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7 Bedroom, 4 Full Bath/2 Half Baths With Amenities Throughout. Custom Gourmet Modern Kitchen, Guest Bedroom En-Suite On Main Level. Over An Acre of Fenced In Property With Saltwater/Heated IG Pool And New Patio.
$1,899,000 | MLS #3353162
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Living Room With Gas Fireplace, Master Bedroom With New Bathroom On Main Level. Full Finished Basement With Half Bath, Washer/Dryer on 1st Floor, Winter Water View, Club House With Gym, Rec Room, Tennis and Community Pool.
$725,000 | ML# 3373630
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This Spacious 6BR 5 Full Bath Home Features an Open Floor Plan. Many Upgrades including Full Cedar Roof, Full House Generac, State of the Art Media Room w/ 13.5′ Video Screen, Projector. Room for Extended Family in Guest Quarters! Lush Private Estate Setting, IGP.
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Updated Kitchen, CAC. Primary Suite with an updated bath. Radiant floor heating in the Primary suite, en-suite, upstairs bedroom, and office/bedroom. Private Balcony offers winter water views. Finished walkout Basement And A Gym. Very Private.
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No expense was spared in the construction of this magnificent residence. Expansive chef’s kitchen, elegant home office, media room. Two-bedroom guest house, tennis court, in-ground pool, full-house generator.
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Open concept enhanced by attention to fine detail. The primary suite is flooded with natural light & grand en-suite bath. The additional 4 bedrooms are junior suites, complete with new bathrooms. Within 1 block of private playground, exercise park, exclusive beaches and Port Jefferson country club (Golf andTennis).
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The Kraft Heinz Co., the third-largest food and beverage company in North America, has agreed to set a goal to reduce total virgin plastic use following the filing of a shareholder proposal and engagement with As You Sow.
The proposal asked Kraft Heinz to report on how the company would reduce plastic packaging, including planned reduction strategies or goals, materials redesign, substitution, or reductions in use of virgin plastic.
The company intends to set a substantial virgin plastic packaging reduction goal later this year or in the first quarter of 2023, the company informed As You Sow in a statement. In response, As You Sow agreed to withdraw its shareholder proposal. Kraft Heinz’s commitment continues a steady stream of major U.S. brands and retailers who have agreed to cut virgin plastic use after interaction with As You Sow.
Kraft Heinz said it would “continue to drive towards its packaging goals and support of a circular economy through a variety of initiatives and investments, including reduction of virgin plastic material, packaging redesign, increased use of recycled content, and continued exploration and scaling of reuse models.”
“We were pleased to reach this agreement with Kraft Heinz that involves a substantial virgin plastic reduction goal for packaging including consideration of packaging redesign and innovative reuse models,” said Conrad MacKerron, senior vice president at As You Sow. “We have similar pending proposals at Amazon, McDonald’s, and Kroger and hope that those companies can agree to reductions in the use of plastic for packaging.”
Forty-five percent of Kroger shareholders and 35% of Amazon shareholders supported proposals last year asking for reductions in plastic use.
Five other large companies — Keurig Dr Pepper, Mondelez International, PepsiCo, Target Corp., and Walmart — agreed to virgin plastic reductions in 2021 after the filing of shareholder proposals by As You Sow. Target and Keurig Dr. Pepper agreed to reduce virgin plastic in brand packaging by 20%, Walmart agreed to a 15% cut; and Mondelez agreed to cut 5% — all by 2025; and PepsiCo agreed to a 20% cut by 2030. Cumulatively, the reduction in use of virgin plastic announced by these five brands is expected to total more than 700,000 tons.
As You Sow’s efforts have been catalyzed by a 2020 landmark study by Pew Charitable Trusts, Breaking the Plastic Wave, which said immediate and sustained new commitments throughout the plastics value chain are needed, including actions by brand owners, consumer goods companies, and retailers to reduce at least one-third of plastic demand through elimination, reuse, and new delivery models.
The largest cut in overall plastic use to date by a major consumer goods company was a 2019 commitment by Unilever to cut virgin plastic use by 50%, including a total elimination of 100,000 tons of plastic packaging by 2025.
