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The Port TIMES RECORD
Volume 22, No. 8

PORT JEFFERSON • BELLE TERRE • PORT JEFFERSON STATION • TERRYVILLE
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Cross up!
Father Demetrios Calogredes officiated at the blessing of the waters in Mount Sinai Harbor and the traditional throwing of the cross. Alexander Iono retrieved the cross. Other divers
included Tommy John Iono, George Portelos, Richard Reichardt, Philip Signorile, John Luis Denoskos and Pehotis Tsakonoas.
Golf course barn

Roughing it serves as Port Jeff
working dog’s digs
in Harbor Hills BY JENNIFER CHOI
jenchoi@tbrnewspapers.com
Since arriving in Port Jefferson last
June, Ben, a 2-year-old border collie
purchased by the village, has been in
charge of chasing Canada geese off
the golf course at the Country Club at
Harbor Hills.
Golf course groundskeeper Jim
Krause is Ben’s master. For six months
Ben boarded with Krause family resi-
dence with Krause and his wife. But
when the groundskeeper got sick in
November, Krause said he found it
expedient to remove the dog to the
storage barn on the golf course. Later,
Krause noticed Ben’s obedience had
improved; the dog seemed to respond
better in the new arrangement, so
Krause made it permanent.
On an unannounced visit to the
Photo by D. Willinger storage barn this week, a reporter was
Ben, the border collie, responds better since he’s been bunking at the barn, golf course groundskeeper Jim Krause said. Continued on page A16
‘My Fair Ladies’ Stop & Shop stopped Stony Brook Sportsweek
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Also, infrared photos, Port Plaza grocery store to be Follow your Seawolves,
‘Hansel and Gretel’ reborn as Uncle Giuseppe’s don’t disappoint Wolfie
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Prof aids Hudson search

BUYING BY JENNIFER CHOI
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Roger Flood, a professor at the School
of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
at Stony Brook University, has been
involved in a 10-year project collect-
ing high-resolution data of water levels
throughout New York. So when the dis-
abled U.S. Airways jet crashed into the
Hudson River on Jan. 15, Flood provided
the data to emergency officials in order to
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JANUARY 29, 2009 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A3
Sponsor a kitty condo
Save-A-Pet Animal Rescue and Adoption is seek-
ing donations from the public to help cover the
cost of new pet condos to replace the existing steel
cages, some of which were destroyed during a
break-in at the animal shelter that occurred on the
morning of Dec. 24.
According to Suffolk County Police, at approx-
imately 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Jose Santos, of
Port Jefferson Station, allegedly broke into Save-A-
Pet and threw around cages that housed cats and
kittens. Suffolk County Police later arrested San-
tos and charged him with burglary. Dori Scofield,
founder, Save-A-Pet, estimated the damage to be
worth $3,000. Lynne Schoepfer, executive director,
Save-A-Pet, said three windows were broken dur-
ing the incident. Twenty five cats got out of their
cages and five escaped out the broken windows.
Two are still missing.
To replace the cages inside the animal shelter —
Photo by D. Willinger including those that were damaged in the break-in
The chandlery in Port Jefferson’s Harborfront Park will house the Children’s Maritime Museum as soon as interior — each condo would cost over $700. “These condos
renovations can be completed. Until then, the museum remains at its present location in the Village Center. are made of wood, and they are sealed and coated,”
Scofield said. “They are bigger and better than the
PJ Village inks deal with Children’s Maritime Museum cages, and it would help cut down the spread of
common viruses. These condos will make the ani-
20-yr lease on chandlery 1st floor hailed as model for future agreements mals more comfortable while in our care.”
Anyone who donates $100 or more will receive a
BY DAVE WILLINGER up by Village Attorney Ken Lauri crafted to help the fledgling mu- brass plate on the condo engraved with their name,
dave_w@tbrnewspapers.com and Village Trustee Carmine Dell seum successfully make the tran- their pet’s name or in the memory of a pet. Anyone
The Children’s Maritime Mu- Aquila. Mayor Brian Harty did sition into the chandlery, which who covers the entire cost of the condo gets a wood
seum and the Port Jefferson Vil- not attend the meeting. needs interior renovation before plaque with a name plate on their own condo.
lage Board have agreed to a 20- Over the lifetime of the the museum can move in. Cur- For information, or to donate, call 473-6333.
year lease of the first floor in the lease, the village would be paid rently the museum occupies the Donations are accepted online at www.saveapetli.
chandlery building at Harbor- $168,000 in rent, a figure that re- Skip Jack room on the ground org.
front Park. flects a $300 per month discount floor of the Village Center.
Following a discussion of the
particulars in the agreement at
in return for maintenance of the
museum space in the chandlery,
By signing the lease at this
time, the Children’s Maritime
The week in meetings
The Port Jefferson Village Board will hold a
Monday’s business session of the a historic building owned by the Museum is able to secure a com-
public hearing on a proposed moratorium Mon-
Village Board, the trustees voted village. bined $150,000 in two state grants,
day, Feb. 2, at 7 pm at the high school auditorium.
in favor of the lease, the exact The rent is based on market otherwise due to expire, from the
conditions of which were drawn value, Dell Aquila said, but is Continued on page A19
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Supervisor candidates go head to head in debate
BY KELLY CAMPBELL done. If it’s not, it won’t.” the Town of Brookhaven. You
vtimes@tbrnewspapers.com The candidates were also have to understand how to run
Brookhaven voters packed the questioned about the balance be- a business and understand that
Middle Country Public Library tween preservation of open space you have to pay the secretary;
in Selden Monday night as they and the need for responsible de- you have to pay the light bill
came to size up the two candi- velopment. and the water bill. If you don’t
dates competing to replace Brian Mazzei touted his participa- understand that, you will have
Foley as town supervisor. tion in the $100 million land- difficulty running the Town of
A special election necessitated preservation bond plan, which Brookhaven.”
by now-state Senator Foley’s de- Brookhaven residents agreed to In closing, Mazzei said that
parture to Albany is scheduled in a 2005 referendum. he stands on his record as a town
for March 31. Town voters will However, the fund is near- councilman since 2003.
decide whether he is replaced ing exhaustion, he said. “This “I have a record,” Mazzei said.
by Councilman Tim Mazzei town is going to get built out “You may like it or you may not
(R-Blue Point), the leader of the within the next 10 years. Now File photos but I do have a record. I am very
Republican Town Board major- is the time to buy,” Mazzei said. Councilman Tim Mazzei, left, and Mark Lesko faced off Monday evening. proud of the things we have done
ity, or Democrat Mark Lesko, a “Unfortunately with less funds in a bipartisan fashion. We’ve ac-
federal attorney until his resig- coming in from the transfer tax pated open-space purchases, he supervised all the federal pros- complished a lot and brought up
nation three weeks ago to run for and the mortgage tax, we’re not said. ecutors on Long Island. our parks and done a lot of other
supervisor. getting as much as we had been Lesko countered, “Folks “One task force had over good things.”
Questions by the audience in prior years to do that, but it is should know what’s on the list.” 100 NYPD detectives, and if Lesko said the election offers
drove the discussion. Initially, certainly something the whole That would not facilitate pay- you think it’s easy to manage voters “a choice between a town
the candidates found themselves board has voted for and I’m sure ing the lowest costs for proper- 100 NYPD detectives, you’d be board which has not been fiscally
sparring over the town’s embar- will continue to do so.” ties, Mazzei responded. “With wrong,” he said. “But that’s the responsible and a supervisor who
rassing nickname, Crookhaven. Brookhaven included another all due respect, if everyone knew type of experience I bring to will bring a Steve Levy model of
“It is a term for the culture of $10 million for land preservation the laundry list, the price would bear as a leader in the Town of fiscal responsibility to the town
corruption that has existed in the in the 2009 capital budget, Lesko go up,” he said. Lesko disagreed, Brookhaven.” board.”
