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Stop The Sale... |
By Ken Kraska
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Stop the
sale... Clean up the mess! That was the message a hundred or so
Kings Park area residents chanted in front of the offices of New
York State Senator John Flanagan on East Main Street in Smithtown
this past Tuesday morning. The group, amassed by a few concerned
residents, including members of the Kings Park Neighbors'
Association, believe New York State should clean up the site
before it sells or transfer the property. To date, all the proposals
made by the various bidders have been to densely develop the site.
The reasoning for the dense development has been blamed on the
developers' inability to accurately determine the cost of
remediation. The concerned citizens believe, once this unknown
variable has been omitted from the equation, the need to
over-develop the site would be greatly diminished.
With only two
days notice the group attracted about a hundred or so demonstrators,
many of who took time off from work to attend. Based on this
turnout, they feel confident they can attract many more followers
and are planning rallies at future political events as well as at
the offices of other state officials.
11/01/2005 |
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Election Results |
By Ken Kraska
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Supervisor,
Town of Smithtown
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As of 11/9/05
12:01 AM |
| 92 Election Districts reported out of 92 |
100.00% |
| 22,091 Votes cast out of 76,324 |
28.94% |
Town Clerk,
Town of Smithtown
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As of 11/9/05
12:01 AM |
| 92 Election Districts reported out of 92 |
100.00% |
| 19,736 Votes cast out of 76,324 |
25.86% |
Superintendent
of Highways, Town of Smithtown
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As of 11/9/05
12:01 AM |
| 92 Election Districts reported out of 92 |
100.00% |
| 21,194 Votes cast out of 76,324 |
27.77% |
Councilman,
Town of Smithtown
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As of 11/9/05
12:01 AM |
| 92 Election Districts reported out of 92 |
100.00% |
| 40,503 Votes cast out of 152,648 |
26.53% |
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Share |
| MC CARTHY, THOMAS J |
Republican |
9,608 |
23.72% |
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Conservative |
1,770 |
4.37% |
| Total |
11,378 |
28.09% |
| BIANCANIELLO, PATRICIA |
Democratic |
8,462 |
20.89% |
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Independence |
1,082 |
2.67% |
| Working
Families |
379 |
0.94% |
| Total |
9,923 |
24.50% |
| CANTWELL, DONALD D |
Republican |
9,145 |
22.58% |
| Integrity |
242 |
0.60% |
| Total |
9,387 |
23.18% |
| KELLY-MC GOVERN, GRACE |
Democratic |
6,967 |
17.20% |
| HICKEY, DANNY J |
Conservative |
2,446 |
6.04% |
| Working Families |
402 |
0.99% |
| Total |
2,848 |
7.03% |
11/09/2005
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Inmates Lend A Hand |
Press Release
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Suffolk County inmates
Landscape Coast Guard Base, Allowing Crews More Time To Patrol and
Train Riverhead, N.Y., October 27, 2005 Thanks to an overture from
the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, minimum security inmates have
recently assumed the landscape work detail at the Eatons Neck Coast
Guard Station, thereby allowing Coast Guard personnel more time to
concentrate on essentia1 duties such as maritime patrol,
search-and-rescue, and Homeland Security initiatives.
Sheriff Alfred C. Tisch, a vocal proponent of inmate education
recently introduced the STAR (Sheriff’s training and Assisted
Reentry) Program, a series of educational and vocational programs at
the Suffolk County Correctional Facility that are designed to assist
inmates with employment opportunities upon their reintegration to
society. This horticultural program is the first STAR initiative to
actively merge vocational training with service lo the community.
The inmates assigned to this program have all been carefully
selected based on specific criteria and are escorted and constantly
supervised by Correction Officers during their vocational sessions.
USCG Station Eatons Neck Executive Petty Officer BMC Rick
Bull states “Coast Guard personnel can he reassigned to more
integral tasks by utilizing inmates to perform time-consuming
landscaping and lawn maintenance”. BMC Ball asserted that, “Sheriff
Tisch has provided a great benefit to both the Coast Guard and the
people of Long Island. By enlisting county inmates to assume a
portion of our routine maintenance, we can direct our assets out on
the water where they can provide the greatest impact, such as
Homeland
Security, Search and Rescue, and Maritime Law Enforcement missions.
