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Candidates separated by 29 votes still waitingBy Alex Petroski

Waiting is the hardest part.The Democratic primary to decide who

will face freshman U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in the race for the 1st Congressio-nal District seat in November was June 28, but as of print time on Wednesday, Zeldin’s opponent was still a mystery.

The former town supervisor in South-ampton Anna Throne-Holst led Setauket native and former prosecutor and venture capitalist David Calone by just 29 votes when the dust settled on election night. More than a week later, it remained un-clear who would come out on top.

The Suffolk County Board of Elections will begin counting the 1,794 absentee ballots cast on Thursday, though a depart-ment employee said that process might take sev-eral days. The absentee ballots will be counted by a bipartisan team of depart-ment employees in addition to representa-tives from both campaigns at the Board of Elections office in Yaphank.

In emailed statements from their cam-paigns, both candidates expressed confi-dence about what the tally will hold after all the votes are counted and thanked their supporters for their hard work to date.

“I’m proud to be in the lead after elec-tion night, and am most especially proud of the positive campaign we ran,” Throne-Holst said through a press representative. “I owe a heartfelt debt of gratitude to our thousands of supporters and volunteers, who are invaluable partners in getting our message to voters.”

Calone said he has high hopes thanks to the nearly nonexistent deficit.

“Given that there are about 1,800 ab-sentee ballots that haven’t been counted — roughly 15 percent of the overall vote — no one knows who will end up on top until we count every vote,” Calone said in a state-ment. “More than anything, I’m grateful to Democrats around the district who volun-teered to help my campaign.”

Neither candidate hesitated to turn their sites toward Zeldin.

“I expect to prevail once every vote is counted and I look forward to continuing our campaign to provide a strong contrast to Congressman Lee Zeldin, who is one of Donald Trump’s greatest advocates in Washington,” Calone said.

Throne-Holst also invoked presumptive Republican presidential nominee and busi-

nessman Donald Trump in refer-ring to Zeldin.

“I look for-ward to working with Democrats throughout the district as we focus on our common goal of defeating Lee

Zeldin,” she said. “We all know Lee Zeldin is not looking forward to going up against my record, and voters will reject not only his extremist views and votes, but also his enthusiastic embrace of Donald Trump, who is dangerous for both Long Island and the country.”

At the end of the night on June 28, un-official results showed Throne-Holst with 5,446 votes — 50.09 percent of the vote — and Calone with 5,417 votes — 49.82 percent.

Zeldin unseated six-term former U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop (D) by a wide margin back in 2014, with a final vote total of 54 percent to 45 percent.

Check back next week for an update and results, should the counting be complete.

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Former southampton town supervisor Anna throne-Holst, left, leads setauket na-tive David Calone, right, with nearly 1,800 absentee ballots left to be counted.

With 1,800 absentee ballots left to be counted, Throne-Holst is leading David Calone by just a few dozen votes. Results should be known next week.

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Photos above and left by Desirée Keegan; top right photo by Greg Catalano

Clockwise from left, locals walk down Heritage Park’s Avenue of America to check out the Parade of American Flags; a girl rides her bike while rolling down the Avenue of America, as her mother follows behind; fireworks on display at Bald Hill; and posters by local children decorate the Avenue of America.

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can flags along the Avenue of America for the Parade of American Flags on the Fourth of July.

Locals came out to learn more about the nation’s history and could take part in a scavenger hunt while learning.

There was also a fireworks show held at Bald Hill in Farmingville, which was a fun, festive way for local community members to sit and watch some fireworks while enjoying Independence Day.


Brookhaven opposes rate hike from utility companyBy Alex Petroski

Long Island residents who go to Nation-al Grid for their gas may be paying more come January 2017, but not if the Town of Brookhaven has anything to say about it.

The Brookhaven town board passed a resolution, with a unanimous vote June 30, opposing the company’s proposed rate increase that was announced in January. Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) sponsored the resolution, though all six board members asked to be added as co-sponsors prior to voting.

“This is an outrageous rate hike — it will impose a burden,” Romaine said in a phone interview last week. “We think it’s far too great.”

The increase would cost National Grid’s approximately 570,000 Long Island cus-tomers about $160 annually on top of what they already pay, according to a statement from the company in January. The increase would be about 12 percent.

Wendy Ladd, a spokeswoman for the company, responded to the resolution in an email Tuesday.

“We feel our proposals and the costs associated with them are essential to pro-vide customers with safe and reliable gas service, enhance storm resiliency, expand the availability of gas service, help reduce methane, support our neediest customers, and to make the investments required to upgrade and modernize aging infrastruc-ture and grow the system to meet the needs

of a 21st century clean energy economy for years to come,” Ladd said.