Town of Brookhaven and no one pointed out, but the board has saying such price escalation was Mazzei acknowledged not “If you think the town has
who lives here can say it has not offered no indication of where unlikely in the current depressed having as much supervisory ex- been run in a bipartisan fash-
been corrupt,” Lesko said. “The and when it would be spent. housing market, perience as Lesko described, but ion and work got done on the
town still has a culture of cor- “I would ask, ‘What are we Given the supervisor’s role did point to his former role as bu- citizens’ behalf, then ... vote for
ruption that needs to be rooted planning to do with it?’” Lesko as the town CEO, residents also reau chief of the Suffolk County Councilman Mazzei,” he added.
out. I’ve done that in my career said. “We need to get about the questioned the candidates’ ad- District Attorney’s homicide “But if you think what was go-
as a prosecutor and I will do it as business of focusing on those ministrative experience. division. He added that, in any ing on in Town Hall was bick-
town supervisor.” historical and open spaces and Lesko said that in the second case, he thought a business back- ering and flat-out nonsense that
Mazzei denied that a culture start preserving that land.” half of his decade-long career ground was more appropriate for led me to run for this, and we
of corruption exists in the town. Mazzei noted that the $10 with the U.S. Department of Jus- the town supervisor position. need someone to get in there and
“No one’s palms are getting million had not yet been spent as tice, first as an assistant U.S. at- “I’m a small businessman,” change things and get about the
greased in Brookhaven,” he said. it was only recently bonded. “But torney in D.C. and then for the Mazzei said. “I had my law prac- business of solving problems …
“If a project is good, it will get we have a laundry list” of antici- Eastern District of New York, he tice and ran another business in then I urge you to vote for me.”
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The Port Jefferson Station Stop &
Shop, longtime anchor store at the Port
Plaza, closed its doors for the last time
Friday at 4 pm. In its place, an Uncle
Giuseppe’s Marketplace is expected to
open by the beginning of next year, ac-
cording to a press release from Edens &
Avant, which owns the 20-store shop-
ping center.
Inside the cavernous Stop & Shop af-
ter closing on that last day, a handful of
employees lingered at one of the quiet
checkout stations near the front door,
saying their goodbyes and advising the
occasional entering customer that the
store was no more.
“I opened this store. Now I’m clos-
ing it,” shop steward Gloria Maher, of
Ronkonkoma, said.
Employee Loretta Tobe recalled the
precise date the store opened: June 13,
1990. Back then it was a Foodtown, later
an Edwards and for about the last 10
years, a Stop & Shop, the veteran staffers
agreed. Photo by D. Willinger
Customer service staff Marisa Starita, of Centereach, and Georgette Morales, of Selden, chat Friday after the last customer left the Port
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said.
BY JENNIFER CHOI As a technology expert on Wall Street for 44 years,
jenchoi@tbrnewspapers.com Munsch commuted almost six hours a day, he said, cal-
Walter Munsch is no longer a library trustee, but his culating a grand total of four and a half years spent on
love of books lives on. the “bloody railroad.” He witnessed an “amazing 40-
Munsch, a 40-year Port Jefferson resident who spent year progression” on Wall Street from pencil and pa-
six years on the Port Jefferson Free Library’s Board of per to electronics, he said. But the price he paid was, “I
Trustees, said he became involved in the community never saw Port Jefferson in the daylight.”
after retiring from Wall Street in 1998. Even though So as soon as retirement came, Munsch began to
he was defeated the first two times he ran for a trustee enjoy the community, and got involved with the Port
spot, he knew that he and the library were “just perfect Jefferson Country Club Management Advisory Com-
together,” he said. mittee. He then became a library trustee, an experi-
“I love books,” said Munsch, who owns 3,000 of ence that’s been fi lled with “lots of little good things
Courtesy of Maria Munsch them, and reads three to four per week. But at age 74, constantly,” according to Munsch. He can’t recall any
Walter and Maria Munsch of Port Jefferson. Munsch admits the late night board meetings have be- “rockets in the sky,” the former trustee said, there were
“just a lot of good feelings.”
“Walter was a very good board member,” Library
Board President Jacob George said, and added that
Memory is a way of holding Munsch was “very diligent” in his work and had a “tal-
ent for numbers.”
Maria, Munsch’s wife of nearly 49 years, also praised
her husband’s work and
onto the things you love, ‘I’m here to
said his greatest strength
is his integrity. “He is my
the things you are, postpone

Alzheimer’s.’
friend and soulmate,” she
said. “As I often tell him,
he is my four walls and a
the things you never want to lose. — WALTER MUNSCH roof.”
ON WHY HE ATTENDS Now that trustee Peggy
STONY BROOK Cohee has taken over his
UNIVERSITY post, Munsch said his next
“Keep Your Memory Sharp -Where Did I Put It?” step is to continue to enjoy
is the title of one of the informative programs developed by Darlene Jyringi, M.P.S., auditing courses at Stony
Brook University. “I spent a lifetime in technology
Community Program and Education Consultant for Bryant Funeral Home.
and I’m finally getting an education,” he said, adding
Topics include concerns of being a caregiver, healthy living for seniors, managing that auditing allows him to “just sit there and soak in
stress, when is the right time to give up the car keys, and memory loss issues. the knowledge” because there are no exams or papers.
These helpful programs are being offered to local orgnizations free of charge, Among his favorite subjects, Munsch named history,
courtesy of Bryant Funeral Home. anthropology, sociology and music.
“I truly enjoy my time at Stony Brook,” he said. And
when the young students ask him why he takes classes
when he receives no credit, Munsch tells them, “I’m
here to postpone Alzheimer’s.”
Aging Parents?
Caregiving?
Aging Yourself? Cohee wins PJFL board seat
Port Jefferson resident Peggy Cohee won a
seat on the Port Jefferson Free Library Board of
Trustees in the Jan. 21 election, defeating John
Cona, a 10-year Belle Terre resident, by 72 to 51
votes. Cohee replaces Walter Munsch, who is
stepping down after six years of service.
Cohee is married
Fred Bryant, owner of Bryant Funeral Home with and has two children.
Darlene Jyringi, Community Program and Education She has lived in the
village for 13 years.
Consultant. “My goal is to share useful strategies that
The new trustee
will assist the caregivers of our community in learning said she looks for-
Community Outreach how to deal with their daily responsibilities.” ward to better un-
ms
Seminars and Progra
Fred Bryant derstanding her new
role and the inner
Informative workings of the li-
talks ed at helpin
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Peggy Cohee, library trustee. brary use seems to
have increased sig-
nificantly.
According to Cohee, who teaches English as
a Second Language at Patchogue-Medford High
School, she sought a seat on the board because it
will enable her to give back to the library.
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Port Jeff Go Green campaign enters second year
Alternative energy, chemicals
around the home are new focus
BY KELLY MAGUIRE John Lutterbie and
port@tbrnewspapers.com Naomi Solo are among
Building on last fall’s day-long information fair on the leaders who are
the environment, the Port Jefferson Village Go Green working to make Port
campaign, a three-year project established last spring Jefferson Village Go
by the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University Green a success and
with support from the village, will bring to the Port the model for the
Jefferson Free Library a pair of educational sessions future greening of
beginning in March, John Lutterbie, the associate di- America.
rector of the institute, announced earlier this month.
At the first session, scheduled for Sunday, March 22,
Gordian Raacke, founder and executive director of Re-
newable Energy Long Island, will discuss alternative Photo by Kelly Maguire
energy. In May, the focus will be on chemicals inside
and outside of the home, according to Lutterbie.
Responsibility
The spirit of service referred to by Barack Obama
in his inaugural address, and which the new president
called “the promise and the price of citizenship,” could
be observed recently at a get-together of committee
members at the Miller Place home of John and Sara
Lutterbie; she is also a director at the institute.
The social gathering was held to “welcome in a
greener new year,” organizers said, and to further unite
the officials and citizens involved in Go Green.
“Port Jefferson is the perfect place to begin our Go
Green project,” explained Naomi Solo, a prominent
member of Go Green. “We’re a finite community of
approximately 8,000 people, we’re incorporated, we
have our own government. Essentially we’re complete
within ourselves and the timing is right — everyone
wants to be green now.”
Since its inception last summer, the Go Green com-
mittee has held regular meetings at Village Hall (the next
is Thursday, Feb. 12 at 3:30 pm), where elected officials,
representatives from the public library, school district,
nonprofit groups, high school students and interested
residents come together to discuss ways of conserving
energy and what roles government and private citizens
should play.
