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A day of reflection on Memorial Day

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Residents vote YES

Waldenburg ousted, full-day K innew faces on Harborfields, northport-East northport and Huntington school boards

Photos by Rohma Abbas David Stein and Tammie Topel are joyous after winning a contest for Northport-East Northport school board seats in an election on Tuesday.

By Rohma aBBaS aND VicToRia ESpiNoza

Voters in the Huntington, Northport-East Northport, Harborfields and Cold Spring Harbor school districts resound-ingly approved their districts’ proposed 2015-16 budgets and elected a number of newcomers to local school boards.

Both Harborfields and Northport-East Northport school board races had contests this year — in Harborfields, five candidates vied for three seats, and in Northport-East North-port, a pool of seven were com-

peting for three slots.Huntington and Cold Spring

Harbor had races in which trustees ran unopposed.

HuntingtonVoters in the Hunting-

ton school district approved a $120.3 million budget, 1,228 votes to 301. Proposition 2, which allows the district to spend just over $1 million in capital reserve monies to pay for state-approved projects, passed 1,252 votes to 251.

Four people ran unopposed for re-election or election: board President Emily Rogan received

1,193 votes, board members Xavier Palacios and Tom DiGia-como collected 1,139 votes and 1,185 votes, respectively, and newcomer Christine Biernacki garnered 1,189 votes. Rogan, Biernacki and DiGiacomo won three-year terms. As the lowest vote getter, Palacios will serve the remaining two years on a term of former Vice President Adam Spector’s vacated seat.

“We will maintain our efforts toward achieving cost savings and efficiencies, while preserv-ing the goal of providing stu-dents across the district with a high quality education that pro-

motes an affinity for learning as well as college and career readi-ness in an increasingly global and technologically-driven so-ciety,” Superintendent Jim Po-lansky said in a statement.

Northport-East NorthportIn Northport-East North-

port, the $159.6 million budget was approved, 3,281 to 788, in a turnout that school officials there called stronger than usual. Proposition 2, which allows the district to spend $1.2 million in capital reserves, was approved

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Honoring fallen heroesHuntington to commemorate Memorial Day

File photo by Arlene Gross A scene at a prior Huntington Town Memorial Day parade

By RoHMA ABBAs

Huntington Town residents can choose to commemorate Memorial Day in a series of upcoming events next week.

The public is invited to attend the town’s own commemoration event on Sunday, May 24, at 9 a.m. at Huntington Town Hall. The event takes place at Hun-tington Veterans Plaza, where wreaths will be placed at the World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam and Wom-en’s Veteran monuments. Officials will also honor troops serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. This year will feature a special tribute to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War II and the Battle of Iwo Jima. For more information, call Carol Rocco at Huntington Town Hall, at 631-351-3012. Refreshments will follow the ceremony.

There will be several parades hosted across town on Monday, May 25, Memo-rial Day. Here’s the breakdown, according to a schedule of events provided by town spokesman A.J. Carter:

Greenlawn Fire Department, 9 a.m., Greenlawn. The parade will run from East Maple Road, south on Broadway to Greenlawn Memorial Park, at the corner of Pulaski Road and Broadway.

Northport American Legion Post

694, 9:30 a.m., Northport Village. The parade will run from the north end of Laurel Avenue to Main Street, to the vil-lage park.

VFW Elwood-Commack Post 9263, 10 a.m. The parade will run east on Jeri-cho Turnpike to junction at Veterans Highway.

Melville Fire Department, 10 a.m., Melville. The parade will line up at Ber-tucci’s restaurant parking lot on Route 110, south of the Northern State Parkway. It will proceed to march on Route 110 to the fire house, located at 531 Sweet Hol-low Road. Refreshments will be served.

Centerport Fire Department, 10:30 a.m., Centerport. The parade will run from Harrison Drive to Park Circle.

