily stresses factor into this problem, and Long Island’s immense traffic congestion doesn’t help the frustra-tion we might already be feeling while in the car. But consider this: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that aggres-sive driving is a factor in more than half of all traffic fatalities, according to 2009 data. In those cases, “mo-torists are concerned with

the others’ aggressive driv-ing while many are guilty themselves.”

Terrible accidents involv-ing mangled cars happen all the time, but they don’t have to happen over things as petty as payback for be-ing cut off or revenge on a slow-moving vehicle. We urge our readers to slow down when they’re see-ing red behind the wheel and take some time to think about what the other person’s situation might be before lashing out. Give each other the benefit of the doubt because we are all humans who make mis-takes. Let small road infrac-tions go with a deep exhale. Rising tempers don’t give us license to rage on the road. And the consequences can be deadly.

Buttercup is the bestTO ThE EDITOR:

On May 2, Buttercup’s Dairy Store on Old Town Road in Port Jefferson Sta-tion held its annual But-tercup’s Day. It’s so nice to see a business give back to the community. There were

many attractions free to the public for the children, from pony rides to live animals, games, etc. The men, women and teens who helped out were wonderful.

Thank you, Buttercup, for your continued work to give back to your customers.

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Petrone: Flanagan will be a ‘powerful voice’

huntington residents should be excited by the selection of John Flanagan as majority leader of the State Senate.

I have known John since his election to the Assembly three decades ago. I have found him to be a hardworking, dedi-cated advocate for policies and programs that are of interest to our constituents. he has helped ensure that Long Island gets its fair share of state education aid, reformed state elections law and led the way on other important measures, such as better informing women about breast density and cancer risks

and allowing students with respiratory ailments to bring inhalers to school functions.

having served in both the Assembly and the Senate, John understands the issues, the legislative process and the dy-namics that produce legislation aimed at bettering the lives of all of us. While holding strong beliefs on some issues, he nev-ertheless is willing to listen to opposing sides and consider the merits of different positions.

As majority leader, John will be a powerful voice in Albany for our local concerns. I congratulate John and look forward to working with him on the items that are central to the town’s legislative agenda.

Frank Petronehuntington Town supervisor

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Beyond the romantic com-edies, however, we can turn to dramas, action films or other forms of entertainment for a broader awareness of ourselves and our lives.

Let’s say we’re driving on the Long Island Expressway and somebody cuts us off. What do we do? Well, if we’ve got kids in the car, we might grind our teeth, hold on tight to the steer-ing wheel and fight the urge to say things that would look something like “$#$#@%$!!!” in a cartoon.

But what did that person make us do? Did we have to hit the brake a bit when we’re on the way to a soccer game? Did she interrupt our train of thought when we were about to cure cancer, come up with a so-lution for tension in the Middle East, or figure out a way to re-duce fossil fuel emissions from the thousands of planes that

soar overhead?Is it possible that she was

racing home from work to take care of a kid with a stuffy nose, to hear someone’s first violin concert or congratulate her son for earning his first A in social studies?

Yes, most of the time we’re, thankfully, stuck in the world of the small stuff. If we’re fortunate enough, we’re not worried every moment about taking care of basic needs. I know people have told us many times not to sweat the small stuff and they’ve even urged us to understand that it’s all small stuff. The problem is that we’ve become accustomed to a world in which everything is available to us right now and in which we don’t want to wait for anything or anyone.

How’s all that extra time working out for us? Are we all enjoying the chance to spend more quality time with each other? We seem to have freed up our time so that we can

disconnect with the people around us, staying plugged in to a virtual world devoid of awkward silences, driven by words that pour out of our fin-gers instead of our mouths. We don’t have to comb our hair or check our teeth to send some-one a funny text with a little premade goofy face.

This isn’t a diatribe against electronics. I enjoy the instant gratification of knowing some-thing that comes from ubiquitous Internet access.

In movies like “American Beauty,” we see Kevin Spacey “get it” a bit too late. He doesn’t see the wonder of his life, his wife and his daughter until he can’t appreciate or show it.

In real life, even people with jobs they dreamt about often get so caught up in what they’re do-ing that they seem to miss “it.” Of course, when these small, unflattering moments occur for our fame-generated celebrities, eager members of the paparazzi

capture them “losing it.”It’d be difficult to smell the

flowers, become energized and inspired by a child’s question, or pause to appreciate a shifting wind all the time. We wouldn’t get much done and, I suspect, might miss a bill, deadline, meeting or two.