Romaine said there is a precedent for the town intervening in battles over costs with utility companies. Last year, Brookhaven took on Long Island Power Authority in a similar case.

“LIPA now knows that we, if nothing else, will be watchdogs for the citizens of Brookhaven,” Romaine said.

National Grid New York’s President Ken Daly commented on the matter in January.

“National Grid has invested more than $4.5 billion over the past decade to mod-ernize and build a safer and more reliable natural gas system for our customers. Dur-ing this period of time, we have also main-tained stable delivery rates for our custom-ers,” he said in a statement. “Now, as we respond to the need to invest even more into our aging gas networks and prepare for the future needs of our customers, the investments required to provide this service have increased. The proposals will allow us to accelerate our gas main replacement program, improve critical customer service, and ensure that we have a modernized and technologically advanced natural gas sys-tem for our customers and the communities we serve, now and in the future.”

The Brookhaven town board is not against a rate hike altogether, though members said they would like to see it greatly reduced.

The resolution read in part: “the cost of living on Long Island is already astronomi-

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Brookhaven supervisor ed romaine is speaking out against a proposed rate hike by National Grid.

Board joins supervisor to combat National Grid proposal

cal partly due to high utility costs, placing a heavy burden on the residents of Long Island … residents are leaving Long Island in search of better opportunity and a lower cost of living.”

The resolution concluded with the board’s intention to “send a letter in op-position to the proposed rate hikes by Na-tional Grid and the Department of Public

Service.”National Grid’s January statement said

the rate increases would allow them to significantly increase the gas main replace-ment program and improve technology in flood-prone areas, among other benefits.

The proposal will be reviewed by the New York State Department of Public Ser-vice before it is approved.

SC Legislature hosts seminar for small businessesBy susAN risoli

Industry professionals and economic development experts gathered at Suffolk County Community College’s Selden cam-pus on June 24 to talk about the region’s changing business climate. “Charting the Course,” was sponsored by the NYS Small Business Development Center.

New downtowns and upgraded trans-portation are unfolding, said Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone (D). The first phase of Wyandanch’s incarnation as “the largest new transportation-centered hub on Long Island” is nearing completion, Bellone said, and the housing phase of the Ronkonkoma hub is about to begin. He said the projects differ from Patchogue’s much-touted revi-talization because that village already had one of the area’s “existing downtowns that suffered post-World War II … and now are attractive to young people.”

But in Wyandanch and Ronkonkoma, Bellone said, downtowns are being created from scratch by “tearing down dilapidated industrial areas.”

The county plans to link the Long Is-land Rail Road’s three lines to create “real intra-Island commuting,” Bellone said. And he said ride services such as Uber, Lyft, and driverless cars will come to this area.

Despite changes on the horizon, Bellone said, the region still has challenges to cor-rect. One is a decentralized government structure that’s “hyperlocally focused.”

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we have a lot of layers and levels of govern-ment here on Long Island,” Bellone said. The structure makes it easy to handle lo-cal matters but gets in the way of regional growth, he said.

Although the “Brexit” vote was not of-ficially on the agenda, Great Britain’s deci-

sion to leave the European Union was felt all the way to Selden.

“I just got a text that the Dow [Jones Industrial Average] fell 400 points,” said Jon Cooper, president of Spectronics Cor-poration, a Long Island manufacturer of ultraviolet lighting equipment. The former Suffolk County legislator said that even

though only a few hours had passed since the vote, “it’s already had a tremendously adverse effect” on American companies that do overseas business. Cooper said he was rethinking preliminary plans to part-ner with international distributors. And if other countries leave the EU, he said, the resulting array of export regulations and currencies will make things harder for lo-cal companies.

Many businesspeople in the audience expressed concern about young people leaving Long Island and about small busi-nesses closing up shop. “I think I have a positive attitude, compared to some of the people here,” said Anne Shybunko-Moore, President of GSE Dynamics Inc., an engi-neering and manufacturing company that makes military mechanical and structural components. Shybunko-Moore also is chairwoman of the Manufacturing Con-sortium of Long Island, a network of Long Island companies in the manufacturing in-dustry. She invited Long Island leaders to “change the message” by talking publicly about the successes of Long Island compa-nies, and recommended asking companies to talk about their growth.

“There’s equipment being purchased. With that equipment, there are new capa-bilities and new people being hired,” she pointed out. If every company in the MCLI group hires one person, Shybunko-Moore said, “That’s a bigger story than one com-pany laying off 500 people.”

Discussion focuses on LI’s changing business climate

Photo from luann Dallojacono

Attendees enjoy “A taste of suffolk,” part of the event’s offerings, with host suffolk County legislature Presiding officer DuWayne Gregory(D-Amityville), far left.


LEGALSNOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-21CB, MORT-GAGE PASS-THROUGH CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2005-21CB, Pltf. vs. HILL H. NGUYEN, et al, Defts. Index #28357/12. Pursu-ant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Mar. 17, 2016, I will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Inde-pendence Hill, Farmingville, NY on July 21, 2016 at 2:30 p.m., prem. k/a 34 Oneida Avenue, Centereach, NY a/k/a Section 365.00, Block 03.00, Lot 035.000. Said property located in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot No. 90 on a certain map entitled “MAP OF NESCONSET LAWNS, SECTION NO 3, SITUATE AT SOUTH SETAUKET, L.I., N.Y.” filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on Sept. 17, 1964 as Map No. 4154. Approx. amt. of judgment is $497,909.36 plus costs and interest. This is a First Mortgage. Sold sub-ject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. FRANCESCO TINI, Referee. DRUCKMAN LAW GROUP, PLLC, Attys. for Pltf., 242 Drexel Av-enue, Westbury, NY. File No. 30657- #88652

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Notice of formation of Future Sabers, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/3/2016. Office located in Suffolk. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC: 20 Fraternity Ln, Stony Brook, NY 11790. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against

MICHAEL B. NEIKAM; MEGAN E. NEIKAM ,et al Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered MAY 2, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738 on AUGUST 11, 2016 at 3:00 P.M.. Premises known as 25 NEW LANE, SELDEN, NY 11784. Dis-trict 0200 Sec 474.00 Block 07.00 Lot 003.000. ALL that

certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and im-provements thereon erected, situate lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judg-ment is $397,075.65 plus inter-est and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 064312/2013 .NATASHA MEYERS, ESQ. , Referee

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff against

JOANNE DESANTIS ,et al Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered APRIL 12, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARM-INGVILLE, NY 11738 on AUGUST 11, 2016 at 10:15 A.M.. Premises known as 98 MAGNOLIA DRIVE, SELDEN, NY 11784. District 0200 Sec 446.00 Block 04.00 Lot 020.000. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, lying and be-ing at Selden, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York. Approxi-mate Amount of Judgment is $307,068.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 20637/12 .TIMOTHY JOSEPH DALY, ESQ., Referee

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NOTICE OF AMENDMENT & HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board at Brookhaven Town Office Complex, Town Au-ditorium, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York on 07/21/2016 at 6:00 pm, to consider enacting the follow-ing proposed amendment(s) to the Uniform Code of Traf-fic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.Article VII Section 26 entitled STOP AND YIELD INTERSEC-TIONS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of CENTEREACHCLARKSON RD W COURT DR STOP S / CLARKSON RD

DRAKE RD W COURT DR STOP S / DRAKE RD

Article VIII Section 36 entitled PARKING TIME LIMITED IN DES-IGNATED LOCATIONS is hereby

amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of CEN-TEREACHWAGON LN W NO PARKING- DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG +/- 530’ E&S/O TREE RD CONT S +/- 75 ‘ /E

WAGON LN W NO PARKING- DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG +/- 595’ E&S OF TREE RD CONT S +/- 450’ /W

WAGON LN W NO PARKING- DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG +/- 605’ E&S/O TREE RD CONT S +/- 225 ‘ /E

WAGON LN W NO PARKING- DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG TREE RD CONT E&S +/-440’ /W

Article VIII Section 36 entitled PARKING TIME LIMITED IN DES-IGNATED LOCATIONS is hereby amended by DELETION of the following in the hamlet of CEN-TEREACHWAGON LA W/S LIMITED PARKING- PER DIREC-TOR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY S/S/O TREE RD S/E+/-365’

At said public hearing, any per-sons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard.

DATE: 6/9/2016Farmingville, NY Donna Lent, Town ClerkTown of Brookhaven

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the fiscal affairs of the CEN-TEREACH FIRE DISTRICT for the period beginning January 1, 2015 and ending on December 31, 2015, have been examined by an independent public ac-countant and that the report of the external audit by the independent public accoun-tant has been filed in my office where it is available as public record for inspection by all in-terested persons. Pursuant to Section 181-b of the Town Law and Section 35 of the General Municipal Law, the governing board of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT shall prepare a writ-ten response and corrective action plan to the report of the external audit prepared by in-dependent public accountant and file any such response/plan in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than ninety (90) days from the date hereof.

DATED: June 29, 2016

Jennifer Gardner, District SecretaryCentereach Fire DistrictTown of Brookhaven

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Police BlotterIncidents and arrests June 23 -July 3

Let’s go shoppingA 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, both from Port Jefferson Station, stole men’s clothing from Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in East Setauket on June 23, and again on June 27, according to police. The pair were arrested on July 2 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with petit larceny.