VFW Post 1469 Nathan Hale Post, 11:30 a.m., Huntington village. The pa-rade will run north on New York Avenue from the “Big H” shopping center to West Carver Street. It will travel west on West Carver to Green Street and then north on Green Street to Main Street. It will turn east on Main Street, pass the reviewing stand on Main Street to Stewart Avenue.

Knights of Columbus, 12:15 p.m., East Northport. The parade will run from Clay Pitts and Larkfield roads north on Pulaski Road, to John Walsh Memorial Park, ad-jacent to East Northport Public Library.

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By BarBara Donlon

A 27-year-old Huntington Station motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a minivan on Walt Whitman Road in Huntington last Friday.

Brett Rainey was riding his 2000 Ya-maha north on Walt Whitman Road at about 5:30 p.m. when he struck the passenger side of a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country as the driver attempted to make a left turn into a parking lot. Lucas McAfee, an 18-year-old man from Fort Salonga, was driving the minivan.

Rainey was transported to Hunting-ton Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the minivan and three male passengers were not injured and remained at the scene, according to police.

The death of Rainey has hit his fam-ily hard. His older sister Lisa Karrer said her brother was a great man who died too soon.

“He was beautiful,” she said. “From the day he was born he was amazing.”

Karrer described her brother as some-one who was always by her side and had a great love of motorcycles. She said he got his first motorcycle at age 4 and spent

much of his life riding dirt bikes, motor-cycles and Jet Skis.

“He loved the thrill, its freedom and passion,” Karrer.

Rainey’s sister said her brother suf-fered from a drug addiction for eight years before going to rehab and getting clean. She said he spent his last two years sober, living with her and making his life better.

“He changed his life and he was finally happy,” she said. “He was finally living his life for the first time.”

The 27-year-old was also a father to a 5-year-old girl who was adopted by a family member a few months after be-ing born. The tough decision came from Rainey who knew she was better off be-ing adopted by a family member, Karrer said.

“He was loving, he loved everybody,” his sister said. “He was always there for anybody.”

Rainey channeled his love for all things mechanical into working as a mechanic for the last couple of years. He also worked at a PetSmart in Huntington Station. When reached for comment, a PetSmart manager who would not give his name said the loss “hit the team really hard.”

Karrer said the family doesn’t want the driver and passengers involved in the minivan to blame themselves. She called it a “terrible accident.”

Services for Rainey are being held in New Jersey, where he is from, his sister said. It will take place this Saturday at Ora L. Wooster Funeral Home in Clementon, N.J.

He is survived by his girlfriend Dani-

elle, sisters Lisa and Laura, his sister-in-law Deborah, his mom Drena Kanz, father Doug Rainey and two younger siblings Lilly and Ries.

Karrer and her wife Deborah Porretto will be hosting a memorial gathering at their home at 39 Dawson Street in Hun-tington Station on May 30 beginning at 1 p.m. for anyone and everyone who would like to come.

Rainey, lover of motorcycles, dies in crash27-year-old Huntington Station man remembered

Photo from Lisa Karrer Brett rainey poses with his girlfriend Danielle and a puppy. rainey died last Friday.

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Firefighters put out weekend blaze in HalesiteBy Rohma aBBas

About 50 firefighters doused a blaze at a Halesite home on Saturday morning. There were no injuries.

Under the command of Halesite Fire Department Chief Dan McConnell, fire-fighters from Huntington, Centerport and

Cold Spring Harbor fire departments re-sponded to the scene on East Neck Road. Volunteers from the Halesite Fire Depart-ment responded to reports of a house fire at about 10 a.m., according to Steve Silver-man, a spokesman for the Town of Hun-tington Fire Chiefs Council.

The firefighters began an aggressive in-

terior attack through the front door and up a spiral staircase to the second floor. They were able to confine the fire to the attic and rear of the home. The remainder of the home sustained smoke and water damage, Silverman said.

The Halesite Fire Department was on the scene with two engines, a ladder truck

and ambulance. Huntington Manor Fire Department was on standby at Halesite’s fire department.

