the times of huntington-northport - october 29, 2015

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BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA

Harborfields school district residents voted in favor of $11.7 million in districtwide capital im-provements, while also mowing down a $1.9 mil-lion plan to add turf fields.

The proposals were presented to the public in two separate propositions in a referendum vote held on Tuesday.

Proposition No. 1, the dis-trictwide upgrades, received 1,248 yes votes and 573 no

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Yip-or-treat in CSHCostumed dogs and their owners marched in the 9th annual Howl-ween: Corky’s Canine Costume Parade Celebration on Sunday. For more photos, see page A10.

Photos by Victoria Espinoza

Hayridin’ and pumpkin pickin’ in NorthportThe Northport Chamber of Commerce hosted the 14th annual Halloween Hayride in Northport Village Park on Sunday. Above, scenes from the event. For more photos, see page A10.

H’� elds OKs $11.7M upgrades, no turf

H’FIELDS continued on page A8File photo by Rohma Abbas

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All about electionsEverything you need to know about

your local candidates ahead of Nov. 3 STARTS ON PAGE A11

Nightmare On Main Street

Also:Minstrel Player’s ‘Back to the

Zone’, SCPA’s Classic Movies lineup, Halloween Happenings

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Kerouac Crawl tourNorthport Historical Society to host author walk

The Northport Historical Society is hosting a Jack Kerouac guided walk-ing tour through Northport Village on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

The Kerouac Crawl event will in-clude stops at various drinking estab-lishments including Gunther’s Tap Room, where the famous literary fig-ure frequented, as well as Rockin’ Fish,

Skipper’s Pub and more. Northport resident Dan Sheehan will

lead the tour and he will include a thor-ough history of Main Street’s dynamic during Kerouac’s time in Northport.

The fee is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers, and includes the tour, refreshments at the museum and a souvenir.

Photo from Northport Historical SocietyTour guide Dan Sheehan on one of his tours with the Northport Historical Society.

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A 57-year-old Floral Park woman riding on the back of a motorcycle died after being ejected in a collision with an SUV in Northport on Sunday evening.

Mary Santry-Rosenvinge was driv-ing a 2015 Toyota RAV4 east on Fort Salonga Road at about 5:35 p.m. and, as she attempted to make a left-hand turn into her driveway, west of Sandy Hollow Road, her car struck a 2008 Harley Da-vidson motorcycle that had been travel-ing west, according to police.

Martha Garcia, who had been riding on the back of the bike, was pronounced dead at the hospital. James Losito, 53, the driver of the motorcycle and Gar-cia’s boyfriend, and Santry-Rosenvinge, a 66-year-old Northport resident, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Huntington Hospital, according to cops.

The Northport Fire Department was on the scene with four trucks and two ambulances, with an additional ambulance requested from the Cen-terport Fire Department, according to

Steve Silverman, a spokesman for the Huntington Town Fire Chiefs Council. About 40 firefighters and EMS person-nel were under the direction of First As-sistant Chief Brad Wine.

The vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is

continuing. Detectives are asking any-one with information about this inci-

dent to contact the 2nd Precinct at 631-854-8252.

Woman killed in motorcycle collision with SUV

Photo by Steve Silvermana scene of the fatal crash in Northport on sunday evening.

Sunday crash in Northport involved three people

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Northport-East Northport Superinten-dent Robert Banzer updated the school board and audience members about the changes in Common Core Learning Standards at a meeting last week.

The Oct. 22 presentation covered up-coming state assessment changes, and teacher and principal Annual Professional Performance Review shifts.

According to Banzer’s presentation, as far as learning standards go, the English language arts and math Common Core standards have been adopted and imple-mented; the social studies standards have been adopted but not implemented; and the science standards are only under review and have not yet been adopted or implemented.

Several shifts are happening in the ELA and literacy, social studies and mathematic standards. The shifts in ELA and literacy are mostly focused on having students engage with the text more.

Students will have a “true balance of in-formational and literary texts,” according to the presentation, and students will build knowledge about the world “through text rather than the teacher.”

The math changes include striking a balance between practicing and under-standing math skills in the classroom.

“Both are occurring with intensity,”

according to Banzer’s presentation. There is also an emphasis on students “deeply understanding” math concepts. “They learn more than the trick to get the answer right,” he said. “They learn the math.”

New social studies standards mirror those in ELA and literacy.

These include using informational text to support an argument to help students “de-velop the skills necessary for 21st century college, career and citizenship standards.”

In June 2018, a new global history and geography exam will be administered based on the new framework, and in June 2019 a new U.S. history and government exam will follow.

For science standards, a steering com-mittee was formed in August 2014 and a public survey is currently being devel-oped to gather feedback on a new set of science learning standards for grades pre-kindergarten to 12. Adoption of a five-year strategic plan is anticipated in 2016.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has created a Common Core task force amid growing boycotts of standardized tests.

According to the governor’s website, the task force is “a diverse and highly qualified group of education officials, teachers, parents and state representa-tives from across New York.” The group will complete a review and deliver its final

recommendations by the end of this year. There are also changes to assessments,

including a greater input from teachers in the test development process.

In grades three through eight, ELA tests will have fewer questions in 2015-16. Computer based testing will also be field-tested.

Changes to APPR are also on the way. A new education law requires districts to

negotiate new annual professional perfor-mance review criteria by Nov. 15, unless the

district applies for and receives a hardship waiver, which would extend its deadline.

Banzer said that Northport-East North-port received its hardship waiver just last week. The waiver is for four months and a district can apply again for another exten-sion, according to his presentation.

“Knowing from May to November, for many districts, to negotiate would be im-possible or impractical to try,” Banzer said. “We bought ourselves some much-needed time with this process.”

Banzer, school board, talk Common Core updates

Photo by Victoria Espinoza northport-East northport superintendent robert Banzer talks common core.


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Disconnect over iPadsBy Victoria Espinoza

Northport-East Northport school board members earlier this month discussed whether the district should pay for iPads that trustees could use during meetings.

The idea was introduced by board member David Stein as a way to reduce costs of paper. The idea, how-ever, was sharply denounced by the board’s Vice Presi-dent David Badanes.