Wrong place, wrong timeAt a home on Maryanne Avenue in Port Jefferson Station, a 31-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man, both from Port Jefferson Station, were trespassing and in possession of an illegal drug at about 8:30 p.m. on July 2, police said. They were arrested and each charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespassing.

Got a receipt for that?A 32-year-old woman from Rocky Point was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, after jewelry stolen from R & S Diamond Exchange and Jewelry Store on Route 25A in Rocky Point, was found in her possession at about 4 p.m. on June 29, according to police.

Drugs and paraphernalia seizedOn June 29 at about 5:30 a.m. at a home on Rocky Point Landing Road in Rocky Point, a 25-year-old man from Rocky Point was arrested and charges with third-degree criminal possession of a control substance with intent to sale, after police found scales, packaging and multiple cell phones in his possession. At the same time and place, a 56-year-old woman from Rocky Point was standing in the street with heroin in her

possession, police said. She was arrested and charged with loitering and unlawful use of a controlled substance. A 53-year-old man from Rocky Point was also arrested at the same time and place, and was charged with loitering and unlawful use of a controlled substance.

Wake up callA 2008 Cadillac Escalade was damaged while parked outside of a home on Xyris Road in Rocky Point at about 3:30 a.m. on July 3, according to police.

A fitting for new bracelets is in orderAt Lavender Fields home boutique on Wynn Lane in Port Jefferson, at about 3 p.m. on July 3, an unknown person exited the store with a bracelet without paying, police said.

Backpack packed up, thief walked outA backpack containing cash and head-phones was stolen from a home on Poplar Street in Port Jefferson Station at about 6 p.m. on July 3, according to police.

You can’t talk to me like that!Someone yelled obscenities at a complain-ant outside of a home on Sherry Drive in Centereach at about 2 p.m. on July 2, police said.

Brandy banditA woman with red hair stole two bottles of brandy from Royal Plaza Liquors in Rocky Point at about 2:30 p.m. on July 3, police said.

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Babysitter charged with DWI at Mount Sinai beach

Suffolk County Police arrested a 19-year-old babysitter after someone called police to report a woman was intoxicated with four children in her car.

A good Samaritan called police at approxi-mately 2 p.m. on June 30 after she watched Sabrina Macri searching for her vehicle in the parking lot of Cedar Beach on Harbor Beach Road in Mount Sinai. The babysitter had four boys, ranging from 4 to 11 years old, in her care. Once Macri located her black 2015 Honda Civic, she attempted to drive away, but the good Samaritan used her own vehicle to block Macri in until police arrived.

Macri, of Sound Beach, was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger (Leandra’s Law), four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

She was held overnight at the 4th Pre-cinct arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip the following morning.

Macri pleaded not guilty last Friday in

the arraignment. She is being held with a cash bail of $10,000. The judge has already issued a protection order on the children, thus prohibiting Macri to be near them at home or at school.


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By Victoria Espinoza

The plan to reduce the use of plastic bags in Suffolk County has been modified with a 5 cent tax on plastic bags replacing an original proposal for an all-out ban.

County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Center-port) updated a bill he submitted in March to reduce the use of plastic bags in retail sales after he saw how other areas found success with a small tax.

“My focus all along has been to improve the environ-ment and reduce waste,” Spencer said in an email. “The decision to change course involved multiple factors, most importantly evidence from various municipalities with similar legislation that has proven to be effective.”

The new version would charge 5 cents per bag used by any customer, and all fees collected would be retained by the store. There would be no fee for customers who bring in their own bags and a store cannot discourage them from doing so, the law proposed.

A spokeswoman from Spencer’s office said the legisla-tor looked to Washington, D.C., as an example of a suc-cessful implementation of a 5 cent fee.

The Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act went into effect in January 2010, and it requires all businesses that sell food or alcohol to charge a nickel for each dispos-able paper or plastic carryout bag. The bill was the first of its kind in the United States, and in a 2013 study of the law, researchers found that both residents and businesses reported a significant reduction in disposable-bag use and a majority of residents and businesses supported the bag fee. In addition, both residents and businesses said they saw fewer plastic bags littering the area.

The study found that D.C. residents estimated a 60 percent decrease in household bag use, moving from 10 disposable bags per week before the law to four bags per week in 2013. Moreover, 79 percent of residents reported carrying reusable bags when shopping and 74 percent of businesses saw an increase in customers bringing their own bags. And, perhaps most important for residents who are still wary of the tax, the study reported only 8 percent of businesses and 16 percent of residents felt bothered by the law.

Spencer said this law is an important step in protecting the environment.

“This is an opportunity to secure a win for the environ-ment because it will form a consensus of necessary sup-port among the legislature and key stakeholders,” he said.