Firefighters had the blaze under control in just over an hour, Silverman said.

The Suffolk County Police Arson Squad and the Huntington Town fire marshal are investigating the case.

Photos by Steve Silverman above, local firefighters succesfully douse a house fire on East Neck Road in halesite on saturday morning.

Huntington Town shelter dogs will get playdatesProgram aims to make dogs more adoptableBy BarBara Donlon

Dogs at the Huntington Ani-mal Shelter will get the chance to participate in playgroups that will help them burn energy and coun-teract the stresses of shelter life.

The town shelter has begun im-plementing Dogs Playing for Life, a socialization program for shelter dogs. In addition to playgroups for the dogs, the program also helps provide better indicators for shelter staff in classifying dogs for adoption.

“Huntington is proud of our shelter and our efforts to stay at the forefront of current trends in caring for the physical and emo-tional needs of the dogs in our care,” Huntington Town Super-visor Frank Petrone (D) said in a statement. “We are excited about the potential of the Dogs Playing for Life program to stimulate dogs at the shelter and prepare them for their lives when they find new homes.”

This week, the founder of Dogs Playing for Life, Aimee Sadler and her team, began training shelter

workers and volunteers in the program, according to a town statement. The training includes a classroom session and train-ing with some of the shelter dogs. There is also a classroom pre-sentation and demonstration for safe handling techniques during group experiences.

The Dogs Playing for Life pro-gram has its roots on Long Island, beginning at the Southampton Town Animal Shelter 17 years ago.

“Play is good for animals and people,” Sadler said in a statement. “Letting shelter dogs get together to socialize daily helps them to cope with the stressful kennel environment while waiting for someone to take them home.”

The benefits of the program include critical dog-to-dog social skills that can help postadoption in developing positive relation-ships, along with exercise that will help relax the dogs in their kennels when meeting people. Also, shel-ter staff will gain a better under-standing of each dog by observing its state of play and social skills of the leash — information that can

be used to make better decisions about potential adoption matches.

The program, which costs ap-proximately $6,000, is being fund-ed at a cost share by the town and the Huntington League for Ani-mal Protection, whose volunteers have worked with the shelter dogs for many years.

Jane Barbato, who runs the volunteer program at the shelter

for the League for Animal Pro-tection, said, “The shelter staff and LAP volunteers already know that we have the most wonderful dogs in the world. Playing for Life gives the public the opportunity to see for them-selves just how magnificent they really are — in all their glory, just doing what dogs do, revel-ing in their connection with

each other.” Dogs Playing for Life is the lat-

est program implemented at the shelter in an effort to help dogs find new homes and help with basic socialization training.

The town is planning on chronicling the progress of the program in online videos told through the eyes of Dixie, a pit bull mix at the shelter.

Photo from A.J. Carter Dogs Playing for life, a socialization program for dogs, is now being implemented at the town shelter.

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Route 25A’s facelift continues this week$6.5M state project resumes in Fort SalongaBy BarBara Donlon

A $6.5 million state project to re-pave a 10.6-mile stretch of Route 25A in Huntington Town resumed in Fort Salonga on May 20.

Repair and repaving work began at Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in Fort Salonga and will proceed westward to Middleville Road in Northport, accord-ing to a statement from the New York State Department of Transportation. Posillico Inc. of Farmingdale, under contract with NYS DOT, is performing the work. That section of the roadwork is expected to be completed within two weeks, according to a statement from the DOT.

The statement indicat-ed that three of the most deteriorated sections of Route 25A were repaired prior to the harsh winter weather.

The scope of the project is to repave Route 25A, Main Street and Fort Sa-longa Road between Route 108 in Cold Spring Harbor and Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in Fort Salonga. The pave-

ment along the 10.6-mile project route will be removed and replaced with new asphalt and the traffic signal loops will be replaced. The project includes in-stallation of fresh pavement markings, including bike lane striping and more visible pedestrian crosswalks.