“It’s also about changing home life, changing the
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said. The committee
‘We can’t throw is extending its reach
to schools, encourag-
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there is no such place alike to start recycling
as away.’ programs. “Recycling
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for the Department
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the biggest problem hindering recycling efforts. Wi-
esner, who also leads the Brookhaven chapter of Keep decisions you share. By discussing your wishes and
America Beautiful, said, “Education is key because
children get it and then bring it home.” putting them in writing, you clear up any doubts your
Wiesner believes most people do not realize that family might have at an already difficult time.
recycling will not only improve the environment, it
will also reduce costs. “We utilize much energy in fuel,
emissions, trucking, when we really can sidestep much Call us for a copy of our Pre-Planning Guide to help your
of it altogether with recycling. If you recycle an alumi-
num can, aluminum becomes aluminum again almost family through the pre-planning process.
right away. That saves so much energy.” She mentioned
many things everyone can do, such as reusing cloth-
ing, books, toys and even Chinese takeout containers.
Shifting from the practical to the philosophical, Wi-
esner said, “We can’t throw anything away — there is
no such place as away.”
Stephanie Costanzo, a retired teacher and resi-
dent of Port Jefferson, runs library workshops teach-
ing young and old how to recycle clothing. Costanzo
showed high school students how to use tuxedos tossed
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One issue resolved across party lines, Fiore-Rosenfeld proposal fails, amnesty for parking violations OK’d
BY LEE LUTZ vents her from arriving before 1:30 pm. The major-
leelutz@tbrnewspapers.com ity’s vote to move the start time was considered by
In a wide-ranging agenda at the Brookhaven Town the Democratic minority a slap at Kepert, a partisan
Board meeting Tuesday night, partisanship was not power play, or both. Mazzei contended all along that
entirely abandoned but at least one divisive issue was work sessions had traditionally begun at 11 am and it
resolved. was the then-new Democratic majority in early 2006
On a resolution sponsored by Councilman Tim that made the change. The resolution setting the 1:30
Mazzei (R-Blue Point) and seconded by Councilwom- pm start time was unanimously approved Tuesday.
an Connie Kepert (D-Middle Island), the starting time Quickly returning to partisan stances, two bills
for board work sessions was changed back to 1:30 pm intended to alter Town Board procedures were con-
on Thursdays. Since January 2008, when the Mazzei- sidered: the first from Councilwoman Jane Bon-
led Republican majority moved the meetings to 11 am, ner (C-Rocky Point) and another by Councilman
File photo the issue has been contentious and partisan. Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld (D-East Setauket). Bonner’s,
Council members Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld, Jane Bonner and Kepert is a special education teacher in the Long- to “correct an oversight” in a resolution she spon-
Kathy Walsh saw eye to eye briefly Tuesday night. wood school district. Her Thursday schedule pre- sored in August 2008, was meant to permit council
members to once again respond to questions from
residents who address the board during its public
portion. Several awkward moments have occurred at
Made to Move Fitness

Town Board meetings since August when residents
posed a particular question to the board, often to a
specific council member. The board had been pro-
hibited from responding by its newly adopted rule.
The revision Tuesday
passed unanimously.
10/30/10 Personal Fiore-Rosenfeld ‘We shouldn’t be voting

sought to amend on resolutions we’ve
board procedures to
never seen.’
Training System
limit the ability of
council members to — COUNCILMAN
introduce so-called STEVE FIORE-ROSENFELD
late starters — resolu-
Your
tions not considered
at prior work sessions or made available in advance
THREE-IN-ONEn
for consideration; post all resolutions online for the
S o lutio
public’s benefit prior to general meetings; and guar-
antee residents who have been waiting to address the
board for five hours be permitted to speak, instead
of being told to come back at a later date when the
board reconvenes.
“We shouldn’t be voting on resolutions we’ve nev-
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another day was “inappropriate and wrong.”
The resolution was defeated when only Demo-
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And in a move likely to please some local scoff-
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Bonner sponsored a resolution providing for a 90-day
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A genius film from India, ‘Slumdog’ is smashing
From the detail of the close-up to with his performance on the game show suspicious nature of the can not detract from
the grandeur of the sweeping expanse, and his interrogation by police. The kicked dog. But his fea- ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is the ideal she embod-
“Slumdog Millionaire” is beautiful, cops use that well known double team: tures take on an angelic rated R, but American ies. We come to view
breathtaking and heartbreaking. bad cop and worse cop. But brutality at quality, as his love for La- her as Jamal does, so
Shot on locations in India, the in- the hands of Mumbai’s Finest does not tika helps him transcend teens should not that rather than de-
credible variety of images, patterns and make much of an impression on Jamal, the baser instincts much be deprived of the spoil her beauty, a
shadows, at the same time familiar and who has survived the great hardships in evidence around him. vengefully infl icted
foreign, are utterly compelling. It is ge- and ignominy that society piles upon His close boyhood friend glimpses it provides of knife scar serves
nius fi lmmaking by directors Danny its outcasts, and who no doubt only ex- Salim has chosen another modern India. rather to symbolize
Boyle and Loveleen Tandan, not least pects more of the same. direction, repaying blood — like the track of a
of all because their efforts are put to The fi lm shows us life in the landfi lls, with blood and building his own mate- tear — her unfulfi lled love.
use in order to reveal human dignity slums and shantytowns of the subcon- rial world on that crimson wash. “Slumdog Millionaire” is rated R, but
and beauty in the portrayal of the main tinent. Despite those unbelievable con- Latika is held up to the camera as American teens should not be deprived
characters Jamal (Dev ditions, there exists a an examplar of sublime female beauty. of the at times wondrous glimpses it
Patel) and Latika (Fre- positive energy among Even the sadistic men who exploit her provides of modern India.
ida Pinto). the slum kids that tes-
The story centers In the dark tifies to their human-
on a teenaged Jamal, a ity and resilience. That
“slumdog” or child of
a Mumbai ghetto, who
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the entire fi lm with an
Child Abuse Prevention Services program
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Woking dog ing to Krause — Ray said “it’s impor-
Continued from page A1 tant to get the dog out ... to peruse
shown the mattress where Krause said the property.” This allows the dogs to
the dog sleeps. The temperature in- leave their scent, causing any birds to
side the barn felt warm compared to leave promptly because they’re afraid
outside, and Krause said he keeps it at the dog will “pop out” at any minute.
66 degrees. There were bits of chewed And while working dogs mostly
paper scattered around the f loor, and shadow their handlers throughout the
the dog’s food and water bowls were day, the animals are “allowed to have
filled. the freedom of being a dog” as long as
Krause said Ben prefers chewing on the supervisor knows its whereabouts,
Ray said.
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paper to a large rawhide bone that was
Pitch thaatkfin also in the barn. She also recommended feeding
you’re t inem g me Recently, some community mem- dogs a high-quality dry food twice
as bers have expressed concern about a day to even out their energy levels
to P.J. C tine’s. Ben’s new living conditions, however, because they are encouraged to get as
for Valen according to Barbara Ray of Big Bend
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Big Bend Farms, she noted, the border
Ben (and 600 other working dogs dur- collies are fed lamb and rice with a nu-
ing a 25-year stint), said handlers are tritional supplement, and water.
not required to keep working dogs in As for Ben, he eats Purina One’s
their homes. Some handlers actually lamb and rice dog chow, Krause said.
Valentine’s Day prefer outdoor facilities for the furry “He’s a beautiful dog,” said Village
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Stop & Shop

Continued from page A7
Grocery manager Paul Brennan said employees were
given about two-and-a-half weeks notice of the deci-
sion to close the store, but said they would not be out of
work, as Stop & Shop offered all employees jobs at the
chain’s other Suffolk locations. Brennan, employed at
the Port Jefferson Station store for four years, said some
workers could lose their union tenure in the switch, but
said Stop & Shop “did the right thing.”
Store manager Katie Ford said the company “doesn’t
believe in laying off.” As workers behind Ford in the
deserted aisles prepared remaining inventory for ship-
ping — most of the shelves seemed largely empty, but a
reporter was barred from walking through the closed
store — Ford said she was not authorized to speak to
the press about why the store was closing.
Attempts to speak to a corporate representative of
Stop & Shop were unsuccessful.
When store customer service employee Georgette
Morales, of Selden, was asked Friday how she felt about
her forced vacation, she laughed and said her vacation
would be over Monday morning when she was to report
to work at one of Stop & Shop’s Setauket locations.
In a Friday press release, Edens & Avant described
Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace
as an Italian-themed grocer.