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After athletes from around the world raced across and flew over ice and snow in Beijing, much of it manufactured, some Olympians are likely to need to adjust to a return to their everyday life.
Two-time Olympian Matthew Mortensen, who competed in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 in the luge, suggested that the competitors coming back needed to give themselves time to settle back into their routines.
While he cautioned that he couldn’t speak for all athletes, he described how “you are going so hard for so long during any season. One capped by the Olympic Games brings even more adrenaline and mental stress. Once it was over for me, I just felt emotionally and mentally drained.”
Mortensen, who grew up in Huntington Station and now lives in Connecticut, spent March and April of each Olympic year focusing on his physical and mental recovery.
As with each Olympics, the 2022 Games in Beijing had its own storylines and challenges, as American athletes traveled across the world without support networks who couldn’t attend because of strict COVID rules.
“With COVID restrictions and protocols, lack of spectators, a diplomatic ban, differences in how long athletes could stay at the games after their [events] had finished, etc., I couldn’t help but feel like the athletes at this Olympics were not getting the ‘full experience,’” Mortensen explained in an email. “That being said, I’m sure it was still wonderful for them.”
Indeed, Stony Brook University graduate student India Pagan, who is a stand-out starting basketball player and is earning her master’s degree, attended her first games in Tokyo as a representative of the first Puerto Rican basketball team to compete in the Olympics last summer.
“It crossed my mind, what would these [games] be like if we didn’t have all these COVID restrictions, how much more fun it would have been,” she said.
Still, Pagan, who had routine COVID and temperature tests and had to show her badge regularly, called the experience a “blast.”
While Pagan said she, too, was “sad” when the Olympics were over, she said she was “thankful” she got to participate and appreciated the reception she received when she returned, which included a parade in her native New London, Connecticut.
“I’m an Olympian now,” she said. “It’s a different life. People see the tattoo on my leg, and they say, ‘Can I take a picture with you?’”
Russian skater
Mortensen and Pagan said they both were well aware of some of the storylines that dominated the Beijing games.
One of the biggest narratives involved 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. After the team event, in which the Russian Olympic Committee won a gold medal while the United States earned a silver, Valieva tested positive for a banned substance.
The International Olympic Committee allowed her to compete in the individual skating event, where she was first after the short program, but fell in the long program and finished in fourth, behind two of her teammates.
Like many other athletes and commentators, Mortensen believed Valieva shouldn’t have been competing after her positive test.
“There has to be a hard line on doping, especially when it comes to the Olympic Games,” Mortensen wrote. “The adults around her let her down and the Court of Arbitration for Sport made the wrong decision.”
He said he couldn’t imagine competing knowing that her competitors felt like she was a cheater. He expected that the mental trauma she experienced would be “long lasting.”
Pagan said Team USA officials warn athletes to be careful about anything they take that might lead to a positive drug test.
“You never know what type of substances could be illegal,” Pagan said. “You have to be very careful.”
Love for the Games
Mortensen said he watched the Games every day, getting up early to support his former teammates live.
“I still love the Olympics and everything that the Games represent,” he wrote in an email. He finds them “fascinating” and enjoys cheering on Team USA.
In addition to lasting memories, Mortensen and Pagan both appreciate the camaraderie and friendships that came from participating in a marquee athletic event on the world stage.
“In our sport, we find ourselves competing against most of the same athletes for our entire career,” Mortensen wrote. “We travel together, hang out together, play sports together and just spend a lot of time around each other in general over the years,” which helps build enduring friendships.
Just hours after the competition, Pagan said she and other Olympians interacted in the game room.
“We do everything we can for our country” and then they connect with other people who are doing the same, she said.
Pagan said she has stayed in touch with several members of the South African track team and with a wrestler from Australia.
One of her new friends asked her if she thought she’d be able to see each other in person again.
“Maybe life will bring us back together,” Pagan said. “It’s cool that we’re still friends.”
By Raymond Janis
Amid the honking horns and blaring engines of Tuesday afternoon traffic, Feb. 22, Town of Huntington officials and business leaders gathered to commemorate the opening of an electric clock tower in Huntington Station.
The Huntington Station Business Improvement District donated the clock tower to the town. Located at the intersection of New York Avenue and Pulaski Road, the donation includes the clock, landscaping and pavements.