In addition, audible rumble devices will be added on the centerline, which will provide noise and physical vibra-tion warnings to motorists who stray into oncoming traffic.

Drainage structure repairs are in-cluded in the project to improve road-

way runoff. “When completed,

these pavement repairs will improve motorists’ safety and help main-tain the integrity of NY Route 25A/Main Street/Fort Salonga Road in the Town of Huntington,”

according to the statement.In an effort to begin the project while

minimizing its impact, the construc-tion has been arranged to be shorter and limited to sections of Route 25A, according to the state. The work will also take place during off-peak days and

night hours depending on the area. The travel lanes will also be shifted

during the work to accommodate con-struction activities. A single travel lane is being maintained in each direction. On-street parking is not permitted dur-ing this construction work, according

to the release. The NYS DOT is urging drivers to

use alternate routes in an effort to avoid travel delays. Local officials, businesses, schools and emergency service provid-ers are being notified about the repav-ing operations in their local areas.

Photo by Rohma Abbasroadwork resumes on route 25a in Fort Salonga on Wednesday.

‘When completed, these pavement repairs will improve motorists’ safety.’

— NYS Dot

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Failed escapeAn 18-year-old man from Hunting-

ton was arrested at the 2nd Precinct on May 14 and charged with escape from a detention facility. Police said the man at-tempted to escape the precinct after be-ing arrested, but cops couldn’t say what the warrant covered. Police said he was also charged with resisting arrest for pulling away from the officer in a violent manner while the officer was trying to arrest him on Broadway in Huntington at about 1:33 p.m.

Be right backPolice said a 30-year-old woman from

Bethpage was arrested in East North-port and charged with operating a 2009 Pontiac G6 southbound on Stony Hol-low Road and leaving the scene of an ac-cident. Police said the woman struck a tree at Clay Pitts Road and Stony Hollow Road in East Northport on May 16, caus-ing property damage, and left the scene without reporting it, at about 11 p.m.

Trespasser trouncedA 25-year-old man from East North-

port was arrested in East Northport and charged with third-degree crimi-nal trespass on May 16. Police said the man placed a metal pole against a fence enclosing Mother Earth’s Landscape & Masonry Supplies on Elwood Road in East Northport and climbed the fence on April 30 at 9:45 p.m. He was arrested at his home on May 16 at 4:01 p.m.

Sprite split at Sev-a-LevSomeone stole a two-liter bottle of

Sprite soda from 7-Eleven on Main Street in Huntington at 6 p.m. on May 16.

Caffeine crashPolice said an employee at Gulf Gas

on East Main Street in Huntington re-

ported he was punched near his left eye after telling a teenager who was with three other teens that a coffee cup was not for sale. The incident was reported to have occurred on May 15 at 8:54 p.m.

Bong bong into the roomTwo unknown men wearing dark

clothing and masks kicked in a side apartment on Tanyard Lane in Hun-tington at 4:31 p.m. on May 12, and when confronted by the male complain-ant, fled with cash and a pink bong.

Purse takenA woman told police her purse was

taken from the floor of the passenger side of a Hyundai Accent parked on Truesdale Court in Fort Salonga on May 12 sometime between 12:45 and 3:30 p.m.

PiercingPolice arrested a 19-year-old man

from Huntington on May 14 in Hun-tington and charged him with first-degree criminal contempt and assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon. Police said the man stabbed another man with a knife in the stom-ach at a home on Lindsay Street in Hun-tington at 8:30 p.m. The victim required medical attention.

Not that into youPolice said a 68-year-old woman

from Kings Park was arrested in Kings Park on May 15 at 7:35 p.m. and charged with fourth-degree stalking, causing fear. Police said the woman mailed 10 cards and seven gift packages to an-other woman from Huntington Station sometime between Feb. 1 and May 5. She also hand-delivered three flower ar-rangements and drove past the woman’s home at least one additional time.