The inmates working at the
Eatons Neck Station are enrolled in a six-week intensive classroom
program in applied plant science in conjunction with the Cornell
Cooperative Extension in Yaphank. This program encompasses areas of
study including plant structure, pruning and trimming, weed control,
landscape design, and tree arid shrub maintenance. These specially
chosen inmates are completing the second phase of the horticultural
program, a lengthy, practical field application of their classroom
study. Inmates chosen for and graduating from this program can
expect to gain knowledge, confidence, and an increased opportunity
of gainful employment upon their subsequent release.
Brian Ocedek, an inmate serving a one-year sentence at the Suffolk
County Correctional Facility states matter of fact, "I would much
rather do this job and let the Coast Guard do the important work,
like helping people on the water. It’s the one thing that someone in
my position can do to give something hack.”
This collaborative agreement between the Sherif's Office and the
Coast Guard is a prime example of a program which benefits all
parties. The Coast Guard 1iecs up much needed staff to perform vital
duties, the Sheriff’s Office furthers its rehabilitative effort, and
the community gains productive workers and increased safety and
security on the water.
11/09/2005 |
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Kings Park
Arts & Letters
2005 Inductees |
Press Release
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Congratulations to this year's recipients of the
Kings Park Arts & Letters Award
Tricia Foley
St. Joseph’s Class of 1982
SUNY Fedonia
interior Design and Historical Preservation
 Tricia
Foley attended St. Joseph’s School in Kings Park and the Academy of
Brentwood. After finishing a BA. degree in Art History and
Photography at State University College at Fredonia, she studied
Interior Design at Parsons School of Design. She has worked in the
design department of Bloomingdales and in magazine publishing as an
Editor at Home Beautiful, I Home Magazine and Victoria Magazine.
She is currently a contributing editor for several national
magazines, has published seven style books and currently has her own
design business in New York City consulting on product development,
retail and internal and editorial projects in the home design field.
Tricia has left her imprint at Bloomingdales, Macy’s, Polo/Ralph
Lauren, Colonial Williamsburg, Hallmark, Tuscan Square, and numerous
magazines. Her work can he seen at the Gettysburg Battlefield, at
County May, Ireland, at Deep Wells in St. James, Williamsburg,
American Folk Arts Museum and right here in Kings Park. A talented
lady leaving positive life qualities in her wake.
Peter Marmorato
Class of 1963
Monument Sculptor
A first generation American Italian, Peter Marmorato is a prime
example of the American dream and the uniqueness of a family
business. Peter’s father brought from Italy his sculpturing skills.
These skills can he traced back several hundred years. Mr. Marmorato
settled in Kings Park in 1951). He gave his three children a small
town lifestyle and taught them his talents.
Peter, after a Navy tour, came home to he part of the marble
business. What he learned from his father became the backbone of the
Monument Company. Following the tradition set by the family, Peter’s
son learned that art and became part of the company. That company
has left its mark on the Smithtown area. Cemetery headstones are the
chief component of the business, but it is the numerous memorials
that have left the Marmorato legacy on the community. Approximately
seventy stones of marble, granite, and fieldstone carry messages of
the area’s life. From sports fields to war memorials, to secluded
tranquil resting spots, Peter Marmorato has put the town’s feeling
into stone.
Sylvia Marks
Kings Park Resident
Editing and Publishing
Museum Projects
 Wife, mother,
housewife and graphics design instructor at Pilgrim Psychiatric
Center. It is the graphics department that has effected the Kings
Park Heritage Museum for the past ten years. Through her talent,
effort and generosity the museum has produced and published nearly
fifty booklets, pamphlets and pictorials concerning Kings Park
heritage.
For a year the Heritage Museum struggled to spread the historical
mission that signified a need for a museum in the community. A
chance encounter with Mrs. Marks led to the creation of the Light &
Lively History of Kings Park.
Early plans called for two or three issues. Ten years later we have
33 issues? Sylvia allowed the museum to gather material from all
over the country, package it and distribute it back across the
country and Europe.
Through her guidance, a series was developed on one woman’s
observations of the Middle East; another series grew from ethnic
differences; a series on role models has been started; and an
eclectic series on pictures, trips and hobbies has sprung up.