’They did the “Much of Uncle Giuseppe’s
character is found in the atmo-
right thing.’ sphere, from the store’s design
— PAUL BRENNAN features to the arrangement
GROCERY MANAGER of the food. Shoppers can ex-
pect to feel like they are in an
authentic market in Italy with
salamis hanging from the ceil-
ing and Italian singers serenading them nearby. Fresh
pasta, meat cut to order and bread baked and delivered
daily from Arthur Avenue are samples of what the store
will offer,” the release stated.
Philip DelPrete, who owns Uncle Giuseppe’s with
brothers Carl and Joseph and operating partner Thomas
Barresi, was also quoted in the release: “We are very ex-
cited about coming to Port Jefferson and look forward to
welcoming the people of this town and the surrounding
communities into our store.”
Julie Culbreath, Edens & Avant communications di-
rector, told this newspaper that the 176,000-square-foot
store would not be expanded. “We soon will commence
the town approval process,” Culbreath said in an email,
“Once that is complete, Lind Design will be handling
a complete renovation of the interior space with new
design and equipment.”
Other Uncle Giuseppe’s locations are Smithtown,
East Meadow and Port Washington.
Photos by D. Willinger
Above: Stop & Shop employees Marisa Starita, Paul
Brennan and Georgette Morales gathered to say goodbye
to coworkers after the final closing of the Port Plaza store.
Top left: The 176,000-sq. ft. interior of the store will be
redesigned and become home to an Uncle Giuseppe’s
Marketplace, an Italian-themed grocer with other Long
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Children’s museum practices in education.
Continued from page A3 Phil Griffith, a member of the con-
office of Sen. Ken Lavalle (R-Port Jef- servancy, a nonprofit that supports the
ferson). That money may only be used Village Center and Harborfront Park,
for renovations. spoke of government’s obligation to
In a compromise between the village subsidize the arts and called the Chil-
and its nonprofit tenant, an additional dren’s Maritime Museum “one of the
$25,000 in last year’s village budget finest examples” of its kind where chil-
that had been earmarked for HVAC for dren can receive hands-on education
WANTED
the museum, will be held in reserve, in the area of maritime experience.
should renovation costs run over the Dell Aquila agreed, saying the mu-
$150,000. However Dell Aquila, whose seum would “pay zero rent” if the vil-
efforts helped increase grant amounts lage could afford it.
by $20,000, called the $150,000 total When Barbara Britt said other non-
“an ample budget” to complete the job. profits in the village were not paying
But since the interior renovation of rent, with the exception of the Seawolf, • Gold • Silver • Platinum
the chandlery must be complete before Stony Brook University’s research ship
the museum can move that docks at the Harbor- • Diamonds • Rare Coins
in, Dell Aquila said the front Park pier, Dell Aq-
village will grant a six- uila replied that “all non- • Antique Jewelry • Watches
month concession on ‘Cities failed that did profits should be treated
rent, time for the bid pro- not embrace culture equally.” • Estate Jewelry • Dental
cess and the work itself to
be completed. After that,
and arts.’ Village Trustee Harry
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the village would gradu- — LAURIE HUBBARD Aquila for the work done
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we can use for other non-
We Are Paying
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Members of the Children’s Maritime
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Trustee Virginia Capon said the
TOP DOLLAR
Museum board spoke in support of the move into the chandlery would “in-
role of their nonprofit in the village. crease the Children’s Maritime Muse-
“Cities failed that did not embrace um’s profile,” which would boost other
culture and arts,” museum board mem- local nonprofits as well.
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Grennon Brooks told the trustees how his concern being the financial securi-
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and a member of the same team. “We’re bers, “You need a strong document to • All Transactions Confidential • Appraisals
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Vote in the online reader poll dress,” she said.
According to Costanzo, one of the great-
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so far has been the creation of an environ-
mental club at Port Jefferson High School.
“The kids pushed for it,” she said, and now
Last week This week those students are “taking leadership roles
with the district behind them.” The high
school environmental club members are
How would you rate What’s the best part addressing issues from what to do about
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their peers on how to pack a green lunch,
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B. What’s all the fuss? 25% D. Did not watch. 5% hope to foster an even greater collaboration
B. The commercials. D. 2 words: Chicken wings!
with all stakeholders in the village in 2009.
Solo summed it up: “We want everyone to
say, ‘Look what Port Jefferson did!’”
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of Long Island Challenge
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s Academic Team
members showcased their collective knowledge and
secured a first-round win during Cablevision’s Power to
Learn competition called the Long Island Challenge. The
five-member team, which included Sam Davis, Julia Monk Courtesy Legislator Losquadro’s office
(captain), Adam Pastrich, Michelle Witrock and Sungsu Port Jeff ambulance corps volunteers honored
Lee, knocked Southold High School out of the competition
with a score of 335 to 240. Cablevision aired the contest on Legislator Daniel P. Losquadro recently attended the Port Jefferson Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Jan. 4. The students, coached by Academic Team adviser annual Installation Dinner-Dance held at Majestic Gardens in Rocky Point. The occasion was espe-
and Port Jefferson teacher Laurie McMillen, will now move cially festive because it was also the 50th anniversary of the ambulance corps.
to the second round of competition, which will be taped on Pictured above, from left: Legislator Losquadro and members of the Port Jefferson Volunteer
March 13. Pictured from left, McMillen, Pastrich, Witrock, Ambulance Corps: Mike Mattera, Dawn Wallace, Jason Lazerus, Edie Tilley, Kathleen Johnson, Jim
Monk, Davis and Lee are photographed with News 12 Crispino, Alayne McNamara and Joe Turchiano.
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Obituaries
Raymond Trigony Jeans). ferson Station, died Jan. 1. loved her church and has many dear
Raymond married the late Greta She was born Aug. 12, 1921, in friends there.
Raymond C. Trigony — origi- Ellen Gustafson on Sept. 7, 1953. New York City, the daughter of the A funeral service was held at
nally from Port Jefferson, a long- Together Ray and Greta raised four late Ernest and Elvira Dell’Aquila. Bryant Funeral Home, Jan. 11, 2009
time resident of Chicago, Ill., also children in the Chicago area: Gregg She was a retired claims exam- with interment following in Maple
of Bridgeport, Conn., and a 20-year Ann Luft (Richard C.) of Chicago; iner for Blue Shield Insurance. Grove Cemetery in Queens.
resident of Fort Myers, Fla. — died Casey Lee Smith (David L.) of Long She is survived by her nephew, Arrangements were entrusted to
peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 21. Grove, Ill.; Pamela Ann Hardcastle Ernest Dell’Aquila of Rocky Point the Bryant Funeral Home of Se-
Ray was born on Oct. 10, 1922, (Michael) of Cairns, Queensland, and brother, Robert Dell’Aquila. tauket. Please visit www.bryantf h.
in New York. He is survived by Australia; and Raymond “Chip” She was preceded in death by com to sign the online guestbook.
his dear sister, Maryse Chovel, of Trigony (Carla J.) of Vernon Hills, brother Silvio and two nephews.
Manhattan, and his beloved brother Ill. A Mass of Christian Burial was
Nicholas Trigony (Rosemary) of
both Atlanta, Ga., and Naples, Fla.
Raymond is also survived by held at St. Gerard Majella Roman William Wakefield
his beloved grandchildren: Dar- Catholic Church on Jan. 5, with in-
Brother George Trigony of Port Jef- ren Richard Luft (fiancée Christine terment following in Holy Sepulchre William H. Wakefield, 92, of
ferson Station and sister Madeleine Roman) of New York; Allison Gregg Cemetery. South Setauket, died on Jan. 12.