The Citizens Campaign for the Environment said there is more plastic in the oceans than plankton, with 46,000 pieces of plastic in every square mile. Many marine ani-mals are choked and strangled by these bags, or die con-suming them. The CCE said plastic pollution negatively impacts 267 species of marine life.

Spencer said he intends to keep a close look on the pro-gression of the bill, and that if a tax doesn’t reduce the use of plastic bags enough, he will reconsider an outright ban.

“We are moving in a positive direction, and I intend to look closely at bag usage — before and after implementa-tion — to ensure it’s effective,” he said. “If it is not having a significant impact, I have every intention of working to strengthen the policy including revisiting the ban.”

Tax on plastic bags may fall to shoppers

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Legislator William spencer, on left, has presented a new version of a bill to reduce the use of plastic bags, above.

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Alternative technologies bring hope to polluted watersBy Colm Ashe

The message from Stony Brook Univer-sity’s center for clean water technology was clear — it’s time to cut the poop.

Suffolk County’s waters are inundated with nitrogen pollution and the main cul-prit is wastewater coming from our homes, officials said this week. There are more than 360,000 homes in the county using a 5,000-year-old system for waste manage-ment — septic tanks and cesspools. The waste from these systems is leaching into the groundwater, causing high amounts of nitrogen pollution. On June 20, the NYS Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook University proposed the new technologies they aim to implement in order to restore our polluted waters to a healthy state.

The design is simple, officials said: uti-lizing locally sourced, natural materials to provide a system that is both efficient and economically feasible.

This is not just an environmental issue. Suffolk County’s waters underlie the foun-dation of the state’s greater economy, from real estate to tourism. If nothing is done to counteract continuous contamination, officials argued, the very identity of Long Island could be compromised.

The center is taking action, and its members shared that action with the pub-lic on Thursday, June 23.

“These simple systems, comprised of

sand and finely ground wood, are dem-onstrating an ability to treat household wastewater as well or better than the most advanced wastewater treatment plants,” said Christopher Gobler, the center’s co-director and professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. “Similar in footprint and basic functionality to a drain field, the most common form of onsite wastewater dispersal around the country, we call them nitrogen-removing biofilters, and the next step is to pilot them at residences to see if they can consistently perform in more dy-namic situations.”

To accompany the high nitrogen-remov-al rates, these nitrogen-removing biofilters are proving effective in removing other unwanted contaminants from the water, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, Gobler said.

Harold Walker, center co-director, pro-fessor and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook University, re-inforced the new system’s viability, adding, “they are passive systems by design, which means they are low maintenance and re-quire little energy to operate.”

Biofilters are not the only technology the center is working on. Ever since they were funded by the state environmental protection fund in 2015, their collaborative efforts with leading experts from the pub-lic and private sectors have produced sev-eral treatment options all in the name of

providing cost-effective, high-performance waste-management systems suitable for widespread implementation on Long Is-land. However, the biofilters end up receiv-ing most of the praise.

According to Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, the technology “is among the most promising we’ve seen in Long Island’s ef-fort to restore water quality.”

Regardless of the obvious potential, it is still up to Suffolk County to approve the sys-tems for commercial use. In an exclusive in-terview with TBR News Media, Gobler said, “some systems will be approved this year.”

As part of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services demonstration program, the center should see local testing as early as this fall. Pilot installations are already under-way at a test center, Gobler said.

File photo by elana Glowatz

Nitrogen pollution is an ongoing concern in suffolk County.

By Colm Ashe

The general consensus among those who study the evaporating future of the global water supply is to blame population growth. However, a recent study out of Stony Brook University suggests climate change may be the domi-nant catalyst for future exposure to drought.

A team of scholars used 16 cli-mate models and United Nation population growth projections to ensure a more accurate prediction. The study reported that the num-ber of people exposed to extreme drought would see a 426.6 percent increase by 2100 at the current rates of greenhouse gas emissions and population growth. While many might agree that water scar-city will become increasingly more problematic in the future — espe-cially if preventative actions don’t amp up fast — there is a difference between what each party suggests is the best approach: to focus on slowing population increases with socioeconomic development or to cut the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. This study states the latter may be the most efficient way to avoid widespread drought.

Their predictions attribute 59.5 percent of future drought to climate change and only 9.2 per-cent of the increase to population

growth. The remaining 31.4 per-cent accounts for the combined effect of these two factors. Accord-ing to Stony Brook University’s professor Oleg Smirnov, who was involved in conducting the study, the “results imply that top green-house gas-emitters have the great-est capacity to decrease future ex-posure to extreme drought.”

Though climate change mitiga-

tion policies may have the power to most effectively reduce the fu-ture effects of widespread drought, population growth is still an impor-tant factor to consider. “Population growth alone is responsible for over 35 million more people ex-posed to extreme drought globally per month by the end of the cen-tury,” Smirnov said. “However, we also found that, for the same pe-

riod, climate change is responsible for about 230 million more people exposed to extreme drought.”