POLICE BLOTTERIncidents and arrests from May 12–May 18

— Compiled by Rohma abbas

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Huntington’s Wildman receives high honors

Tricia Wildman of Hun-tington, a student at Suffolk County Community College, has received numerous hon-ors during the past several months for her academic and extracurricular accomplish-ments.

In April alone, she was an honored recipient of the 2015 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. The award was bestowed at an Albany ceremony hosted by SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher on April 2. This award recog-nizes students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, com-munity service, creative and performing arts, campus in-volvement or career achieve-ment.

Each year, SUNY campus presidents establish a selec-tion committee that reviews the accomplishments of ex-emplary students. Nominees

are then forwarded to the chancellor’s office for a sec-ond round of review. Finalists are then recommended to the chancellor. Each recipient re-ceives a framed certificate and medallion, which is tradition-ally worn at commencement.

“The students selected for this honor are role models within the college and SUNY community,” said Suffolk County Community College President Shaun L. McKay.

Later that month, Wild-man was selected as a member of the 2015 All-USA Com-munity College Academic Team. Only 20 students from more than 1,700 nominations were selected for this presti-gious honor. As an All-USA Community College Aca-demic Team member, she was awarded a $5,000 scholarship and special medallion dur-ing the American Associa-tion of Community Colleges Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

Wildman is a peer men-

tor, vice president of schol-arships for the Alpha Delta Gamma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and senator of the student engagement com-mittee. She hopes to transfer to the University at Albany to pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Creativity brought to life

In an effort to inspire entrepreneurship and creativ-ity, eighth-grade students in Oldfield Middle School in the Harborfields Central School District recently participated in the 2015 Long Island Family and Consumer Sciences Chal-lenge.

Under the advisement of family and consumer science teacher Christy Roxo, students developed a product to submit in either the It’s Not Easy Being Green or Masters of Invention challenge. To enter the It’s Not Easy Being Green competition, students used recycled items to create a repurposed reusable product. Participants in the Masters of Inventions con-test developed a concept and prototype along with the price, place and promotion for their invention. Both challenges required students to complete an application and follow the LI FACS four-point scale rubric.

Selected from all the middle school student applicants who entered the challenge were Oldfield Middle School stu-dents Matt Miller and Sabrina Ventre. Matt won the grand prize for his Manplow in the Masters of Invention, which he built with a golf bag cart and shovel to help manually lift snow. Sabrina was the winner for her iPod jewelry tray made completely from recycled iPod boxes in the It’s Not Easy Being Green challenge.

On May 14, Matt and Sa-brina were recognized at the LI FACS Challenge Student Reception held at the H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square where they each received a cash prize of $100 for their hard work and creativity.

“This is a great exercise if they ever want to be self-employed or an entrepreneur in the future,” said Roxo.

Photo from Harborfields school district Oldfield Middle School winners of the Long Island Family and Consumer Sciences Challenge Matt Miller and Sabrina Ventre with their inventions and advisor Christy Roxo.

Photo from Suffolk County Community College Tricia Wildman

Jillian Coscio, a sopho-more at St. Anthony’s High School, performed a mem-orized repertoire of Mo-zart’s Concerto in D Ma-jor and Fantasie Brillante (On Themes from the Op-era “Carmen”) by François Borne, at the Long Island Philharmonic 27th Young Artist Competition for Woodwinds and Brass on Feb. 25 and won the distin-guished First Prize Award, Christopher Keene Memo-rial Scholarship of $1,000.

As a result of receiving first prize, Jillian also had the honor of debuting as a featured flutist with the Long Island Philharmonic at its Annual Gala at Oheka Castle on April 22, 2015.

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Photo from St. Anthony’s High School Jillian Coscio, a flutist from St. Anthony’s High School, won the Long Island Philharmonic’s Christopher Keene Memorial Scholarship.

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By Desirée Keegan

The Tigers fought tooth and nail to top Sachem North, 14-12, on Tuesday afternoon.

Despite being down early, the Northport boys’ lacrosse team battled back to grind out another victory, to take a 16-0 win streak into the postseason, after going 11-0 in League I to earn the No. 1 seed.