“The mission of the BID is to add security, beautification and promotion within the area,” said BID president Frank Cosentino. “This is one of many other big improvements we’d like to do.”
The BID comprises business owners throughout Huntington Station and has made several important investments in the area. However, Cosentino said this donation represents a shift in the BID’s activities toward permanent beautification initiatives.
“We do Christmas lights that go up and come down, flower baskets that come up and go down,” he said. “Everything we’ve always done in the past have been fleeting improvements that come down. We decided to start moving to more permanent beautification projects. The town helped us with the property, and we purchased the clock and all the improvements.”
Cosentino has owned a hardware store in Huntington Station since 1985. He said his involvement with the BID is a way to give back to the place that has provided him a living for all those years. According to him, projects such as these will contribute to the deeply rooted historical and cultural traditions of the community.
“Huntington Station reminds me of growing up in Astoria,” he said. “It’s a tight-knit neighborhood with a lot of families. It has always been a much more stable area than you might think. I can name 50 to 100 customers that have been in the area since 1985.”
Elected officials joined the BID on Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the clock tower. Town Supervisor Ed Smyth (R) viewed the donation as a harbinger of brighter days ahead for Huntington Station.
“The Huntington Station BID’s generous donation adds to the charm and character of this busy corner of downtown Huntington Station,” Smyth said. “This new clock tower serves as a symbol of our local investment in business and in the revitalization of Huntington Station.”
The Times of Huntington reported in December that the town had finalized an agreement with Suffolk County to finance sewer expansion into Huntington Station. According to Smyth, the Huntington Station Hub Sewer Infrastructure Project will enable substantially greater capital investment into the community.
“While you are officially keeping time with this new clock tower, true economic revitalization in the downtown Huntington Station area is now possible,” he said. “We will never be closer to rectifying past failures of urban renewal [than] with our investment in Huntington Station, particularly with the sewer line that is coming.”
Town Councilman Sal Ferro (R) echoed the sentiment. He said expanded sewer infrastructure will stimulate economic activity and commercial development.
“The sewer line coming down [Route] 110 is going to be another part of this revitalization,” he said. “This clock tower represents such an important part. It’s a symbol of what’s to come.”
Ferro recalled working as a carpenter’s apprentice in Huntington Station over four decades ago. He considered the clock tower a beacon of the community’s storied past and promising future, a product of collaborative efforts between business groups and local government.
“I love the combination of work between the BID and the chamber [of commerce] and the government,” he said. “This is a vibrant corner, such an important part of Huntington Station. To see this clock tower and the landscaping here makes me so proud coming back here 40 years later.”
Town Councilwoman Joan Cergol (D) remembered the BID as a tiny organization just getting off the ground. She recalled walking the streets of Huntington Station in 2003 to encourage business leaders to join the BID. Nearly two decades later, a clock tower at the heart of Huntington Station marks a new chapter for the BID in its mission to beautify the area.
“This BID has really done a lot of wonderful things,” she said. “This is a wonderful gift, a gift that we will all continue to enjoy for years.”
While Huntington is known for its historic and prosperous village, public investment into Huntington Station has often lagged. The clock tower and sewer extension point to a change of course.
“Huntington Station is one of the many vital organs in our system,” said Jillian Guthman, town receiver of taxes. “Regardless of if you are on the south end or north end of our town, Huntington Station is a place that you spend a lot of time. A clock such as this is really fitting of the beauty of this community and is a reflection of the investment that is so needed.”
Like so many towns throughout Suffolk County, expanded sewer infrastructure is a major priority for Huntington. According to Smyth, the impact of this sewer investment will be felt for decades.
“The clock is useful, but it is also symbolic,” Smyth said. “[The sewer extension] is the next big step. It is going to be a generational investment in Huntington Station.”
According to Ferro, policymakers and private developers must be proactive. As the sewer extension project gets underway, he said the community must prepare itself for higher levels of activity.
“Huntington Station is open for business,” he said. “We do have a sewer line coming and that means projects need to be thought about now for tomorrow.”
As this community awaits the arrival of its sewer extension, the clock could be said to be ticking.
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