The conclusion that Smirnov and his team have come to por-trays climate change as playing a more important role than popu-lation increase. However, each country is affected differently by each factor, so the solution is not as simple as just cutting emissions.

The worst-case scenario would be to continue at the present rate of both greenhouse gas emissions and population growth. Regard-less of which factor ranks in terms of importance, this study and many others like it suggest the same message: if we are to coun-ter the effects of future global drought exposure, we need to act as soon as possible.

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A stony Brook University study says climate change plays a bigger role in droughts than some think.

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Suffolk community athletics ranked No. 1 in nation

Photos by Christine Heeren

Above, Newfield’s Shannon Doherty, and left, Centereach’s Lauren Meigel and Justin Eck, are flanked by Dellecave Foundation Co-Directors Guy Dellecave and Mark Dellecave, as they receive their awards.

Middle Country seniors receive honored awardGraduating high school seniors from

Middle Country school district were hon-ored at the 16th Annual Butch Dellecave Awards held on June 12, 2016 at the West Lake Inn in Patchogue.

Named in memory of the legendary ed-

ucator, official, and coach Gaetano “Butch” Dellecave, the award is the product of a highly successful 16-year partnership between local school districts in Suffolk County and the award organizers: the Eco-nomic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, the

Butch Dellecave Foundation, and Newsday. Athletic Directors from all sixty-six Suf-

folk County school districts are asked to nominate one male and one female from their high school senior class. Nominees must be students who are not only at the

top of their game, but also score high in classroom performance and in their com-mitment to local community service.

Centereach nominated Lauren Meigel and Justin Eck, and Newfield nominated Shannon Doherty and Denzel Williams.

Suffolk County Community College ath-letics is ranked No. 1 in the country and has been recognized by The National Alli-ance of Two Year College Athletic Admin-istrators with the group’s and prestigious NATYCAA Directors’ Cup.

The NATYCAA Cup program began in 2004 to highlight excellence in two-year athletics based on success in championship competition. Awards are given to the Na-tional Junior College Athletic Association member colleges based on performance at national championship events throughout the academic year.

Suffolk bested more than 200 college ath-letic programs nationally for the award in the

non-scholarship Division III collegiate level. Suffolk County Community College also

received national recognition from the Na-tional Association of College Director of Athletics for placing second in the country in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standing that is composed of 538 Division I, Divi-sion II, and Division III two-year colleges.

Suffolk County Community College Athletics garnered four national champion-ships this year, in women’s cross country, women’s track and field, men’s track and field and men’s bowling.

The school also placed in the top 10 in other contests, including 5th place in men’s cross country national tournament, 5th

place in baseball’s College World Series, 8th in the men’s tennis national tourna-ment, 3rd in the women’s tennis national tournament, 5th in the women’s bowling national tournament, and 7th in the wom-en’s soccer national tournament.

“Congratulations to our student athletes, Athletic Director Kevin Foley, our coaches and the entire athletic department for their continued commitment to excellence and an outstanding nationally-recognized ath-letic program,” said Suffolk County Com-munity College President Shaun L. McKay. “I am very proud of our student-athletes who dedicate so much time and effort to excel in their respective sports.”

Above file photo; photo left from SCCC athletics

Above, Suffolk County Community College in Selden received The National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators Directors’ Cup, and was ranked No. 1 in the country. On Left, athletic director Kevin Foley holds the school’s award.


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ISLAND PAVING AND MASONRYSpecializing in Driveways, Patios, Interlocking pavers and stones, steps, walkways and walls. Free estimates and design. 25% Off Any Job for Spring. Suffolk Lic #55740-H.631-822-8247

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Power WashingSUNLITE PRESSURE WASHING Roofs, Cedar Shakes, Vinyl Siding, Cedar Planks, Patios, Decks. Reasonable rates. 30 years in business Lic.27955-H/Ins. 631-281-1910WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS. Owner does the work & guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE Lic. & Ins. 37153-H631-751-8280

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I am incredibly proud to have a congressman who, in just his first term, has accom-plished so much in so many different areas. Lee Zeldin has made it clear that he cares about our veterans and first responders and has fought for better health care and benefits for those who deserve it most. As someone who still serves in the military, Congressman Zeld-in knows the needs of veterans and is a proven fighter when it comes to helping our nation’s heroes get back on their feet.