“It’s very satisfying because the boys showed the traits they’ve had all season,” Northport head coach George Searing said of the win over Sachem. “They met some adversity, but the nice thing was that they didn’t fold. They persevered and they came back the way we were expecting them to.”

Northport scored an early goal, but Sa-chem countered a minute later, scored again, and didn’t trail thereafter until mid-way through the third quarter.

“It’s sort of been their trademark all year,” Searing said. “They don’t let this stuff bother them because they work real hard in practice and we prepare for situations, so it didn’t surprise me one bit that even though we got down and things were going against us, we still persevered and found a way to stick with the program, move forward and find a way to score those winning goals.”

Senior attack and co-captain Rocco Sutherland scored to tie the game at 2-2, and after two Sachem goals, one with 40 sec-onds left in the quarter, scored again with five ticks left on the clock to pull the team within one, 4-3.

Sachem pulled out to a 6-3 lead after Northport turned the ball over several

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Photo by Desirée Keegan The northport boys’ lacrosse team celebrates its quarterfinal win over sachem north.

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times, and after a few key saves by senior goalkeeper and co-captain Scott Hatch, ju-nior defender Finn Goonan recovered the ball at midfield and took it all the way for the score with 31 seconds left in the half-time, to close the gap 6-4.

The coaches pumped up their players in the huddle before they took to the field for the third time, shouting: “Take a look around you. I want to see people who are ready to go. Take it one play at a time. Fo-cus. Who cares what they think is going to happen out there. We know what’s going to happen out there.”

Senior midfielder Nick Roros said something clicked for his team that the Tigers were able to pull it together.

“Our communication was weak in the begin-ning, but after halftime, we really communicated very well together and we understood what had to happen,” he said. “And we made it happen.”

Senior midfielder, faceoff specialist and co-captain Austin Henningsen also thought things changed for his team after halftime.

“We were down in the beginning, which was tough for us, but something really hap-pened at halftime,” he said. “Coach got us fired up and we scored two goals in the first minute or minute and half, and we took off from there.”

Roros received a pass after a ground ball scoop up off the center draw, and rocketed a shot in at the 11:47 mark to pull his team within one goal, 6-5.

Two minutes later, senior attack Jake Carroll scored his second goal of the game while Sachem was a man down, to retie the game, 6-6.

After senior goalkeeper and co-captain Billy Kelly made a save in goal for the Tigers, Roros scored off an assist from sophomore Ryan Magnuson to give the Tigers their first lead since the first goal of the game.

Sachem tied the game and continued the pattern of last-second goals, scoring with nine seconds remaining in the third to pull ahead 8-7, but after Henningsen won the fa-ceoff, senior attack Jack Sullivan answered with a buzzer-beater to tie the game, again.

Henningsen, who won 24 of 29 faceoffs, opened the fourth winning another, and faked a pass he took all the way to goal for the score and a 9-8 lead.

“I love throwing a fake pass, it’s a great play. I was running down off the faceoff, threw the fake pass to Roros and the guy fell

for it, I kept going straight down and put it in the back of the net. But they have a great goalkeeper — he’s outstanding. I was even surprised it went in,” he said with a laugh.

Carroll and Magnuson connected for a goal for the second time in the game, this time to give the team its first advantage of the

game, 10-8.Kelly made another save, but Sachem

grabbed the rebound and found the back of the net. The Tigers scored again, but Sa-chem countered with two goals to tie the game, 11-11.

Northport wouldn’t let Sachem take the lead again, and Henningsen won the ensu-ing faceoff and passed the ball to Roros in front for his hat trick goal.

“I think we all just realized that this could be our last game playing together,” Roros said. “We’ve all played together since we were little kids; we all love playing together and we didn’t want this to be our last time.”