“I am really unhappy about any money being spent on board members for iPads,” Badanes said at the Oct. 8 board meeting. “I think it’s outrageous.”

Badanes, who was the lone naysayer, said he doesn’t have a problem with board members bringing their own iPads or electronic devices to meetings — he just doesn’t want the district to pay for them, he said.

According to District Clerk Beth Nystrom, there is currently no district policy that finances electronic de-vices for members of the school board’s use exclusively. She did say that board members are welcome to use district-owned electronic devices at board meetings, but presently none do.

Other board members said that while it may be fine for Badanes to have his own personal opinion, it’s not something he should hold everyone else to.

“Personal convictions are fine but each person should be given the right to decide,” Trustee Jennifer Thompson said. “It should not impugn the rest of us.”

Trustee Lori McCue said she felt it was unfair to tell board members who wanted to use an electronic device to bring one from home.

“I don’t know if it’s appropriate,” McCue said. “What if you don’t already own one of these devices?”

Stein claimed it’s more cost effective for the board to use electronic devices instead of getting paper agendas and other documents sent to their homes be-fore each meeting.

“We spend nearly $800 worth of paper every year [on each board member],” Stein said. “If individuals want to embrace it, they’re saving $800 in taxpayer money.”

Stein said regular agendas are also not the only doc-uments that are printed for board members every year.

“Based on 24 scheduled meetings per year, and an average of six specially called meetings plus the bud-get season, which can produce budget documents sev-

Stock photo northport-East northport school board members are look-ing into whether or not the district should buy ipads for trustees to be used at meetings instead of paper agendas.

To keep the frights on Halloween to those by costumed ghosts and zombies, here are some things families should keep in mind to keep their children safe.

“Halloween fatalities are double what they are any other day of the year,” said Dr. Deborah Messina-Tsotsos, a pediatrician at Huntington Hospital. “Trick-or-treating in a neighborhood with sidewalks will decrease accidents. Also, wear-ing reflective tape on their costume or bag as well as carrying glow sticks or flashlights will help make trick-or-treaters more visible to motorists.”

Parents should also be sure that their child’s costume does not obstruct their vision or pose other hazards to themselves or others.

“The face paint, glitter and lipstick that your child uses should have a ‘Made in USA’ label on it, as there are have been warnings that products made in China contain hazardous materials such as lead, nickel and cobalt,” Messina-Tsotsos said.

Since Halloween is on a Saturday this year, it can be a long day of trick-or-treating. Messina-Tsotsos advises parents to give their children a good breakfast and lunch before they begin.

For children who have food allergies, parents should inspect all candy. If you anticipate your child will be eating candy as they trick-or-treat, be sure they or a responsible person in their group has an Epi-pen and knows how to use it, the pe-diatrician said.

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Toke at the traffic stopA 25-year-old man from Dix Hills

was arrested when police said he had marijuana in plain view during a traffic stop on the corner of Lebkamp Avenue and Brennan Street in Huntington on Oct. 24. He was arrested at 7:50 p.m. and charged with fifth-degree criminal pos-session of marijuana.

Welcome to New YorkPolice said a woman was punched and

kicked in the face on New York Avenue in Huntington on Oct. 24 at 3:12 a.m. She was transported to Huntington Hos-pital for treatment of a broken nose.

Under control

On Oct. 21, a 20-year-old man from Central Islip was arrested after police said he had marijuana and another con-trolled substance on him at the corner of Park Avenue and Pulaski Road in Hun-tington Station. He was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Po-lice would not specify which other con-trolled substance the man had on him, nor why he was not charged with unlaw-fully possessing it.

Wild timesSomeone reported that a wallet con-

taining cash, a credit card and a driver’s license was stolen from a counter in Wild by Nature in Huntington on Oct. 23.

High times at the beach rampA 19-year-old man from Commack

was arrested at 7:54 p.m. on Oct. 21 in the parking lot of the Hobart Beach boat ramp in Eaton’s Neck for having mari-juana and another unspecified controlled substance on him. He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Oh no in the VolvoSomeone entered a 1991 Volvo on Fort

Salonga Road in Huntington on Oct. 23 and took medication and cash.

The nail polish remover Police said a 30-year-old woman from

East Northport stole 75 bottles of nail polish from a Walgreens on Larkfield Road in East Northport on Oct. 23. She

was charged with petit larceny.An unknown person stole numer-

ous bottles of nail polish at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 21 from Walgreens on Larkfield road in Commack.

Puffing at the parkA 17-year-old man from Huntington

was arrested after police said he pos-sessed marijuana in plain view in El-wood Park in Huntington on Oct. 23 at 12:35 p.m. He was charged with fifth-de-gree criminal possession of marijuana.

On the fence about stayingEarly in the morning on Oct. 24, a

41-year-old man from Centerport was arrested after police said he hit a fence at a residence on Dunlop Road, at the intersection with Greenlawn Road in that neighborhood, with a 2008 Nissan and fled the scene. He was charged with leaving the scene of a crash and property damage.

Minor problemA 69-year-old man from Lindenhurst

was arrested after police said he was sell-ing a can of beer to an underage person on Oct. 23 on New York Avenue. He was charged with first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child.

Home Depot items have new homeA 47-year old man from East North-

port was arrested on Oct. 22 after police said he stole miscellaneous items from Home Depot on Jericho Turnpike in Commack at 10 p.m. He was charged with petit larceny.

Xanax o’clock Police said a 24-year old woman from

Northport was in wrongful possession of Xanax at 5:55 a.m. at 4 Parsons Lane in Nissequogue on Oct. 22. She was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Rims goneTwo sets of rims and tires were stolen

from a 2016 Cadillac Escalade at a deal-ership in Smithtown sometime between 10 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 8 a.m. on Oct. 21.

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POLICE BLOTTERIncidents and arrests from Oct. 20-26

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effectively and efficiently as possible,” Rapiejko said. “They shouldn’t be crit-icized for trying to get the right tools. If the district can provide this tool, I think it should be discussed.”