Congressman Zeldin sees how to grow Long Island’s economy through repealing job-killing regulations and enacting tax reform so businesses can thrive. He opposed Obama’s flawed Trade Promotion Author-ity to keep our good paying jobs in America, instead of send-ing them overseas. At a time when our local infrastructure was neglected and crumbling, Congressman Zeldin redirected federal funds for our roads and

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Long Islanders know that one of our greatest assets is the local environment; whether it’s our beautiful coastlines, nature preserves or the Great South Bay itself, our district is full of natural treasures. Lee Zeldin has fought to preserve the environment and keep its resources in the hands of locals who know the area, not the Washington bureaucracy.

Our congressman knows that the best decisions are made local-ly, which is why he opposes Com-mon Core and supports limiting federal testing in our schools and giving states the power to choose what gets taught. In less than two years, Lee Zeldin has accom-plished more than his predeces-sor did in 12; imagine what he can do with another term!

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We’re proud to be AmericansDo you ever stop and think what the Fourth of July is really all

about?While we were enjoying our BBQs, lounging at the beach,

sipping on a drink or lighting fireworks this Independence Day, we realized the meaning of this holiday, like many others, can be forgotten when we’re busy trying to have a good time.

Our nation’s founders fought for our freedom.Following the American Revolution, the 13 American colonies

regarded themselves as a new nation, and with that, came a string of unalienable rights that we now mark with patriotic displays on July 4, to symbolize our pride and celebration of this freedom.

Reflecting on what it means, and why we’re honored to live in this country, several things came to mind.

Freedom of speech is something that Americans can take for granted. The ability to express opinions, either as an individual or as part of the media, is essential to the backbone of our country.

Two in our editorial department have backgrounds that extend beyond our borders.

One, a first-generation American, was raised with a particular appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy. Both her parents emigrated from Eastern Europe as children in the 1920s and were raised in New York. They faced challenges including learning a new language and adapting to American ways, but in America there was no tsar, conscripting male heads of households or, in retrospect, no dictator on the rise who would eventually annihilate most of the Jews left behind in Eastern Europe. The American Dream became a reality for her parents.

Another editorial staffer’s father moved to this country from Co-lombia when he was in his 20s. Hearing about his background, she loves that he was able to prosper in this country — not just survive — but pursue his dream job of teaching and find a career where he is still excited to go to work and see his students 30 years later. As the daughter of an immigrant, she’s proud to be a part of the coun-try that welcomed her dad and let him follow his dream.

While we look back on what we were founded on, and why this country is unique in the freedoms it gives us, we can also look ahead, to what we want it to be. We can be thankful for what we have, and for what America stands for, but also strive to continue to make this country an even better place than it was when we became a new nation on Independence Day.

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son upon us, coastal areas are magnets for birds and people alike.

However, booming coastal development and recreational use are rapidly eroding vital habi-tat for birds and other wildlife. Increasing pollution, overfishing and sea level rise have also put coastal birds at greater risk. Now is the time for us to act together.

Long Island’s ecosystem is one of the richest veins of biodiversity on the planet — more diverse than the Florida Everglades –—and is essential to the survival of Atlantic Flyway shorebirds. More than two dozen Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been designat-ed within the Long Island Eco-system. (The IBA program is an international bird conservation initiative that identifies, monitors and protects habitats critical to the success of bird populations.)

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the beach. Follow Audubon New York for updates on social media, and like and spread the word on how to recognize and help pro-tect nesting sites.

Be involved: By protecting birds, we’re also safeguard-ing New York’s great natural heritage for future generations, preserving our shared quality of life and fostering a healthier environment for us all. Join a local Audubon chapter, put out the proper bird feeders for your area, learn about bird watching and citizen science programs… every effort adds up!

Audubon New York’s suc-cessful stewardship programs, advocacy efforts and environ-mental education programs provide a powerful and practical solution. In collaboration with partners, volunteers, Audu-bon members and every level of government, Audubon New York is working to restore the health of Long Island in ways that help birds and people.

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Chances are the day of this pub-lication, July 7, i.e., 7/7, is your lucky day. Why? Many people

believe seven brings them luck, whether it’s because of the seven days

of the week, seven colors in the rainbow, seven continents or even the “7” Mickey Mantle wore on his back.

If you be-lieve in lucky numbers, seven might give you the kind of confidence you need to say exactly the right thing in a job interview, to seek a date with a long-term love

interest, or to swing at a fastball at just the right moment, sending the ball deep into the night.

Practically speaking, all those peo-

ple who share that lucky No. 7 can’t be winners at the same time. What if a pitcher in a tight game, who is the seventh child in a family of seven and might have been born at 7:07, is pitching to a hitter, who grew up on 77 Main Street and who always bats seventh? Who would win?

Taking a step back from the “7” sports quagmire, what is it about numbers that can make or break our confidence, that can inspire or de-flate us? Even for those indifferent to theorems and patterns, numbers can be beautiful and comforting. They can create order in a chaotic world, offering support and structure in their patterns and predictability.