Henningsen continued his dominating performance at midfield, leading to Suther-land’s third and fourth goal, as the Tigers

pounced out in front, 14-11.With 29 seconds left on the clock, Sa-

chem gained possession after the ball rolled out of bounds, and scored with 11 seconds remaining in the game. Sachem called two timeouts in a row, but turned the ball over, and Northport held on for the 14-12 win.

“The biggest thing was Austin Henning-sen on the faceoffs,” Searing said. “No mat-ter what they did, we knew we would get the ball back, and that’s a very big confidence booster for a lot of our guys, because even if we make a mistake and we give up a goal, we know we’re going to get the ball back.”

Henningsen admits he started off a little shaky, but found his rhythm.

“They had some good defensive tactics on the faceoff today, but I figured it out to-ward the end,” he said of the team’s three-player lineup he was not accustomed to. “I knew what I was doing and I got comfort-able with it, and kept winning. And the wing guys were phenomenal — boxing out

so I could scoop it up.”Searing continued to credit Henningsen,

adding that because the team can continue to win possession after a score, as long as they don’t make too many mistakes and turn the ball over, teams don’t get on a scor-ing run against the Tigers, while, if North-port remains mistake-free, the team will continue to win faceoffs and score goals for runs of their own.

“He’s a very special player.” Searing said of Henningsen. “He’s got the heart of a lion and he was exhausted getting fouled and slashed, and he still persevered and sacri-ficed so the team could win this game.”

No. 1 Northport will host No. 4 Ward Melville at Veterans Park Friday at 4:15 p.m. in the Class A semifinal match, where the team hopes to keep its streak alive.

“We’re confident that we’re going to come out and play just the way we have been,” Searing said. “ It’s been a winning formula so far, so we’re hoping it can continue.”

Boys’ LacrosseContinued from page A8

Photos by Desirée Keegan Clockwise from above, Nick Roros winds up to fire at the cage; Jake Carroll shoots the ball; and Austin Henningsen wins the ball off the faceoff.

‘We’ve all played together since we were little kids; we all love playing together and we didn’t want this to be our last time.’

— Nick RoRos

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3,561 to 504. Longtime Trustee Stephen Waldenburg Jr., who has served on the board for 15 years, was voted out in a heated race against six others for three seats, amassing 1,290 votes. Incumbent David Badanes, 2,446 votes, was re-elected to another term. Candidate Tam-mie Topel, former school board member, got her seat back after declining to seek re-election last year, with 2,130 votes and newcomer David Stein, who cham-pioned a successful grassroots parental movement to get full-day kindergarten included in this year’s budget, enjoyed victory to the board, with 2,548 votes.

Newcomers Peter Mainetti, Josh Muno and Michael Brunone missed the mark as well, with Mainetti garnering 1,018 votes, Muno receiving 542 votes and Brunone getting 1,039 votes.

Stein said he’s looking forward to working with his colleagues on the school board as his first order of business.

“I feel that the will of this entire com-munity, that did great things this year, was just heard. This is what we’ve been working for. The community put kinder-garten together; they did it as a commu-nity effort.”

Waldenburg said he “would’ve liked to won,” but the community has spoken.

“I’ve given it my all for 15 years and I’m grateful that I was able to serve that long,” Waldenburg said. “I appreciate it. The community wants somebody else; that’s their choice.”

Newly elected Trustee Tammie To-pel and incumbent David Badanes also spoke positively about their victories.

“I feel on cloud nine. I feel really great,” Topel said.

The United Teachers of Northport, the district’s teacher’s union, endorsed the three candidates who won, accord-ing to Antoinette Blanck, the president of the union. She said she was “thrilled” the budget passed, especially because of full-day kindergarten.

HarborfieldsVoters in Harborfields approved

their budget with high marks — 82.5 percent voter support for an $80.5 mil-lion spending plan, with 1,442 voting in favor and 305 voting no. Voters also supported a proposition on the ballot to establish a new capital reserve fund, with 79.4 percent in favor.