Rapiejko also said that it is not for the board’s personal benefit to use these devices. “The district isn’t giv-ing these out to board members,” Ra-piejko said. “These are purchased for the district’s use.”

Trustee Regina Pisacani said she has been to other district board meet-ings where board members using electronic devices.

Rapiejko said the board could re-sume discussing this topic during budget season.

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votes, while Proposition No. 2, for the turf, garnered 629 yes votes and 1,177 no votes.

In an email, Harborfields Super-intendent Diana Todaro thanked the community for voting.

“I also thank all residents who took the time over the course of the past several months to attend our public meetings and offer their in-put,” Todaro said in a statement. “We will continue to update the commu-nity on the progress of the capital im-provement work that was approved.”

The first proposition involves ap-proximately $11.7 million in up-grades to all school buildings in the district. These upgrades include in-frastructure repairs, classroom reor-ganization and athletic facilities im-provements, according to a district statement.

This bond contains work to reno-vate bathrooms and replace damaged doors. It will also upgrade some sci-ence labs and completely transform the wellness center into a multimedia production computer lab with a new, bigger wellness center reconfigured in other rooms.

Specifically for the high school, the auditorium and gym will be up-graded and certain athletic fields will be reconstructed with natural

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At Oldfield Middle School, the sci-ence labs and family and consumer science room will be renovated, as well as athletic fields and tennis courts. The locker rooms will also be reconfigured and renovated. Cer-tain bathrooms in the school will be upgraded and an outside masonry would be appointed. The gymna-sium floor will be refinished and the bleachers replaced. The lighting sys-tems in the school’s auditorium will also be upgraded.

At Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, upgrades will include the installation of a new gym f loor, re-placement of curtains and risers in the multipurpose room, renovation of student bathrooms and the cre-ation of a multi-sensory learning lab. Outdated playground equip-ment will be replaced, the western parking area would be renovated and drainage improved.

Also, Washington Drive Pri-mary School’s parking area will be expanded.

The second proposition for turf fields was dependent on the approval of the first and would have included a transition to a synthetic turf field at the high school and using an alterna-tive fill, such as Nike infill, instead of crumb rubber.

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A longtime Democratic Su� olk County legislator, seeking a � nal term in o� ce to represent parts of Hunting-ton Town, will go head to head in an election on Tuesday against a political newcomer who said a fresh perspective is in order.

Su� olk County Legis-lator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) has been in o� ce for a decade and is seek-ing a sixth and � nal two-year term before being term-limited out of that seat. He’ll have to fend o� a challenge by Tom McNally, a Republican attorney from Dix Hills, who is part of the Hunting-ton Republican Committee’s executive board.

In phone interviews this week, both candidates talked about what they see as top issues in this year’s campaign. � e topics centered on how to steer Suf-folk’s � nancial ship, ways to fund sew-ers in Su� olk, the government’s role in assisting veterans and more.

Stern touted his signature legisla-

tion, the Housing our Homeless Heroes initiative, a package of bills that aims to end veteran homelessness in Su� olk through a number of avenues.

� e legislator, who sits on the Su� olk County Veterans and Seniors Commit-tee, said he wants another term in o� ce to continue accomplishing goals in that package of bills — particularly being

able to say “in the very near future, that we have ended veteran homelessness in Su� olk County.”

“I do believe we are going to accomplish that goal,” he said.

Meanwhile, while Mc-Nally lauds Stern’s veter-ans initiative, he said he’d

take it a step further. � e contender said he’d work to create legislation that would make sure vets returning from service have a job. “If they want a job, they have a job. If I’m fortunate enough to be elected, I would double down and continue forward with all the e� orts Mr. Stern has implemented on veterans and senior issues.”

County spending is one of the main tenets of McNally’s platform.

File photo of Stern by Rohma Abbas; photo of McNally from McNally Su� olk County Legislator Steve Stern and Republican Tom McNally

If elected, he said he’d mandate a reduction in spending at all Su� olk County agencies by 2.5 percent per de-partment, except police, and 1 percent for the police budget. Spending caps are necessary, he said, because of the coun-ty’s “huge, huge de� cit.”

“It’s not impossible, it’s just a matter of doing it.”

� e legislator countered, however, that the county has worked steadfastly to reduce the size of government in re-cent years by 1,100 positions, and by consolidating departments — like the recent merger of the county o� ces of comptroller and treasurer.

He said he has had to make tough choices as a legislator, like deciding not to continue operating the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility, an operation county taxpayers subsidized at the cost of millions of dollars.

“It was an excruciatingly di� cult decision to make, but the right one for Su� olk County taxpayers.”

Another reason Stern said he’s running is to work on the county’s sewer issue. He called himself a leading proponent of sewer infrastructure development, co-sponsoring legislation identifying what areas would best served by sewers and choosing how to prioritize which neigh-borhoods get developed � rst.

It’s particularly crucial to Hunting-ton, he said, because that priority list

includes the expansion of the South-west Sewer District, which serves Deer Park, North Babylon and other western neighborhoods.

With expanded capacity comes the ability to rev up revitalization in Hun-tington, particularly in Huntington Station, where developer Renaissance Downtowns already has plans in place.

Stern said the county’s getting $388 million in funding from the federal and state government to embark on these infrastructure projects, something he wants to see through.

“Will we see movement on the issue? � e answer is yes. We are starting to see that now.”

McNally, by contrast, agrees water quality is a big issue on Long Island, but doesn’t see how the county could fund such a large investment.

“I think it’s an investment we have to make, but I think we have to cut back in other areas. We’re not cutting back in other areas.”

Stern was critical of his opponent’s take on the issue, noting the $388 mil-lion in sewer funds the county has.

“� ese kinds of opportunities is where the money comes from,” he said. “If you just throw up your hands and say this is too big, too bold, can’t a� ord it, then you miss out on opportunities like we are participating in.”

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said he hopes to continue his work ad-dressing the county’s top issues, includ-ing affordable living, financial issues and wastewater management. But in order to do that, he first has to get past Republican chal-lenger Jim O’Connor.