But, wouldn’t it be nice if those “Oh, right, I get it,” mo-ments came more often, giving us the ability to appreciate the unseen air we breathe and the world of infinite possibilities that awaits around the corner?

Are we all enjoying the chance to spend

more quality time with each other?

If you could wave a wand and make all the summer week-end traffic on Long Island’s

highways disappear, it would be a miracle, right? Well, we should prepare ourselves for a miracle, because one is about to touch down at Port Jefferson. Specifically, it will arrive, start-ing tomorrow, May 22, and will last through Sunday and every summer weekend thereafter.

This miracle to which I refer is a high-speed ferry that will

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carry walk-on passengers back and forth from New York City to Port Jefferson three times every Friday, once on Satur-day and again three times on Sundays. In so doing, it will, of course, provide an alternate route not only to Port Jefferson but also, thanks to its alliance with the Port Jeff ferry and the Hampton Jitney, to points east and north. Do you hear the announcement, “North Shore, North Fork, Hamptons and the wineries”? What a stimu-lus this can be for business even as it is a long overdue benefit for passengers.

A partnership between Sea-streak, the Bridgeport-Port Jef-ferson Ferry and Hampton Jit-ney is making this new mode of transportation possible. These companies will link the tristate area, even tying into the New Jersey coast.

The seasonal weekend service is called Sea Jitney, and it will use the Port Jefferson dock as its hub. Hampton Jitney service will carry passengers to their

preferred destinations else-where in Suffolk, and the Port Jeff ferry can take them to Con-necticut and Amtrak.

“Seastreak has been an inno-vator in introducing new ferry services from New York City to destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket,” said Jim Barker, president of Seast-reak, in a press release.

I know something about that service because I used it myself as a way to spend a weekend with friends who lived on Mar-tha’s Vineyard. But in order to do that, I had to travel out east at an early hour to catch the boat. Still, I was willing to do that to avoid the legendary traffic jams that come with driving there, and as I bet people will do to visit Long Island. According to Baker, the vessels are equipped with high-backed seating, a full bar and Wi-Fi service.

Geoffrey Lynch, president of Hampton Jitney, com-mented for the press release that this innovative idea from these “three established and

respected area transportation companies ... will give people a relaxing way to enjoy the East End and Port Jefferson.”

The ferry will leave Man-hattan’s East 35th Street dock and Highlands, N.J., traveling round trip.

Margot Garant, Port Jeffer-son’s mayor, said in the release, “We are extremely pleased to partner with the Sea Jitney to help bring people to Port Jef-ferson by our harbor. This powerful partnership has an extremely low impact on our infrastructure while introduc-ing visitors to our beautiful, historic village.”

Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry general manager, Fred Hall, pronounced the Sea Jitney “a game changer for people who travel between Connecticut and the Hamptons. At two-and-one-half hours from Bridgeport to Southampton, it’s shorter than going through NYC and much less stressful.”

Here are some of the nitty-gritty details. One-way fares

will be from $33 to $50, de-pending on the length of the ride; reservations and advance payment are required. The trip takes about two hours from the city to Port Jefferson and an hour, traffic permitting, from Port Jefferson to the Hamptons. For a complete schedule, go to www.seajitney.com.

Aside from my patriotic en-thusiasm for the new alliance, I have a totally selfish reason to be so pleased with this new turn of events.

My children and grandchil-dren live to the west. Their summer visits may change for them from endurance on the highways to a pre-weekend pleasure as they stand at the rail and watch the bluffs of Long Island’s North Shore slip by. I’d better start stocking the refrigerator now.

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It’s Tick seasonand they’re out in force

How to avoid ‘em:Suffolk County is one of the nation’s busiest breeding grounds for the little buggers that spread Lyme and other serious infectious diseases. According to the Center for Disease Control, the best ways to avoid them when you’re outdoors:

• Stay away from tall grass, shrubs and wooded areas• Use insect repellent• Inspect yourself frequently• Wear light colored clothing• Wear long sleeved clothing• Bathe or shower after going outdoors

Do you have Lyme disease?Lyme can be hard to diagnose. The famous Lyme bull’s-eye rash may or may not be visible. Symptoms can include fever, chills, sweating, headaches, joint pain, nausea and vomiting. If you think you may be infected, see your doctor right away or call the PBMC Health Tick-Related Disease Center to make an appointment with our specialist.

Questions? Call 631-574-TICK (8425)The PBMC Health Tick Related Disease Center is located at 496 County Road 111, Bldg. D, Manorville and receives educational support from Cornell Cooperative Extension.

News Alert From The New Tick-Related Disease Center at PBMC Health

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