There’s the alternating odds and evens. That’s a pattern that’s like looking at a checkerboard, with its alternating tiles. According to some news reports, zero presents a prob-lem for some people because they are not sure whether it is odd or even and most odd/even discussions begin with “1” while evens begin with “2.” (Zero is an even number under the

standard mathematical definition.)Then there are those rules of

numbers that can help in the prime versus non-prime consideration. If you’re looking at an odd number, how do you know whether it’s divis-ible by three? You add up the digits in the number and see if the sum is divisible by three. Take, for example, 4,197. The sum of four, one, nine and seven is 21, which means it’s divisible by three.

But then there are those well-known irrational numbers that provide memory challenges for schools. Some schools, on March 14 each year, hold a contest about the famous constant, pi, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Students commit as many digits of pi as they can to memory. Most people recall the 3.14 part of pi, which is why those com-petitions are held on March 14, but some push themselves to memorize more than a hundred digits.

Then there are those numbers that signal the beginning or the

end of something. The famous countdown to a rocket launch that carries with it the hope of finding something new, of taking humans somewhere we’ve never gone, or of exploring or seeing the Earth from a different perspective. Parents know the famous mantra, “I’m going to count to three,” before a potential liftoff of another kind.

For the sports fanatics out there, numbers are the game within a game. For example:

• How fast did he throw that pitch?• How many goals did he score in

the World Cup?• How great was this player com-

pared with another player? Numbers are sliced and diced to

make predictions, reconsider greatness or understand a player’s potential.

Perhaps the corollary to the ques-tion, “Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” should be, “Would a superstar with a different uniform number play as well?” The answer might depend on the date of the game.

The numbers game

Independence Day fireworks gone wrongAfter every July Fourth we hear

about the sickening tally of those injured or maimed by illegal fire-

crackers and explosives that were fired off in the name of fun. We routinely

say, “How idiotic. Why don’t they just leave the fireworks to the professionals and go watch the show some-place?” There are always places to see the artful displays, hear the raucous explo-sions and cheer together the red, white and blue. If all else fails, there is the tele-

vision or the computer screen. Do we have to injure ourselves to fully honor the actions of the colonists almost two-and-one-half centuries ago?

This subject is of more than casual interest to my family. When my dad was growing up on an upstate New

York farm, one of nine children, a neighbor brought the family some explosive caps with which to properly celebrate Independence Day. The chil-dren gathered around a large boulder and cheered with each explosion, as my father’s favorite brother smashed the caps in turn with a rock he held in his hand. But one refused to go off. To make sure he was hitting the cap in exactly the right spot, he bent his head close to the obdurate explosive and carefully aimed his blow. This time it did explode and blew out his right eye. Needless to say, that was the end of that in my household.

The trail of these stupid tragedies continues.

When we first arrived here, on the beautiful North Shore of Suffolk from our Texas air force base, at the end of June, 47 years ago, my husband, who was an ophthalmologist, applied for hospital privileges at St. Charles in Port Jefferson. He was admitted to the ranks with the news that his first “on call” day would be on July 4. His first patient, waiting for him in the emer-gency room, was a teenage boy whose

eye had been destroyed by an Inde-pendence Day explosive. He tended to the boy, of course, but never got over the horror of that sight and was sickened by the memory every year. It had been more traumatic for him than the many cases he had treated during the Vietnam War.

With these illegal explosives, brought in gleefully from distant states, we are to this day making war on ourselves. There is the story of the young visitor from Virginia in New York City, who was romping over the rocks in Central Park with his two buddies, when he stepped on a plastic bag of explosives that went off and destroyed his foot. There are seemingly unending stories of hands blown off, faces disfig-ured, house fires started, bystanders wounded and all manner of ugly conse-quences from fireworks across America. Some 230 wound up in emergency rooms at the latest count.

When John Adams wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, on July 4, 1776, envi-sioning a dazzling annual celebration of independence from Britain, he surely didn’t consider such carnage as part

of the party. Nor did he imagine the single horror that brought about what was probably the first city ordinance in America banning the possession or sale of fireworks within the city limits.

It happened in Cleveland in 1908. A clerk in S.S. Kresge’s department store was showing a 4-year-old boy and his mother a “harmless” sparkler with which to celebrate the holiday when a spark flew into the nearby display of skyrockets, torpedoes and candles. The store was almost immediately engulfed in flames. Seven people died, including the little boy, and dozens more were in-jured as the store burned. The tragedy prompted the city council to act, and many more cities and states have out-lawed explosives over the last century.

But there are still states where the sale of explosives is legal, and the pres-ent concern is that a growing move-ment seems underway to relax some of the current legal restrictions. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which regulates the sale of fireworks, reported that in addition to the many maimings from explosives 11 people died in 2014 alone. Why?


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