Noel of Bridgeport, Conn., preceded Luft of Champaign-Urbana, Ill.; Arrangements were entrusted to He was born on May 16, 1916, in
him in death. Jennifer Lee Smith of Long Grove, the Bryant Funeral Home of Se- South Ozone Park, the son of the
Raymond was a decorated veter- Ill.; Heather Jeanne Hardcastle tauket. Please visit www.bryantf h. late Richard J. and Florence Wake-
an of World War II, proudly serving and Harrison Robert Hardcastle of com to sign the online guestbook. field.
in the Army Air Corp’s 494th Bomb Cairns, Queensland, Australia; and Mr. Wakefield started farming
Group (Kelley’s Kobras) from 1942 Oliver Ray Trigony, Arlo Christo- in Hicksville in 1943, then be-
to 1946, earning the rank of captain. pher Trigony and Greta Jeanette Gertrude Savage gan farming in Mount Sinai with
He was a B-24 f light navigator and Trigony of Vernon Hills, Ill. Charles Bergold. They formed the
Gertrude T. Savage, 78 years old partnership of Bergold and Wake-
f lew numerous missions through- Ray was a big fan of the Giants, of New Milford, Conn., formerly of field Farms and continued farming
out the Pacific theater. His tour of baseball and football, and was a life- Mount Sinai, died Jan. 6. for over 30 years. With the loss of
duty included the Marshall Islands, long athletic supporter of Syracuse “Trudie” was born Dec. 7, 1930, Bill Wakefield another chapter of
Guam and Hawaii. His f light crew University. He enjoyed a good cigar, to William Samuel King and Lily Mount Sinai’s rich agricultural his-
with the 494th helped pacify Guam a strong drink and conversation Marion Tucker from Newfoundland. tory has come to a close.
and Tinian, the Philippines and Iwo with his large array of friends and William and Lily emigrated to the Mr. Wakefield is survived by
Jima. neighbors. His sense of humor was United States in 1923, settling in his daughter, Hedwig (Andrew)
Raymond attended Syracuse infectious and his passions included Richmond Hill, Queens. Schelling of Calverton; sons, Wil-
University on a track-and-field and politics, sports and women. Ray was In 1954, Trudie married Stanley liam (Barbara) and Richard (Amy)
cross-country scholarship. After the an outgoing person who enjoyed James Savage, her constant com- Wakefield; seven grandchildren; 15
war, he re-entered Syracuse Uni- constantly meeting new friends and panion and her best friend. After great-grandchildren and one great-
versity where he earned the honor was never at a loss of words for any- both retired in 1990, they enjoyed great-grandchild.
of Collegiate All-American in both one or anything. Everyone who ever many activities with Mount Sinai He was preceded in death by his
track and field and cross country met Ray was richer from the experi- Seniors and with members of the wife Eleanor in 1999.
for 1947 and 1948. Ray remained ence, he will be greatly missed. First United Methodist Church of A funeral service was held on
an avid runner throughout his life, For further information, please Port Jefferson. And both of them Jan. 15, with the Rev. John Kepler
most recently running along the contact: Friedrichs Funeral Home volunteered thousands of hours in officiating. Interment followed in
sandy beaches of Sanibel Island at 847-255-7800. A special tribute service to Mather Hospital in Port Sea View Cemetery, Mount Sinai.
in Southwest Florida. Ray gradu- fund has been established in the Jefferson. Stan died in 1997. Arrangements were entrusted to
ated from Syracuse University in name of Raymond C. Trigony at the Trudie was an active and de- the Bryant Funeral Home of Se-
1948 with a B.A. in business man- Alzheimer’s Assn.: www.alz.org. voted member of the First United tauket. Please visit www.bryantf h.
agement. His professional career
Methodist Church of Port Jefferson, com to sign the online guestbook.
included long stints as a sales execu-
She served in the committees of
tive with such companies as Dun &
Bradstreet, Riegel Textiles, Qual-
Enes Dell’Aquila Finance, Evangelism, Worship and
Enes Dell’Aquila, 87, of Port Jef- Outreach throughout the years. She
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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SUPREME COURT: SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF
SUFFOLK COUNTY SUFFOLK - THE BANK OF NEW Bids will be received, publicly
SUTTON FUNDING LLC. YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. opened and read aloud at 11:00
Plaintiff(s) AS TRUSTEE C/O GMAC MORT- a.m. in the Division of Purchasing
vs. RODY MARMOL, et al., GAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, of the Town of Brookhaven, One
Defendant(s) AGAINST ADIAN MOWATT, ET Independence Hill, Third Floor
Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROS- AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to Farmingville, NY 11738, for the
following item(s) on the dates
ICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., a judgment of foreclosure and indicated:
51 E. Bethpage Road, Plainview sale duly dated 11/1/2007, I, the
New York 11803 516-741-2585 undersigned Referee will sell PURCHASE 6-WHEEL DUMP
Pursuant to judgment of fore- at public auction at the Front TRUCK FRAME AND CHASSIS---
closure and sale entered herein Steps of Brookhaven Town Hall, ----------------FEBRUARY 6, 2009
on or about December 15, 2008, One Independence Hill, Farm- ARTICULATING WHEEL LOADER
I will sell at Public Auction to the ingville, County of Suffolk, New WITH 7.5CY BUCKET REBID-----
highest bidder at BROOKHAVEN York, on 2/13/2009 at 3:00 PM, ----------------FEBRUARY 9, 2009
TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE premises known as 2000 RACE ARTICULATING WHEEL LOADER
HALL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738. AVENUE, MEDFORD, NY 11763. WITH 5.0 CY BUCKET-------------
On February 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM All that certain plot piece or par- ----------------FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Premises known as 52 Nadine cel of land, with the buildings PORT A LAVS----------------------
Lane, Port Jefferson, NY 11776 and improvements thereon ---------------FEBRUARY 10, 2009
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE, erected, situate, lying and be-
OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the ing in the Town of Brookhaven, Specifications for the above-re
ferenced bids will be available
buildings and improvements County of Suffolk and State of beginning January 29, 2009
thereon erected, situate, ly- New York, Section, Block and at the Division of Purchasing
ing and being in the Town of Lot: 659.00-06.00-001.000. Ap- on any business day, Monday
Brookhaven, County of Suffolk proximate amount of judgment through Friday, between the
and State of New York, and des- $315,824.93 plus interest and hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M Photo by Robert O’Rourk
ignated as Lot Number 43 on a costs. Premises will be sold sub- ONLY THOSE VENDORS OUT OF
certain map entitled, “Map of ject to provisions of filed Judg- THE SUFFOLK AREA WILL BE Port Jefferson’s Sean Swords finished in sixth place in the semifinals 55-meter hurdles event.
Chatham Park” situated at Ter- ment Index #2012/07. Susan A. MAILED BIDS UPON REQUEST.
ryville and filed in the Office of Denatale, Esq., Referee,
the Clerk of the County of Suf- Steven J. Baum PC, Attorneys The Town of Brookhaven reser
folk on January 14, 1965 as Map
Number 4248.
District: 0200 Section: 227.00
for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 1291, Buf-
falo, NY 14240-1291 Dated:
1/13/2009
ves the right to reject and decla
re invalid any or all bids and to
waive any informalities or irre
Port Jeff track “I don’t think that we’ve been taken all
that seriously,” said Sorenson. “But we can
Block: 08.00 Lot: 019.000 gularities in the proposals recei Continued from page A25 compete with every one of them. Making it
ved, all in the best interests o
As more particularly described 34 1/22 4x ptr the Town. The Town of Brook track team also struggled a bit. The girls to the playoffs is a great thing and I’d love
in the judgment of foreclosure to see them win it but at the same time I
and sale.
haven welcomes and encoura finished in seventh place with a total of
ges minorities and women-ow
Sold subject to all of the terms PUBLIC NOTICE ned businesses to participate in 23 points, well behind overall winner don’t want to take the fun out of it either.”
and conditions contained in said the bidding process. Mount Sinai, which collected 134 total Following the conclusion of their regu-
judgment and terms of sale. AS PER THE BROOKHAVEN
Approximate amount of judg- TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION NO. Further information can be ob points in a dominating performance. lar season, the Warriors will compete in
ment $459,056.92 plus interest 1-09 ALL TOWN BOARD MEET- tained by calling (631) 451-6252 Shoreham-Wading River was a distant the division tournament on Feb. 3 at Bay
and costs. INGS WILL COMMENCE
INDEX NO. 6934/08 AT 5:00 PM Anthony T. DeMaio second with 94 points. Shore Bowl before heading into the county
ANNETTE EADERESTO, Esq., Director of Purchasing Senior Liz Garland came in fift h place tournament at Sayville Bowl on Feb. 7.
REFEREE THE BROOKHAVEN TOWN TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE
in the 55-meter dash with a time of 8.08.