O’Connor (R), a partner in the Manhat-tan law firm of Maroney O’Connor LLP, said he hopes to unseat Bellone and get a handle of the county’s finances, which he argued are currently in bad shape.

“We are in massive amounts of debt,” O’Connor said. “Our taxes are a signifi-cant problem.”

Bellone said that he inherited a $500 mil-lion deficit when he arrived to his position in 2012, and during his short time in office he said he has been able to resolve a “legacy of issues” left to him — including minimiz-ing that deficit.

O’Connor also said one of the issues looming over the next several years is the county’s handling of negotiations with po-lice salary contracts.

“They are back-loaded contracts,”

O’Connor said. “The real impact of these contracts won’t be felt until 2017 and 2018.”

O’Connor said he does not know how the county will pay for those salaries, and proposed to freeze them if he is elected.

“One of the things we can control is our labor costs,” O’Connor said.

Since his election, one of the examples Bellone heralded as evidence that he was working to streamline government efficien-cy and cut spending was his proposal — ap-proved by public referendum last year — to merge the offices of the county comptroller and treasurer to cut costs. Bellone said it should save more than $1 million annually. He also said he has reduced the government by more than 1,100 positions.

Bellone said he is focused on shoring up the county’s water quality in his re-election bid.

“Unless we reverse the decades of de-cline that we’ve seen in our water quality, we are mortgaging our future,” Bellone said of why improving the county’s waste-water management is so crucial. Bellone celebrated SepticSmart Week over the summer, when he encouraged residents to stay informed on how to properly main-

tain their septic systems.Both candidates discussed how they

planned to fully utilize the county’s re-sources and make living in Suffolk more affordable.

To get there, Bellone said he wants to better utilize Stony Brook University, be-cause “as Stony Brook University goes, so goes Suffolk County.” He said one the challenges and opportunities residents in the area have is enacting initiatives that better link Stony Brook University with other North Shore assets like Cold Spring

Harbor Laboratory.O’Connor said he and Bellone have a

fundamental difference on how to go about dealing with affordable living in Suffolk County.

“I don’t agree that the way to do this is more [government] programs,” O’Connor said. “The way to do this and stimulate more economic growth is by turning things around and making sure Suffolk isn’t the second-most expensive place to do business and live in the United States. The only way to do that is by reducing the costs.”

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Candidates talk tackling crime, reigning in taxes Spencer, Lally to face o� for Su� olk legislature seatBY ROHMA ABBAS

A doctor and Democratic Su� olk Coun-ty legislator is vying for another two-year term to lead the 18th Legislative District in a race against a Lloyd Neck resident and former congressional contender who feels he can do the job better.

Su� olk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) is facing a challenge from Republican Grant Lally in the election next week. � e two men sat down with the Times of Huntington, Northport & East Northport in separate interviews earlier this month to chat about why they’re running for o� ce.

Spencer touts a list of accomplishments in his four years in o� ce, several of them health-related. He spearheaded a measure to stop companies from manufacturing en-ergy drinks to kids. He worked to ban the sale of powdered ca� eine to minors, and raise the age of selling tobacco products from 19 to 21. He also helped Northport Village obtain funding to update its waste-water treatment plant.

“I think that we’ve been able to start moving things in the right direction,” he said.

Lally, by contrast, was critical of the leg-islator at several points in the interview,

and said taxes are a big issue in the district, something he feels he stands apart from Spencer on. Lally most recently ran an un-successful campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) from his posi-tion. If elected, Lally said he would attempt to be more involved than Spencer.

“I’ll be more engaged,” he said. “He’s a very successful doctor. I salute him for that.”

If granted another term in o� ce, Spen-cer said he would � ght to go a� er pharma-ceutical companies to support local anti-drug programs, claiming they’re part of the reason why so many people have become addicted to certain drugs. He also said the county is “terribly lacking” in outpatient solutions for those who do fall to addiction.

“I think we need more community sup-port programs,” he said.

When it comes to crime, Spencer said while cops have made steady progress in making Huntington Station safer, the

public still feels unsafe. He said he’d like to engage young people and help bridge a cultural gap between minorities and po-lice, because minorities o� en feel the police aren’t there to protect them. He wants to add more bilingual o� cers and appropri-ately trained o� cers on the street.

“We have to capture the hearts and minds of these young people,” Spencer said. “ … I don’t think we can shoot our way out of this problem.”

Lally agrees there’s a crime issue in Huntington that needs to be addressed. He suggested doing so by having a stronger

connection with federal law enforcement, coordinating resources to attack problems like gang activity, on a regional level.

“Gangs don’t just stop at the county line,” he said.

Spencer suggested tapping federal re-sources. He said he wants to compete with gangs to recruit young people — who gravitate towards them by societal pressure of not feeling wanted or belong-ing — to the good side. He said he wants to make it “unpalatable” for gangs to thrive in Huntington Station. “� at’s how we change the culture.”

Photo of Spencer by Victoria Espinoza; photo of Lally by Rohma Abbas Su� olk County Legislator William ‘Doc Spencer and Grant Lally



Parking in Huntington village, accessory apartments and town finances were just a few of the hot topics Huntington Town Board candidates tackled at a debate hosted by this newspaper on Oct. 23.

Councilwoman Susan Berland (D) and Councilman Gene Cook (I) are seeking re-election, and challengers Keith Bar-rett, a Democrat and Jennifer Thompson, a Republican, are in the running for two open seats.

Berland has been in office since 2001 and is seeking a fifth term, and Cook has been in office since 2011 and is seeking his second term.

Barrett is currently deputy director of general services for Huntington Town and president of the Huntington Station Busi-ness Improvement District. Thompson is a trustee on the Northport-East Northport school board.

The candidates first discussed issues Huntington businesses face.

“Upgrades take too long,” Barrett said, referring to planning applications. “It can be done faster if the building department was streamlined.”

Berland and Thompson echoed Barrett’s sentiments. Thompson said this slow pro-cess deters people from making changes to their businesses.

“I am consistently hearing it’s a tedious process,” Thompson said. “When peo-ple take that risk to open a business they should be rewarded. Town hall shouldn’t be a roadblock.”