Incumbents Donald Mastroianni and

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Photos by Victoria Espinoza and Rohma Abbas Clockwise: Donald Mastroianni, Suzie Lustig, Dr. Thomas McDonagh, David Badanes and Stephen Waldenburg Jr.

board President Dr. Thomas McDonagh were returned to the board, and voters elected newcomer Suzie Lustig. Mas-troianni earned the most votes, at 1,017, McDonagh earned 958 votes and Lustig got 953 votes.

Candidates Chris Kelly and Colleen Rappa fell short.

Mastroianni and McDonagh are both incumbents; serving their ninth and seventh year, respectively. Lustig, a resident of the Harborfields district for 22 years, will be serving on the board for her first time.

Lustig said she wants to focus her time on making sure all students at Harborfields receive a well-rounded education that is competitive for the 21st century.

“Our school has to be of a holistic level, some children may be gifted in science or they may be gifted in music, and we need to make sure we represent everybody for a competitive environ-ment,” Lustig said.

Lustig has served as the Harbor-fields Council of PTAs “Get Out the Vote” chairperson for three years now, and has served on the district’s advi-sory committee since 2013, as well as holding many different PTA positions since 2007.

Mastroianni, who has served on the board since 2006, believes that the biggest challenges Harborfields faces as a district are state-imposed, including the gap elimination adjust-ment on school district aid, a deduc-tion from each school district’s state aid allocation that helps the state fill its revenue shortfall.

Mastroianni also hopes to focus on current district committee work regarding building usage and full-

day kindergarten. “I think full-day kindergarten is

definitely possible, but we have to take a hard look at the costs and the sustain-ability,” Mastroianni said.

McDonagh wants to focus on many of the projects that have just begun this year, including the capital improvement bond project, and evaluating the need for facility modifications over the next few years.

“The projects being considered in-clude both athletic facilities and educa-tional facilities, as well as just general

district facility needs like bathrooms and other facilities,” McDonagh said.

Cold Spring HarborIn Cold Spring Harbor, voters ap-

proved a $64 million budget, 335 votes to 130. Proposition 2, which moved to spend capital reserve money on various projects, passed 318 to 107. Proposi-tion 3, to establish a new capital reserve fund, was approved 314 to 114. Board President Anthony Paolano and Trust-ee Ingrid Wright ran unopposed for re-election and received 366 and 359 votes, respectively

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Take a chill pillWith warmer weather comes an urge

to leave the house, and we expect, as usual, there will be a lot more cars on the road, so now is a good time to re-mind our readers not to lose their cool behind the wheel.

Whether a driver made a mistake — as we all do from time to time — or not, it can be terrifying for that person when another motorist becomes en-raged and takes it out on them. We’ve all experienced tailgating or obnoxious horn-honking, and some of us have been victims of more dire cases of road rage, like prolonged following and ac-tual physical violence or threats. In the less confrontational incidents, frus-trated and angry drivers often lash out because it’s easy to hide in the anony-

mous bubble of a car, when they would not have been so bold to display such anger in person. In the more extreme cases, the mad drivers may have had a screw or two loose to begin with and might have acted out no matter the lo-cation or circumstance.

We understand that daily stresses factor into this problem, and Long Island’s immense traffic congestion doesn’t help the frustration we might already be feeling while in the car. But consider this: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that aggressive driving is a factor in more than half of all traffic fatalities, according to 2009 data. In those cases, “motorists are con-cerned with the others’ aggressive driv-ing while many are guilty themselves.”

Terrible accidents involving man-gled cars happen all the time, but they don’t have to happen over things as petty as payback for being cut off or revenge on a slow-moving vehicle. We urge our readers to slow down when

they’re seeing red behind the wheel and take some time to think about what the other person’s situation might be before lashing out. Give each other the benefit of the doubt because we are all humans

who make mistakes. Let small road in-fractions go with a deep exhale. Rising tempers don’t give us license to rage on the road. And the consequences can be deadly.

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Hear ye: new ferry from NYC to Port Jeff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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