18 1/8 4x ptr MONTH OF FEBRUARY WILL BE
HELD ON
55 1/29 1x ptr
MILLER PLACE FIRE DISTRICT
Garland also took sixth place in the 300-
meter dash with a time of 45.38. Warrior track
NOTICE OF ADOPTION Freshman Andrea Fowara won the Continued from page A25
NOTICE OF SALE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2009 OF RESOLUTION
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF AT 5:00 PM SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE 55-meter hurdles with a time of 10.07. came in seventh place. The 4x200 fin-
SUFFOLK - EVERHOME MORT- REFERENDUM # 09-01 Junior Nancy Gallagher took fift h place ished in 2:02.74 and the 4x800 relay
GAGE COMPANY , Plaintiff, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2009
AGAINST EUGENE A. JOHANN, AT 5:00 PM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in the shot put with a throw of 29-03. clocked in at 11:34.64.
ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant the Board of Fire Commission In the long jump, freshman Katha- The Comsewogue boys’ team, on
to a judgment of foreclosure ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, ers of the Miller Place Fire Dis
and sale duly dated 8/26/2008, 2ND FLOOR trict, in the Town of Brookhaven rina Ross came in fift h place with a leap the other hand, finished the League IV
I, the undersigned Referee FARMINGVILLE, NY Suffolk County, New York, at a of 14-07.75. Junior Amber Bruckner meet in seventh place with 19 points.
will sell at public auction at meeting thereof, held on the Kings Park dominated the event with
the Front Steps of Brookhaven (THE WORK SESSION FOR THE 21st day of January, 2009, duly finished in sixth place in the high jump
Town Hall, One Independence FEBRUARY 10, 2009 TOWN adopted, subject to permissive with a score of 4-06. 145.50 points, followed by a very dis-
Hill, Farmingville, County of Suf- BOARD MEETING WILL BE referendum, a Resolution, an tant second place tie of Harborfields
abstract of which is as follows: All three of Port Jefferson’s relay teams
folk, New York, on 2/13/2009 at THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2009
10:00 AM, premises known as AT 11:00 AM) had solid finishes. The 4x400 team with and Huntington, both of which fin-
The Resolution authorizes the ished with 64 points. East Hampton
33 ROSEWOOD ROAD, ROCKY Purchase of Additional Equip a time of 4:39.86 and the 4x200 team
POINT, NY 11778. All that cer- (THE WORK SESSION FOR THE was fourth (39) then Miller Place (36)
tain plot piece or parcel of land, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 TOWN
ment for the Chief’s and Dis with a time of 2:00.83 both came in fift h
trict’s Vehicles at an estimated and Rocky Point (20).
with the buildings and improve- BOARD MEETING WILL BE TUES- total cost of $20,000.00 and the place. The 4x800-meter team finished in
ments thereon erected, situate, DAY FEBRUARY 24, 2009 AT expenditure for such purpose sixth place finish at 11:48.91. Comsewogue’s Vincent Zietsman won
lying and being in the Town of 11:00 AM) of not more than $20,000.00
BROOKHAVEN, County of Suf- from monies now in the capita The teams will compete next in the the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.43. In
folk and State of New York, EXECUTIVE SESSION MAY FOLLOW reserve fund of the Miller Place small school championships this week- the 300-meter dash, Adam Klein finished
Section, Block and Lot: 55.00- PUBLIC WELCOME AT ALL MEET- Fire District heretofore estab in sixth place, clocking in at 40.67.
2-56.001. Approximate amount INGS lished. end at Suffolk Community College in
of judgment $234,126.54 plus Brentwood. Thomas Ferrari came in fift h place in
interest and costs. Premises FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Dated: Miller Place, New York the shot put with a throw of 38-05.00.
will be sold subject to provi- - WWW.BROOKHAVEN.ORG January 26, 2009
His teammate James Taddeo finished
sions of filed Judgment Index
#20760/07. James P. McCarrick,
Esq., Referee,
TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE
(631) 451-TOWN BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
Warrior bowling not too far behind him in seventh, scor-
MILLER PLACE FIRE DISTRICT IN Continued from page A25 ing 38-00.50. In the long jump, Thomas
Steven J. Baum PC, Attorneys PAMELA J. BETHEIL THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 1291, Buf- TOWN CLERK SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
struggled. Still, teams like Longwood Cleary took sixth place honors with a
falo, NY 14240-1291 Dated: TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN (8-3), Middle Country (11-1) and East Is- leap of 18-11.00.
1/9/2009 JANET STAUFER,
52 1/29 1x ptr,vth DISTRICT SECRETARY
lip (11-0) should be considered favorites The 4x400 team came in sixth place
29 1/15 4x ptr in this year’s tourney and that suits the (4:18.83) and the 4x200 finished in
56 1/29 1x vbr Warriors just fine. fourth place with a time of 1:48.47.
SPORTS
Royals
compete
in leagues
TRACK
BY ROBERT LEUNER
katsports@tbrnewspapers.com
The Port Jefferson Royals boys’ win-
ter track team is rebuilding this year.
Last year the Royals were one of the bet-
ter small schools competing in Suffolk
County. This year they finished in fift h
place in the League V championship
meet held at Suffolk County Community
College in Brentwood.
The Royals finished with a total of 22
points, some 115 points behind league
winner Amityville. Shoreham-Wading
River was second with 131 points fol-
lowed by John Glenn in third with 57.
“We have a lot of young guys this
year,” said Port Jefferson head coach Rod
Cawley. “It went about as I expected. We
could have had a little better finish in
some of the events but we’ll just have to
wait until they mature physically.”
Junior Kevin Sullivan paced the Roy-
als. Sullivan took second in the 1,000-
meter run with a time of 2:45.75. Sullivan
also finished sixth in the 1,600-meter run
with a time of 5:00.40.
Sophomore Ryan Flanagan took fift h
place honors in the 600-meter run with
a time of 1:29.67. Sophomore Eli Cates
was sixth in the shot put with a toss of
40-03.25.
In the high jump, junior Gavin Clarke
placed fourth, clearing 5-06. Two Roy-
als relay teams finished in the scoring
column. The 4x800-meter team came in
fift h place with a time of 9:45.28 and the
4x400 relay squad took fourth place with
a time of 4:02.06.
Meanwhile, the Port Jefferson girls’ Photo by Josh Kalish
Continued on page A24 Port Jefferson sophomore Eli Cates placed sixth in the shot put with a score of 40-03.25 at the League V championship meet, held this past weekend.
Warriors surprise teams, dominate in league Warriors take on

BY ROBERT LEUNER nine consecutive game winning streak going until this
katsports@tbrnewspapers.com
The Comsewogue boys’ bowling team ended a two-
past Tuesday’s loss to Islip.
“We’re still a very young team,” said Sorenson. “We
year playoff drought when they qualified for postseason have only three seniors so I think we’ll be all right for
League IV teams
earlier this month. Now they are on the cusp of clinching a the next few years.”
league championship. The Warriors have The Warriors are led by senior Tom
TRACK
already defeated Islip, 26-7, and Sayville, Wooten and junior Anthony Neste. The Comsewogue girls’ track team finished the
31-2, last week, so there is amble reason BOYS’ BOWLING Heading into Tuesday evening’s match League IV championship meet, held this past week-
why Comsewogue should feel confident. against Islip, Neste boasted an aver- end, in sixth place with 27 points. Sayville won the
“This year has been so amazing,” said age of 227.93, fourth best in Suffolk title with 118 points, followed by Kings Park (96),
Warriors head coach Eric Sorenson. “The County while Wooten had compiled a Islip (66), Miller Place (65) and Hauppauge (44).
guys have really come together and are driven to succeed.” nift y 212.80 average. The Warriors also have the high- Erin O’Shea led the Warriors in the league
The Warriors are presently 9-2, one game ahead of sec- est team pin average in their league at 1,008.37 while meet. She finished the 1,000-meter run and the
ond place Islip. Their losses came on Dec. 2, opening day of amassing an astounding 201.67 per person average, 1,500 meters in second place. In the 1,000 meter,
the season, when Bellport (7-4) beat them 22-11 and more fourth best in Suffolk County. That, according to the she clocked in at 3:12.01 and in the 1,500, she fin-
recently on Jan. 27 against Islip, 2-1. Comsewogue had a statistics, means that each one of the Warriors’ starting ished in 5:10.46.
five bowls over 200 each game. In the 600-meter run, Nicole Aprea finished in
“We’ve really come together as bowlers,” Sorenson said. third place in 1:46.37. Noelle Deutsch competed in
‘This year has been so amazing. The “I think that we can bowl with the best of them.” the 1,500-meter race/walk, finishing in sixth with
Even if the Warriors win the league title they head into a time of 8:50.11.
guys have really come together and are the Suffolk County tournament as an obvious underdog Comsewogue’s 4x400-meter relay team came
driven to succeed.’ simply because no one has expected this kind of superior in fourth place at 4:41.61. Their 4x200 and 4x800
— COMSEWOGUE HEAD COACH ERIC SORENSON bowling from a team who over the past few seasons had Continued on page A24
Continued on page A24
EDITORIAL OPINION
Board, Planning Board, a village of the Brookhaven Parking lot?