Berland said she welcomes business owners to come into her office and meet with department heads to go through their plans. “I have various department heads come in,” Berland said. “We sit down and

look at their plans and we have every de-partment say what’s good and bad about the plan and what you need to change.”

Cook said the biggest challenge facing business owners is high taxes. He said he has never voted for Supervisor Frank Petrone’s budget because “there is mismanagement of money and misappropriations of funds.”

Candidates agreed accessory apartments are important but need much supervision and regulation.

Cook said that he likes the idea of acces-sory apartments, but they are “going a little bit crazy,” because people aren’t adhering to town guidelines. Cook said every accessory apartment resident should have a spot for a car in his or her driveway and not park on the street.

Thompson agreed that with the right exceptions and variances, the units are beneficial.

“I’m interested in looking case-to-case to see what makes sense for that particu-lar area,” Thompson said. She also said the town should be looking at other models to see how they are handling issues like this.

Young people and seniors can both benefit from such housing, Barrett said.

“I think we need to be regulating these apartments,” Barrett said. ‘I drive around and see 10 cars on a driveway.”

Berland said she is an advocate of acces-sory apartments, and that she spearheaded legislation to ensure they are owner-occu-pied. “The big problem was when investors were coming in and buying these single-family houses and turning [them] into a multiple-resident, hotel kind of thing,” Ber-land said. “Which I think is inappropriate and ruins communities.”

Parking in Huntington village has been an issue many residents have sounded off on.

Thompson and Cook both backed an

idea for a parking garage that they say wouldn’t cost taxpayers, Cook, the owner of a construction company, said develop-ers come to him all the time looking for jobs, and that there are companies out there that would take on this project as a public-private partnership.

“At least let’s open the door to the con-versation,” Cook said.

Barrett was not in favor of the idea. “I’m not a big fan of the three-story

parking garage,” Barrett said. “I would like to explore some other alternatives first.”

Barrett said he sees these parking garages as being very costly. He thinks the biggest reason parking is an issue is because the vil-lage’s employees take up all the spots. Bar-rett said he’s interested in following Atlantic City’s structure, where employees park re-motely and are bussed into the downtown.

Berland said the idea with a parking ga-rage is to have some sort of structure with businesses on the bottom that would help subsidize the costs of the spots. She also said that there is no such thing as a parking garage that doesn’t cost taxpayers.

Photos by Elana Glowatz clockwise: Gene cook, susan Berland, Jennifer thompson and Keith Barrett debate at this paper’s headquarters on oct. 23.

Town board contenders talk parking, taxes, biz

Trotta takes on Macellaro for county LegislatureBy phil corso

A difference in philosophy underscored the race between an incumbent Republican legislator and his Democratic challenger.

Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) was first elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in 2013 and said his first term in office opened his eyes to the county’s financial woes. But to keep working at it, he must first win re-election against Kings Park resident Richard Macellaro.

The two sat down in the Times Beacon Record Newspapers newsroom last week to discuss their campaigns and demon-strate why they deserved to represent the county’s 13th District, which encom-passes Smithtown, Fort Salonga, Kings Park, Nissequogue, St. James, Commack, Head of the Harbor and East Northport. Trotta kicked it off with strong rhetoric.

“It’s been an eye-opening experience over the past two years. I am shocked and saddened at how bad the county is fiscally,” Trotta said, highlighting the crux of his concerns looking ahead in

the Legislature.The legislator said the looming threat

of the county’s bond rating being reduced coupled with the growing sentiment that it’s too expensive to live in Suffolk have made his job all the more challenging. The blame, Trotta said, rests on out-of-control spending, too much union involvement in politics, and too much money being tossed around in campaign contributions.

A mismanagement of funding was at the heart of almost everything Trotta dis-cussed as key campaign concerns.

Macellaro said he wanted to put his ex-perience as a civic member of the Kings Park community to work. With the cam-paign slogan “A different voice, a differ-ent choice,” the Kings Park resident said he hoped to use the office to prevent an increase in property taxes by consolidat-ing all the county’s school districts, allo-cating just one per town. While a move like that does not rest in the hands of a Suffolk County legislator, Macellaro said he would use his office as a bully pulpit to enact the change.

“It can be done,” he said. “Someone has to begin to force the school districts to lessen property taxes for our residents.”

Another important issue he said he planned on addressing, if elected, was working to construct an all-encompass-ing master plan for the county. Doing so, he said, would revitalize downtowns throughout the county, enhance trans-portation and ultimately help entice young families to stay in Suffolk.

Beyond finances, Trotta said he was

not a proponent of the county’s Red Light Safety Program, which utilizes cameras at traffic signals to catch and ticket cars that run red lights. He argued that some of its regulations are nothing more than a money grab on innocent residents. But Macellaro, who has worked for the coun-ty’s traffic and parking violations agency in the red light division, said he disagreed.

“I think the government is functioning very well,” he said. “Taxes are what we pay for the lifestyle we choose.”

Photos by Rohma Abbassuffolk county legislator rob trotta, left, is facing off against Democrat richard Macellaro.


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Four volunteer firefighters from Town of Huntington fire departments, who went above and beyond the call of duty, were among those honored and pre-sented with Medals of Valor at the Suffolk County Fire Services Medal Day ceremony. The an-nual event was held on Septem-ber 27 by the Suffolk County Fire Academy Vocational Educa-tion and Extension Board at Farmingdale State College.

Assistant Chief Dan Hef-fernan and Chief Joe Ervin of the East Northport Fire Depart-ment were both presented with Silver Medals of Valor for their heroic efforts at a house fire with a trapped victim in May 2014. After arriving at the scene of the blazing house fire and hear-ing that an elderly victim was trapped inside, Chiefs Heffernan and Ervin entered the building to search and located the victim on the second floor. The first arriving truck crews were able to push back the flames, and together they removed the victim from the house.

Firefighter Ryan Sammis of the Halesite Fire Department was awarded the Silver Medal of Valor for his bravery at a water rescue call involving a

victim trapped in a submerged car in May 2014. Without the benefit of protective gear or dive equipment, Sammis en-tered the chilled water and was able to restrain the victim and hold his head above water until other responders arrived.