Sylvia Marks, with no fanfare whatsoever, has bridged the gap
between two public entities and forged productions beneficial to
both. The Museum’s identity is known to many in a very large part
because of Mrs. Mark’s energy.
Pamela Schmidt
Class of 1984 -
Long Island University
Actress
 A 1984
graduate of Kings Park High School, Pamela Schmidt went to C.W. Post
for one year before working for the Suffolk County Executive Office.
After winning a scholarship to the New York Academy of Dramatic
Arts, she began pursuing a career in drama.
Pam studies technique and scene study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre
Institute with Irma Sandrey and Diane Iverson. At the Herbert
Berkoff Studio she concentrated on scene study and improvisation
with E. Graham Chambers and Erle Hyman. Technique was studied at the
Stella Adler School. She is a member of the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild.
Her credits in film are found in Far From Heaven,
Unfaithful Brooklyn Sonnet, and Leading Man. Her roles on
television include several Law and Order roles, The Young
and the Restless, Sopranos, Sex and the City; and Ed.
Her theatre roles include Diary of Ann Frank, Sound of
Music, The Only Game in Town, and The Glass Menagerie.
Combine all this with several commercials and you have an eclectic
career in drama.
Michael Tortorice
Class of 1980
Kansas University
Architect
 Michael
Tortorice was almost a one man architect class when he attended
Kings Park High School. His skills and imagination won him praise
and awards in his senior year. It was only natural that he would
follow the architectural path as a career.
Kansas University and its well known architectural department was
his home for five years. He studied Environmental Design at SUNY
Buffalo and Naval Architecture at SUNY Maritime College. Michael
joined Baldassano Architectural Group and received ten years of
valuable, hands on knowledge in his chosen career. He has spent the
last seven years as a partner in BIT & A, an architectural firm in
Riverhead.
A specialist in educational buildings, Michael has
been involved in many East End districts plus St. Anthony’s High
School in Huntington. Libraries have been a major center of
attention with projects from Riverhead to Babylon Library. An
interesting project was the Long Island Duck Ball Park in Central
Islip.
He has been active in developmental plans for zoos and aquariums. He
is attached to the Kings Park Heritage Museum and actively involved
in revitalization plans promoted by the Museum. Talk about realizing
your school days ambitions.
Robert Walsh
Class of 1943
Notre Dame University
Editor and Writer
 Robert Walsh
comes from a long time attachment to Kings Park life and community.
His extended family participated in all aspects of pre-WWII town
life. Robert graduated Kings Park High School, Class of 1943.
Robert has spent the 60 interim doing public relations, public
analyzing, marketing-communication and speech writing on every level
of private and governmental organizations. ‘Words” are Bob's world
and he has excelled in the use of them. His efforts on behalf of the
world renowned US. Information Agency brought him much attention and
praise. Major companies such as American Airlines, Pfizer, Inc.,
CIENA, Pepsico, American Express and LILCO have all utilized his
communication skills.
He has written extensively on topics pertaining to business and
employment techniques. Lecturing and organizing workshops for MBA
students and company executives has given him worldwide experience.
His words have reached a great many eyes and ears.
Congratulations To All On Jobs
Well Done!
11/08/2005 |
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Kings Park Educational Foundation |
Press Release
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(LtoR) Michael Fitzpatrick, John Flanagan, Ed Werheim, John
Sullivan, Thomas McCarthy, Patrick Vecchio, John Bogenshutz |
Two men were honored by the
Kings Park Educational Foundation at the Sheraton Hotel in
Hauppauge. Over three hundred guests paid tribute to the
accomplishments of John Sullivan, businessman, and John Bogenshutz,
teacher. Both men added substantially to the educational success in
the Kings Park School District.
John Sullivan, because of business now residing in Delaware, is one
of the founders of the Educational Foundation and a catalyst in its
success. John Bogenshutz is completing 35 years of outstanding
teaching in English and Psychology. The Masquerade Ball was attended
by local, county and state dignitaries, as well as special honored
guests from the U.S. Coast Guard Station in
Eatons Neck.
The Kings Park Educational Foundation's sole mission is to
raise funds to be used for school projects not covered by budget
items. In this they have been quite successful.
11/09/2005 |
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