Port Jeff needs planner and the Building Depart- •Study smart growth and green
Trim the fat a plan, not a ment. Some could be part of a
comprehensive plan but none are
urbanism such as mixed-use zon-
ing, transit-oriented development,
As the 21st century opens, government has an emergency. inter-modal (train, bus, shuttle,
taken meaningful, if far from complete, steps to
eliminate toxins in our air, water and earth. We’re
moratorium 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23. ferry) transportation coordination.
OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR Considering ratables and assess- •Update the previous plans us-
glad to see them tackle our food now. AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ments, inspect and assess apart- ing bottom-up public participation
Bravo to Suffolk County Legislator Lou OF THE VILLAGE OF PORT ments, shared services impact rather than outmoded top-down
D’Amaro (D-North Babylon) for introducing a JEFFERSON: and cost analysis, assess LIPA methods.
bill to ban use of trans fats in county food estab- I am an architect, urban de- re-powering, homeland security Michael Schwarting
lishments, following the example set by New York signer, have a business and am a issues, lawsuits, district attorney Port Jefferson
City, California and a growing number of locali- resident in Port Jefferson. and Special Council are not master
ties. If the measure does not pass swift ly into law
with a minimum of debate, county lawmakers
I very strongly believe in plan issues. We are not all
comprehensive plans. I and my 20. Sidewalks and parking are
should double-check their science.
That’s because trans fats — lipids created by ar-
students have been involved with appropriate comprehensive plan online
several of the Hamlet Studies con- items but are not emergencies. TO THE EDITOR:
tificially hardening vegetable oils for use in baked ducted by Dr. Lee Koppelman for 24. Workforce housing issues
goods or fried foods — are poison, plain and sim- I was stunned when I received
the Town of Brookhaven. The vil- should be studied by a village plan- my copy of The Port Times
ple. Unlike other foodstuffs hotly debated in the lage has had four plans since 1965 ner.
nutrition community in recent years — saturated Record today and noted a front-
and a 2010 report in 2002. There I believe that my comments to page photo of a fire that appar-
fat, complex carbohydrates, even high fructose is no doubt that there should be the above 24 points demonstrate
corn syrup — trans fats have no conceivable up- ently took place at the convent of
an update of this work. I have met that there is no emergency and that the Daughters of Wisdom on the
side. These man-made fats are foreign to the hu- with Dr. Koppelman to discuss a comprehensive plan is a good
man body, which is poorly adapted to handle them. grounds of St. Charles’ Hospital
this and he has said it has always idea that can proceed without a last Sunday. I then became out-
As a result, their consumption has been linked to been Suffolk County’s position, moratorium.
increased risk of heart disease, insulin resistance, raged that no story was included,
that during a master plan process, I do not believe that a good but readers were referred to a
obesity and cancer. a moratorium is necessary if there and thorough master plan could
Some studies show consumption of just 40 cal- website. It may be amazing to
is the possibility that development be achieved and adopted in 12 you, but I do not own a computer
ories of trans fat — or 4.5 grams — a day can boost might occur that is related to the months. I think that it would be:
the risk of a heart attack by 23 percent, and a fast- and this is one reason why I still
issues being studied. He also told Analyze previous plans and pub- have a subscription to various
food meal of fried chicken strips and French fries me and wrote to the mayor and lic discussion to develop a program
can easily contain more than 100 calories of trans newspapers, including The Port
trustees that all projects that are for a master plan — 4 months. Times Record.
fat, D’Amaro said. in the planning process should be Draft an RFP articulating
Some may interpret this as one more unwelcome As it happened I had been
exempt from a moratorium. everything to be studied — need a unsuccessfully attempting to
intrusion into personal preference by a healthier- It seems to me that very few planner — 2 months
than-thou nanny state. But a trans-fat ban is not contact one of the sisters, and
of the 24 factors on the Port Jeff RFP submission, selection and now know why I couldn’t get
analogous to a vice tax. Rather, it more closely par- website could be addressed in a contract — 2 months
allels the Environmental Protection Agency’s ef- in touch. If this is the way you
comprehensive plan and that many Develop the plan with public will be handling stories in the
forts to ensure businesses do not contaminate the have been started and could be presentations, discussions, revi-
drinking water of nearby residents with trichlo- future, I see no reason to con-
completed on their own. None sions — 8-12 months tinue my subscription. Your lack
roethylene or other toxins. Who among us would suggest that there is an emergency. Public hearings and adoption
demand the choice over whether poison comes out of consideration and respect for
1. Yes let’s update the master – 1 month women who have dedicated their
of our taps? plans but it would be wise to up- Implementation of critical ele-
It’s possible that the market would eliminate lives to helping us, as well as
date these by a careful and delib- ments — ? being invaluable to St. Charles
trans fat use on its own. Some major fast-food erate process, not under the time There is also the question of
chains, such as Burger King and Wendy’s, forced Hospital astonishes me. You owe
constraints of a moratorium. what would the master plan and the Daughters of Wisdom and
to ditch the fats in some localities and sensing that 2. The committee that I was the master plan process cost? In
their number is only likely to grow, have chosen to all of us who care about them an
on for the marine waterfront zon- this time of austerity, and given apology.
phase out their use. ing had competed the study and that there does not seem to be an
But many restaurants have yet to follow their Valerie Schroeder
this could be resolved indepen- emergency, can we afford to do it Port Jefferson
lead, and are unlikely to do so soon of their own dently and quickly. now?
accord, as trans fats are cheaper and better preser- 3. The Lawrence Aviation There are a number of issues not
vatives compared to most natural animal or plant Editor’s note: We do apologize,
plume is already in the hands of mentioned by the trustees, that I and we trust everyone saw a follow-
lipids. The county would be doing Suffolk con- the EPA and they are working on a believe should be part of a compre-
sumers a favor by speeding the retreat from trans up story about the brave guards
30 year plan. hensive plan: who helped save those sisters. It
fats, even residents who already go out of their way 4, 6. The Heritage Inn, Island •Traffic and parking study and
to avoid the stuff. appeared last week on page A5 and
Boat, Beach Street, High Street plan (updating those in past plans). included the account of the fire.
Why? Because in America today, the less cluster, Liberty cluster, Texaco •A public harborfront in place
wealthy the eater, the more likely he is to rely on Avenue, are all in the planning
low-cost fast food or packaged snacks laden with process and would be exempt from
trans fat. The same demographic, unfortunately, is a moratorium according to Dr.
also more likely to lack health insurance or rely
on state-subsidized coverage like Medicaid. So,
Koppelman.
5, 7, 8. The steep slope code has
Heard of Village Voices?
preventing some disease with a virtually cost-free been studied since the 1987 Master
trans-fat ban would, in addition to the benefit of Plan and could be enacted very
Want to sound off but too time-pressed
avoiding human suffering, cut the potential medi- quickly on its own. Open space or shy* to write a letter to the editor?
cal expenses that taxpayers would have to bear.
The Legislature’s Health and Human Services
studies are important but not an Get a conversation going
emergency. Historic building and/ on our “Village Voices” readers blog
Committee is set to consider the trans-fat ban to- or district studies are important
day, so the bill could be scheduled for a general but should be a study on its own at www.northshoreoflongisland.com
vote as early as next Tuesday. Tell your county rep- with the proper expertise.
resentative to send trans fats packing. 9. The RFP for an 8 month Read what your neighbors are saying:
study of Upper Port could also be
achieved on its own. “Would Uncle Guiseppe’s even contemplate opening ... if a year
10. There is an infrastructure long moratorium [was] in place? NO.
study ready to be enacted and Village officials should put [the moratorium] to a vote by the
Letters ... could be expanded if necessary. residents of Port Jefferson.”