Firefighter Matt Monahan of

the Commack Fire Department was awarded the Silver Medal of Valor for his heroic actions after coming upon the scene of a motor vehicle accident with a victim trapped in an over-turned car on fire in March 2014. Without the benefit of protective gear or extrication

tools, Monahan was able to extricate the young woman just moments before the vehicle became engulfed in fire.

“I am forever grateful for these brave men and women, who volunteer their time, risk their lives and truly want what is best for our communities,”

said Suffolk County Execu-tive Steve Bellone (D). “Suffolk County continues to recognize the life-saving commitments and sacrifices that our emer-gency service responders, in-cluding those who we honored today, make for all of us every single day.”

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Huntington Town firefighters awarded for bravery

Photo by Dennis Whittam Halesite Fire Chief Dan McConnell; Medal of Valor recipients firefighter Ryan Sammis of Halesite, chiefs Joe Ervin and Dan Heffernan of East North-port, and Commack firefighter Matt Monahan; Huntington Fire Chiefs Council President John McKenna and Huntington Chief Fire Marshal Terry McNally.

District Inducts Newest Tri-M Members

Photo from Harborfields Central School District The Harborfields High School music department inducted 33 new members into its Tri-M Music Honor Society.

The Harborfields High School music department held its annual Tri-M Mu-sic Honor Society induction ceremony to honor new and returning members.

During the ceremony, at-tended guests and new in-ductees heard from Harbor-fields High School teacher and guest speaker Michelle Da Silva Burke and wit-nessed Tri-M Music advisor Allison Scilla induct honor-ary members, Harborfields High School Assistant Prin-cipal Timothy Russo and

Board of Education member Suzie Lustig. To be inducted into the society, the 33 new inductees met the academ-ic and community service standards established by the national organization.

According to the National Association for Music Edu-cation, the purpose of the Tri-M organization is to inspire music participation, create enthusiasm for schol-arship, stimulate a desire to render service and promote leadership in the music stu-dents of secondary schools.

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POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS

Two more for Trotta� e incumbent advantage is the name

of the game in the race for the 13th Leg-islative District. And to Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) go the spoils.

A focused and practical lawmaker, Trotta has served his district — the Town of Smithtown and a small portion of Huntington Town — well in the last two years. He is a watchdog, unafraid of pulling punches, particularly when it comes to � nances. He says the county spends money unnecessarily and needs to increase its sales tax revenue. He blasts the Su� olk County Red Light Safety Program, calling it a money grab.

He’s also not afraid to admit when he feels he’s messed up — he told us he wishes he’d voted in favor of raising the tobacco purchase age from 19 to 21.

Trotta’s opponent, Rich Macellaro, a Democrat, has a noble platform — to consolidate school districts. But county government has no jurisdiction over that kind of local change, and so we question how much having a position in the Legis-lature would work in getting the job done.

Trotta is on a roll, and we say give him two more years. We endorse Rob Trotta for Su� olk County Legislature.

What the Doc orderedWilliam “Doc” Spencer just might

have the right prescription for Su� olk County. He’s going for his third term as legislator, and he is the right man for the job. Elected o� cials and candidates for o� ce o� en speak in generalities, able to identify issues in their communities but unable to come up with solutions. But in an interview with this newspaper, Spen-cer (D-Centerport) shared speci� c ideas for solving neighborhood problems, such as putting pressure on pharmaceutical companies to support local anti-drug programs; bridging the social gap be-tween the police and Huntington Station residents by bringing in more minority o� cers and increasing the number who are bilingual; and using community programs to engage young people before they are recruited by gangs.

Add that to the accomplishments of his � rst two terms — like bringing in money to upgrade the Northport wastewater treatment plant, which protects local water quality — and you have a winner.

Spencer is a well-organized, caring legislator who has done good things for his constituents. His opponent, Repub-lican Grant Lally, has done a great thing in stepping up to serve his community, but Spencer is the superior candidate.

Bet on Bellone in county exec raceIt’s a real race for the Su� olk

County executive spot this year. In one corner, you’ve got a seasoned in-cumbent, Steve Bellone (D), who has an ambitious vision for the region’s future. On the other side, you’ve got Republican Jim O’Connor, who knows � nances and is in tune with the taxpayers’ pockets. It was a tough call, but we say re-elect Bellone.

While Bellone’s judgement call in tapping James Burke — who recently resigned as the county’s police chief amid a federal investigation — gives us pause, the county executive has some big plans ahead. � ose include better connecting Su� olk’s existing downtowns to its research institu-tions to create an attractive environ-ment that entices millenials and employers to stay on the Island.

O’Connor said he sees it in a di� er-ent light, saying it’s too expensive to live on Long Island and that county government needs to make it cheaper for residents, who are leaving in droves, to stay put. We appreciate a focus on � nances, but we prefer Bellone’s long-term vision of the county’s future.

Now, if he could only prevent his dreams from getting in the way of action. � e county executive has grand plans to change a lot of things in Su� olk, from his proposal to connect those downtowns to his desire to in-crease the sewer network and improve water quality. But a� er trimming his salary, the size of government and his own body weight, there’s one more thing he must trim: his big goals, into

more tamed, speci� c plans of action. It’s great to have ideas that would trans-form the way we live on Long Island, but we can’t get there in just one leap, which our county executive’s rhetoric seems to demonstrate. We have to take small steps that add up to larger ones.

Bellone can do it. He demonstrates an understanding of complex issues — for instance, he knows the solution to the Island’s drug addiction issue is to work on prevention and treatment resources, not just add more cops on the streets. Simple improvements like getting all the county’s town supervisors in one room to agree on streamlining a building process in the county may seem small, but it’d make a huge di� erence in spurring economic growth, which would also feed into his larger plans.

And maybe he might want to add O’Connor to his administration. He seems to have some good ideas.

