Saturday, May 19, 2012
Also, police arrest man with 23 license suspensions and the Port Jefferson boater's festival will return.
Review of some of the top headlines from the past week on Port Jefferson Patch. After Budget Defeat, Comsewogue Mulls Next Steps Board of Education will meet to discuss what budget to adopt and put up for a vote on June 19. Port Jefferson Man Named Ultimate Ranger Fan Jake Gittler, 20, wins contest by submitting winning YouTube video. Teens Indicted in Port Jeff Burglary Case Five teens were indicted this week in relation to six incidents, including five burglaries, spanning from Selden to Miller Place to Setauket and Port Jefferson. Cops: Man With 23 Suspensions, Revoked License, Drove Drunk Officers spotted man who they say had multiple DWI convictions blowing a red light on Route 83. Mt. Sinai Super: 'Expect Those Programs To Be Gone' …
Read about results of elections in local schools across the area.
Locally we sa one school ditrict pass a budget that stuck to the New York State tax cap (Port Jefferson) and another that just missed a supermajority (Comsewogue). But how did other districts do? Read about how it went in surrounding school elections. Mount Sinai's $55.4 Million Budget Fails, Falling Short of Supermajority District's tax cap-piercing budget gets shut down by voters, only receiving 52.4 percent approval. Three Village Rejects $178.6M Cap-Busting Budget Voters fail to reach required supermajority by 4 percent. Rocky Point Residents Approve $71.6 Million Budget District's budget earns 62 percent of the vote, passing by the supermajority necessary while piercing the tax levy cap. Voters Pass $65 Million Budget for Miller Place…
Meredith Festa says that Art Walk and Pet Adoption Weekend will bring together Long Island animal groups.
You all know me from Guardians of Rescue. Thanks to all of you for your constant support of our efforts. I also sit on the board for the Economic Development Council for Port Jefferson, NY. We are a committee whose primary purpose is to create initiatives and programs which will enhance the quality of the business districts while balancing the needs and quality of life for all residents. It’s time for Port Jefferson’s 2nd annual Pet Adoption Awareness Weekend on May 19 and 20, 2012. Port Jefferson Village is inviting the Long Island Community to come support local pet adoption and welfare efforts. We wanted to give the rescue groups that cover the Long Island area the opportunity to get exposure and tell people who they are and what they …
Friday, May 18, 2012
We asked for the best seafood restaurant in Port Jefferson.
Port Jefferson Patch readers have decided the winner of Port Jefferson's favorite seafood restaurant is Schafer's. Readers’ Choice is a weekly feature where we ask you – our readers – to tell us your top picks. Each Monday we’ll list our nominees – this week was favorite seafood restaurants – and ask for your recommendation. This week was the fiercest competition of all our Readers' Choice polls so far. Schafer's and Danford's were both ahead early on and they were close most of the week until Schafer's fans pulled off a win by the end of the week. Everyone had their reasons for voting. Some loved Schafer's food. "Schafer's food is absolutely amazing," commented lisa. "If you haven't been you're missing out!" Danford's fans were unanimous …
Brothers hoping whoever stole Virgin Mary statue finds it in their heart to return it.
According to a report in the Village Beacon Record, a Virgin Mary statue was recently stolen from the Little Portion Friary on Old Post Road in Mt. Sinai. While the brothers have not reported it to the police, they are hoping whoever stole it is nice enough to return it. The three-and-a-half-foot statue, which was purchased two years ago to replace one that had been there since the 1930s. was missing for a few days before the brothers noticed. For more on this story, click here for the full report in the Village Beacon Record.
Volunteer work was part of an annual corporate day of giving back to the communities they serve.
The real estate agents from Keller Williams Realty Associates in Hauppauge traveled to Port Jefferson on Thursday, May 10 to help Hope House Ministries spruce up its yard and restore an old barn as part of a corporate day of giving. During their annual RED Day (Renew, Energize and Donate), thousands of the agency’s associates across the country and in Canada head into their local communities to take part in volunteer projects to renew and energize the neighborhoods they serve, according to their website. Twenty-two agents from the Hauppague office of Keller Williams Realty Associates spent the day with Hope House doing yard work and flower planting at two housing buildings and at the office on High Street. They also restored an old barn on…
Looser restrictions mean more and bigger fish for anglers.
Ask the average fisherman and he’ll tell you that the less restriction on fishing the better. More fish, bigger fish and a longer season means more fun out on the water. Just this month, the New York State Department of Conservation loosened restrictions on fluke, porgy and black sea bass, meaning that the agency thinks the populations of those species are healthy and plentiful. “These regulation changes reflect improvements to populations of scup [porgy], black sea bass and summer flounder [fluke],” said Kathy Moser, DEC Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resources, in a statement announcing the expansion. Moser pointed to porgy – a popular game fish among kids and adults – as being particularly robust. Fishermen and bait and tackle shop …
The railroad says the goal is to control unruly passengers.
The Long Island Rail Road is banning alcohol on weekend trains coming out of Penn Station, starting tonight. All trains from midnight to 5 a.m. will be alcohol free. Booze will also be banned on LIRR platforms. The goal is to reduce the number of disorderly passengers and protect train crews from unruly riders, the LIRR said. What do you think of the idea? Is drinking a problem on the LIRR? Tell us in the poll or share your thoughts as a comment below.
Jake Gittler, 20, wins contest by submitting winning YouTube video.
While the New York Rangers work toward winning the Stanley Cup this year - currently they're in the Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils - one Port Jefferson fan is already looking forward to next year. Jake Gittler, 20, recently took an outside-the-box approach to winning a YouTube video fan contest, showing why he deserved season tickets to each and every Rangers game next year. He was named the winner during intermission of a home game in April, beating out four other finalists. Gittler, a political science major at the University of Vermont according to the Port Times Record, scaled a snow-covered summit on a cold and windy day, proceeding to hoist a homemade Stanley Cup, ending with "I am a Ranger!" To read the Port…
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Americanivory
8:55 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
why don't the "residents" of hope house clean their own place? Father Frank should teach them to give back and stop always taking! A little repsonsibilty for themselves would go a long way! more ›