We welcome your letters. They should be no 11, 16, 17, 18. Code revisions, — M-W Zone yes, everywhere? no, Jan. 28
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/building procedures, staffing, *Blog posters may use “handles” or pseudonyms.
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How the mighty may fall: an autopsy Your turn
Back in 1998, I was working as a appetite for a good deal and a good dessert, in either of their companies were winners.
reporter at Bloomberg News, where any and was the ultimate charmer on Wall Investors believed in the promise of the
story at any hour could and did require Street. He was a hero for turning a collec- merger.
my complete and immediate attention. In tion of financial services businesses into a Soon after the companies combined,
April, I had received a “tip” from an anony- profit-making machine. He had convinced Weill frequently told anyone who would
mous source that Citicorp was going to an- Reed to join forces with him. But even listen that the merger was working and that
nounce a huge merger on Monday. I called that wasn’t the most shocking part of this its record profits soon after the marriage
every source I could think of, pulled every merger. It was something far more basic. were proof of that. Reed cautioned that the
trick out of my reporter’s repertoire, made “Excuse me?” I asked my editor, as he big numbers came from putting together
every personal and professional appeal to raced through the press release to send two big companies. He continued to sug-
every imaginable person who might tell me out as many headlines as he could about gest that everyone had to wait to see how
something to break this big story. a merger heralding a brand new day in it all went. He was, to use a favorite phrase BY DANIEL DUNAIEF
Back then, bankers ascribed to their global finance. from the corporate world, “cautiously
unshakable belief that bigger was better. “WHAT?” he yelled. optimistic.”
They’d serve more of every customer’s need “Isn’t this illegal?” Citigroup did manage to get Glass-
in more places than anyone else. The mar- Without taking his eyes off his screen, Steagall repealed and didn’t have to sell big around the world, maneuvering around
ket was buzzing every day with talk of who he nodded his head. He directed me businesses to make the deal happen. an already heavily regulated industry that
would partner up with back to my seat, where I In less than two years, Weill muscled threatened to require almost as many
whom and what that might needed to turn this press Reed out of the co-CEO role, standing people watching and listening to how one
mean for the remaining The White House was one release into a story. I had alone as the seller of his grand vision for side of the house spoke to the other as it did
players. Bankers described 15 minutes to convert a bigger, better, stronger, faster bank that people trying to make money.
their business as a barbell: of the few places I hadn’t those headlines into could and would do anything but make From day one, Prince seemed a good
there would be a concen- called to try to break the a story, while adding you eggs over easy for breakfast. candidate to handle the regulators, but per-
tration of enormous strong story. Silly me! some background about The big, bad boy that was Citigroup haps a questionable one to make the best
banks on one side and a Citicorp, Travelers, John became big and bad. There were the ugly business decisions for the bank. After all,
collection of tiny banks Reed, Sandy Weill and email exchanges between Sandy Weill he hadn’t spent all that much time running
on the other. Everything the merger trends in and the poster boy for research conflicts a business.
in between would struggle to survive and banking. As the day progressed, we’d find of interest, former telecom analyst Jack With 20/20 hindsight, it’s easy to see
compete — or so the thinking went. experts — lawyers, doctors, Indian chiefs Grubman. how Prince and all the other top CEOs
After a weekend of looking over every — who could all weigh in on whether the An unseemly set of emails showed Weill who made millions stumbled badly when
shoulder and calling in every favor I could deal was legal and could happen. Even in urging Grubman to take another look at the complicated investments they held that
imagine, I got nowhere. Almost getting a the short press release, Weill said he had his rating on AT&T stock — a company were somehow tied to home prices around
story wouldn’t do much for me. I barely contacted the Clinton administration the whose board Weill sat on. There was also the country finally did the unthinkable and
slept that night, anticipating that 4 am night before. The White House was one of a “donation” Citigroup made to the 92nd fell.
call from an angry editor who read a story the few places I hadn’t called to try to break Street Y just as Grubman’s children were Even the regulators didn’t see it coming,
someplace else about the merger and the story. Silly me! applying for kindergarten. or they would have raised more red flags.
demanded I find someone as quickly as Citigroup, as Reed and Weill’s married Crusading Attorney General Eliot And now, 10 years after that day that
possible who could verify that story. Even companies would be called, had some time Spitzer was determined to do whatever marked the beginning of a new era in
though that call never came, I arrived at to repeal the Depression-Era laws called it took to save the small banking, Citigroup is
my desk at 6 am. Glass-Steagall that had separated commer- investor from the un- about to try to break
My editor, a driven, intense, high energy cial and investment banking. If they didn’t derhanded dealings and Even the regulators up into two large pieces
man whose whereabouts in the newsroom change the laws, the combined company dealers on Wall Street. He — even without any new
were always known from his booming would have to sell some of its businesses. would protect Mr. and didn’t see it coming, or laws restricting its busi-
voice and the shoes he clomped around in The press conference that day revealed Mrs. John Q. Public even if they would have raised ness.
as if he were crushing cockroaches, was the just how different these two financial lead- it meant he’d have to ride Is there a lesson in
only other person in the newsroom just as ers were. Weill offered amusing sound bites the publicity he generated more red flags. all this? I’m sure there
the sun started to pour in from over the and off the cuff witticisms straight from his to the governor’s mansion. are a lot of them. How
59th Street bridge. self-made Brooklyn pedigree, while Reed With enough righteous about the conventional
I stared at the public relations newswire, considered his answers, often describing indignation to fill the new and old Shea wisdom — and back then, it was bigger is
ready to write whatever story came in that what he hoped the merger would achieve. and Yankee stadiums, Spitzer laid out better — can be anything but wise. Or, how
morning. I was so concerned about miss- The stock market, which was in great (oops, poor choice of words) exactly how about, even giants — who seem to have an
ing the big moment that I barely took my shape in 1998, fell in love with the deal analysts were being corrupted by their “in” with everyone in power — can fall.
eyes off the screen to talk with my editor. and the sales pitch. Citicorp shares surged ties to investing banking. The investment When they do, they fall farther and harder
Would Citicorp, run by the intellectual, $35.625, or 25 percent, to help the Dow to bankers didn’t want any of their free- than their smaller counterparts.
deliberate and stately John Reed, merge its first close above 9,000. spirited analysts to say bad things about More than a decade later, Sandy Weill
with a foreign bank? Would Reed dare to Numerous print and TV journalists companies that were paying them millions is gone from Citigroup and so are many
merge with, say, a NationsBank, a giant — caught up in the euphoria of this mar- of dollars to sell stocks and bonds to the of the billions made on that first day. As of
bank that had gone from the fourth largest riage — started their “exclusive” interviews public. Jan. 16, Citigroup was worth $20 billion,
bank in North Carolina to one of the larg- with Sandy Weill and John Reed that day Ironically, when federal regulators well below its market cap of $140 billion
est in the nation through the deal making by congratulating them on the merger. revealed Spitzer’s own emails to a prostitu- in April 1998. Many of the millions Weill
of former marine Hugh McColl? Strange as it seems now, at the time, it was tion ring, his career came crashing down. made and then reinvested in the bank have
And then it hit. One of the strangest perfectly normal. It was like the sports But that’s a rise and fall story for a different also disappeared. And John Reed no longer
press releases I’d ever seen. Citicorp was reporters who congratulate the manager day. has to wait and see if Citigroup lived up to
merging with Travelers Group. The value of a team that had won a big game. How Sensing that the world was turning on its promise: it didn’t.
of the deal was $70 billion. could they not have felt and noticed the ex- him and seeing one bad headline after Daniel Dunaief was a business reporter
Sanford “Sandy” Weill ran Travelers. citement? The stock market loved the deal another tied to his name, Weill endorsed for over 14 years. He worked at the New
Weill was the antithesis of John Reed. The and the reporters often used the market’s the company’s top lawyer, Charles Prince, York Daily News, Bloomberg News and the
son of Polish immigrants, Weill shot from reaction as a scorecard. On that day, Weill, as the new CEO. In theory, Prince could American Banker. He is currently trying his
the hip, grew up in Brooklyn, had a hearty Reed and anyone who had money invested handle any legal challenges the bank faced hand as a book author.
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