� ere’s a lot of � re in the race for Hun-tington Town Board this year: You could see unfriendly sparks � ying between incumbents Susan Berland (D), of Dix Hills, and Gene Cook (I), of Greenlawn, at a debate hosted by TBR Newspapers. Passion for public o� ce is one thing these two have in common, and that’s where the similarities end. But it’s that, coupled with their experience in the positions and unique political strengths that this paper endorses Berland and Cook for four-year terms on the board.

Say what you will about Berland, who is unpopular in Elwood for her contro-versial vote in favor of rezoning land to make way for � e Seasons at Elwood — a huge condominium development geared toward the 55-and-up community — but the councilwoman works hard; it is her full-time job. She has also worked to sponsor legislation that’s made a di� er-ence, including laws that help put an end to blight and legislation to regulate the invasive bamboo, which can frequently be a nuisance to neighbors.

Cook’s greatest strength lies in be-ing the sole minority party member on the board, and his willingness to speak up when something � shy is going on,

Stick with SternEnding veteran homelessness in

Su� olk, seemingly an impossible feat, is something Su� olk County Legisla-tor Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) says he’s con� dent he can declare if given one more term in o� ce in an election next week.

We endorse Stern. Not because of this vow. But because of the steps he’s taken to try and achieve this goal.

� e legislator spearheaded a pack-age of bills to attack the scourges of Su� olk County’s veteran homelessness problem. � e bills propose to do so in a number of ways, including making properties available for veteran hous-ing, working with nonpro� ts to o� er greater services to vets and more.

He’s spent 10 years in o� ce and he’s vying for his � nal two-year term before he is term limited.

While his challenger Republican Tom McNally, also of Dix Hills, has thought of some solutions to � x the county’s � nances, we feel his plans need some work. Cutting from de-partments across the board may not be the best approach in certain cases.

Aside from his work on the ground with veterans, Stern chairs the coun-ty’s Veterans & Seniors Committee. In that role, he’s worked to help both populations while also saving the county money. He found a way to reorganize a program that provided free legal assistance to seniors funded by the county and the feds by get-ting Tauro Law school involved. � e school now manages the program, and the county keeps the money it used to spend on it.

Experience is invaluable, and for that, coupled with his achievements, we say elect Stern to a � nal term next Tuesday.

Photo by Giselle BarkleySteve Bellone hopes for a second term.

Photos by Elana GlowatzCouncilman Gene Cook and Councilwoman Susan Berland are running for re-election.

whether he’s right or wrong. � e Demo-cratic-majority board members fall in line on mostly all votes, and Cook is o� en the one to keep Supervisor Frank Petrone (D) on his toes. Dissension is important: It encourages compromise and analysis, and prevents elected o� cials from slipping controversial measures past residents.

� is wasn’t an easy choice. Democrat Keith Barrett, of Huntington Station, is a � ne candidate. He has good ideas and has already reduced expenses and reor-ganized services as head of the town’s general services department. With a few more years under his belt, he’d be ready to take another stab at Town Board.

While Republican Jennifer � omp-son possesses great communication skills and the right attitude, she would be stronger in her current role on the Northport-East Northport school board.

Vote for Cook and Berland on Tuesday.

Berland is best, look for Cook


Getting our mojo working in a sea of negativity

The first few moments after we open our eyes, our minds process everything

around us. Wait, what day is it? Hmm, did we dry clean the right suit for today? Do we really have to do that presentation? Could it possibly have snowed and might we have a day when we can relax at home?

D. None of the aboveby DaNiel DuNaief

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Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,”

may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

Somewhere in those moments when we put the pieces of our lives and minds together, we might take stock of how we feel about the coming day and its challenges. Are we going to puff out chests, knowing that we’re going to ace that test, that we’re going to give the perfect presentation or that we’re going to do so well in that job interview that the company will not only offer us a position but will give us a higher salary than they had intended.

Where do we find the zen, strength and confidence to suc-ceed, while having something to offer? And why, like a reputation, does it so often seem so fragile?

Let’s take a look at children. They are smaller versions of us — up until high school — and some of the thoughts, emotions and reactions to experiences that they have are more visible. They haven’t learned how to cover so much of themselves up.

When they play their musical

instruments, for example, we can tell that they’ve played the wrong note by the color of their faces and by the way they slump their shoulders when they stand with the group for a final applause. We can watch them pull their hats low over their eyes when they throw a ball into right field from shortstop or when they shake their heads and roll their eyes at their misfires.

Even surrounded by a large col-lection of friends and family, our children can so readily believe the worst about themselves. In a way, I suppose, believing that we can and should be better could be motiva-tional. We’re not where we want to be, we’re not who we want to be, and we have to figure out how to get from the now of point A to the goal of point B.

It’s also important for us to find some humility. If we walked around town, the house or school acting as if we were the preor-dained future leader of the free world, we would be insufferable,

irritating and ridiculous.Still, when it comes to that

balancing act, we seem so much more likely to look down on ourselves, our efforts and our achievements. No matter how much our parents or friends tell us we’re fantastic and that we contributed something extraor-dinary, we are still ready to home in on the imperfections and won-der whether we’ll ever live up to our own expectations.

We read inspirational books, follow the examples of people who have achieved what we’d like to do and surround ourselves, sometimes, with sayings like, “Today is the start of something incredible.” Along the way, how-ever, someone nudges us off the tracks and we hope that tomor-row might be the real start of something spectacular.

Maybe there are people who have become so effective at be-coming “nattering nabobs of neg-ativity,” to borrow from former

Where do we find the zen, strength and confidence

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Inside this issue is a treasure trove of first-hand informa-tion about the candidates and

the issues in the coming election. How do I know? Because we, the different members of the edito-rial board of Times Beacon Re-cord Newspapers, personally in-terviewed 16 people running for office across the three towns that we serve: Brookhaven, Smith-town and Huntington. The of-fices the candidates are running for are all local, which means that these are the officials who

Vice President Spiro Agnew, that we are ready to believe them. It’s easier, after all, to knock someone off a mountain than it is to climb one yourself.

Maybe, in addition to all the diet plans to help us avoid giving in to our cravings for the sugar our country produces and uses to celebrate so many occasions, what we need is a new industry: Mojo Inc.

This could allow us to succeed in a humble way, perhaps, while refueling us with positive energy.

Election special from TBR News Mediawill have the most direct effect on our lives. The positions range this year from county executive and county legislator to town supervisor and town council, to highway department supervisor and family court judge.

We asked them questions without bias, seeking only to understand who they were, what they believed and what we could expect from each of them, should they be elected — or re-elected, as the case might be. The setting in our conference room was relaxed, and we hoped comfortable, with opponents for each office seated together around the table responding to questions put to them by our editors and reporters.

Sometimes there were four candidates, sometimes only one who might be running unop-posed or against a shadow oppo-nent, but mostly there were two during each session. Most of the time, the hour goes by calmly, but occasionally the opponents get testy with each other — they may even become openly hostile.

At one such session some years ago, one of the candidates

invited the other out to the back parking lot “to settle things.” When the other began to take off his jacket, we quickly inter-vened. But there was no such flare-up this year.

The answers were timed in an attempt to get to the main ideas without running on too long. There was ample time at the end for each visitor to tell us anything more that per-haps we hadn’t elicited with our questioning.

We have written up the de-tails of each interview in a separate article for the election section. And we discuss the candidates at the end of each hour and come to a conclusion for the endorsement.

Most of the time, the edito-rial group was unanimous be-cause the choices were fairly direct. But for a couple of races, we talked over the pros and cons of each candidate at length before making the selection. These endorsements are based on both the in-depth interviews and the considerable informa-tion we know about the incum-bents since we have been cov-

ering them closely throughout their terms in office. Of course, after reading the stories, you may or may not agree with our conclusions. Our job is to get you thinking.

The many hours that are giv-en to this task, throughout the month of October, are a service for our readers. We are privi-leged to enjoy an extended face-to-face time with those standing for election, and we feel an ob-ligation to pass along whatever information, facts and impres-sions we gather during these sessions. We sincerely hope we help in the sometimes-difficult job of casting a responsible vote.

Each year we include in the election section a sample bal-lot that we are able to procure, with greater or lesser difficulty, from county election officials. This year the effort took most of an entire day until we got to the right person. It was finally our art director who located the prize. We believe it was well worth the trouble, because readers have told us that it is a great advantage for them to receive the ballot at the voting

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Our editorial board is made up of staffers with different po-litical leanings, but when we put our journalists’ hats on, we try to judge each race strictly on the merits of the opposing candi-dates. And while it is technically possible for me to be tyrannical about the final selections, that is almost never the case. We de-cide by majority rule.

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After comeback to tie, Tigers fall in five setsPhotos by Bill Landon

Across from left, Nick Bitetto goes up for the kill; Liam Ambrosio and Brian Herrmann leap up for the block; and Chris Parker sends the ball over the net.

Ward Melville . . . . . . . 3Northport . . . . . . . . . . 2

Boys’ VolleyBall

By BiLL LANdoN

After leading by two sets, the Ward Melville boys’ volleyball team dropped the next two to send the match into a decisive fifth set, where the Patriots overcame a six-point deficit to defeat hosts Tigers Monday.

Both teams fought for every point in the first set, which was tied 21-21 before Ward Melville put the set away, 25-23.

The second set was a lot like the first. Both teams tied at 9-9 and again at 17-17, with neither team giving an inch. The Patriots edged ahead 22-20, and were able to take the set, 25-21.

“We were fortunate, early on, to go up 2-0, but we knew they would come back

and force that game four,” Ward Melville head coach Chris Holden said. “They’re not a team that’s going to back down and go out without a fight.”

Northport was hanging by a thread, and although the team broke out to a three-point lead, Ward Melville’s Matt Lilley, on a service tear, put his team out in front 13-12, before the teams tied it 14-14. The Tigers edged ahead 19-17, and put the set away, 25-22.

Although his team was down two sets, Northport senior Dom DellaMarco said he was confident his team could turn it around and avoid a shutout.

“In that third set, we knew we had to come together as a team, dig deep and keep pushing,” DellaMarco said. “We can’t let up and we can’t get down on ourselves.”

Northport led the fourth set like it did in the third, and the Tigers surged ahead 21-13 before the Patriots rallied back to

trail 24-20.“We were pretty confident going into

that third set, but I think we took a little bit for granted — some of us thought that team would just roll over,” Ward Mel-ville’s Chris Allen said. “But Northport showed us that wasn’t going to happen. They fought back. They’re a quality team.”

Northport senior Nick Bitetto said his team had to leverage their victory in the third set and bring that energy to the fourth.

“I knew we just couldn’t give up — we had to come together and we had to build momentum,” Bitetto said. “We had to fight. We didn’t come this far to lose.”

Northport scored next to win the fourth set 25-20, and force a decisive fifth.

Ward Melville stayed one step ahead of its opponent, as they stretched their legs to lead 15-10. Both teams traded points, and minutes later the Patriots had a 20-15 lead.

Northport wasn’t about to go quietly,

and the Tigers closed to within two, 22-20, late in the set.

“We were well prepared; we saw them in a couple of tournaments where we went head to head with them — start-ers against starters — and we came out on top all three times,” Northport head coach Robert Hamel said. “We knew we matched up well with them. We knew it was going to be a playoff-type of game.”

After several long ball rallies, Ward Melville won the final set, 25-21.

“We knew we needed our passing to come down — when we’re in system, we know we can beat any team we need to,” Lilley said. “We did well in our transi-tion, passing and hitting, and because of that, we got better and better in the fifth set.”

With the win, the Patriots improve to 10-3 and Northport fell to 8-6. Both teams are still headed to the playoffs, which begin Nov. 3.

I n the first round of play-offs, the No. 4 Huntington boys’ soccer team hosted

No. 13 Northport Tuesday and edged out the opposition.

Huntington . . . . . . . . . 2Northport . . . . . . . . . . 1

The No. 14 Huntington girls’ soccer team traveled to No. 3 West

Islip Monday and narrowly fell in the first round of playoffs.

West Islip . . . . . . . . . . 1Huntington . . . . . . . . . 0

the times of huntington-northport - october 29, 2015

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