The Knights of Columbus Council #725 of Patchogue
(will celebrate our nation’s independence, this 4th of July, with the)

1st annual, Tires Incorporated

Knights 4^thFest

Starting this Thursday to Sunday, July 2^nd & 3^rd 5pm-11; July 4^th & 5^th 3pm-11;at Saint Joseph College Patchogue Campus, on Waverly Ave and Sunrise Highway.Featuring!

Nevins Carnival rides, including a giant Ferris wheel, and Long Island’s oldest Carousel.

The first ride is free with purchase of 20 ride book-just mention WRCN Radio at the ticket booth.

Much more with Craft Fair exhibits, Italian Style Beer Garden, Knights Food Court with hot Zeppolis, Sausage Pepper Hoagies, Candy apples, Friendly’s Ice Cream fresh hot zeppolis, sausage and peppers, candy apples and more! foods, drinks and more foods.

Part of the proceeds to benefit the Special Olympics. Be there for the fun and celebrate our Nations 233^rd birthday.

Hours are July 2^nd & 3^rd 5pm-11; July 4^th & 5^th 3pm-1.

Info call 576-9817

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Grounds of the Sixth District Court in Patchogue, not Properly Maintained By Suffolk County!
What is Your First Impression of Patchogue Village?
If one could drive directly into Patchogue village, bypassing the west end of town, one's impression might be favorable. The Patchogue Garden Club and Chamber of Commerce, have always worked feverishly to maintain the appearance of our "home town."

Our village government and service clubs, have not been sitting idle, "just watching the flowers grow." Our elected officials, friends, and neighbors, have militantly addressed quality of life issues, resulting in the demolition of the old Lace Mill. Briarcliff College currently resides at that location.

The first impression of the West side of Patchogue Village would and should be very favorable, but we do have an impediment to our A+ rating; the Suffolk County Sixth District Courthouse, on Main Street, Patchogue.

The Sixth District Court landscaping has for years, been neglected, by the County of Suffolk. Last July an email and photos of the Sixth District Court grounds, was sent to the Suffolk County Highway Department, at their request. One year later, new photos were taken, revealing the same neglect, that directly reflects on our village. The Hedges are not trimmed, and the flower Beds are filled with Weeds, instead of Flowers.

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Flower Bed is Full of Weeds

Main Flower Bed Contains no Flowers, Just Weeds

Hedges are not Trimmed or Groomed

The first impression is most important! As soon as a prospective customer or homeowner sees the disarray at the Sixth District Court grounds, they will certainly have a negative opinion of Patchogue Village. The resale value of our homes can be directly equated to the appearance of our village shopping area.

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If a municipality does ten things right, and one thing wrong, the prospective customers and homeowners, will always forget the good things, and forever remember the bad! In addition the bad things will forever be vocalized at every opportunity! life is a stage, and the game of life mandates that no one be given the opportunity to see anything that could be perceived as flawed!

Las Vegas Nevada Landscape

In contrast I have provided a few photos of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Town Square shopping area. As you can see, the visual candy will indeed encourage a potential customer or homeowner to consider this location.

Hopefully the County of Suffolk will hear our plea, and properly maintain the grounds of the Sixth District Court, in Patchogue.

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The "Great Patchogue Lake" is Currently Inaccessible!
As you can see, our lake is fenced in. There have been questions as to why the fence was put up in the first place. Photos were taken on Lake St. near Briarcliff Collage. Both the Patchogue Beautification Committee and the Concerned Citizens Committee have been for years, trying to flaunt, preserve, and protect our beautiful lakes, with limited success.

Obstructed View of "Great Patchogue Lake," from Lake St.

Fence Looking East down Lake Street

Debris is allowed to accumulate behind the fence, which could ultimately finding its way into the lake.








This is the beautiful view of the "Great Patchogue Lake,"that we could have, if only the area was cleaned up!

(Photo was taken between a link in the existing Chain Link fence)
Robert Calarco, who is the Chief of Staff, for Legislator Jack Eddington, says that Legislator Eddington is committed to helping in every way that he can!

Jack is currently working with the DPW, as well as the County Attourneys Office.

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Patchogue Village has been a productive player in the effort to sustain our lake.

Our Village applied for and was granted special funds to help sustain our Beautiful lake. Patchogue Lake was stocked with special fish, that by virtue of their eating habits, will control the growth of undesirable vegetation.

I looked at the lake, and the fish appear to be doing their job!

Swan Lake Needs Help Too!

Which view do you prefer?

The first photo is what a passing westbound motorist should see, when entering Patchogue from the Montauk Highway. Unfortunately the second photo depicts the actual view as a motorist passes Swan Lake; the view is totally obstructed with overgrown foliage.

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Debris is allowed to accumulate ultimately creating a "muck" that is commonly found in a swamp!

Canadian Geese also a problem:

The Canadian Geese are also creating a situation that needs some attention. Canadian Geese have dominated both Swan Lake, and Patchogue Lake!

Reclaiming Swan Lake is a bit more problematic, because responsibility for this specific location involves both the Town, and the County Government. In addition, the Swan Lake Park Civic Association, is also an active player in the ongoing proceedings!

Hopefully we will reclaim Swan Lake, as well as Patchogue Lake this summer!

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Announcement from Jessica Boehm;
Sachem Alumnus Heroes Welcome:
Hi Leaders:
I can't think of a better way to get ready for Memorial Day with your troops than to recognize one of Sachem's own who proudly served his country and gave so much. If you can, please forward this to your troop parents, your friends and family. This man deserves a hero's welcome!

Subject:
Wounded Warrior Homecoming Holbrook. To all SYAG members and neighbors (Bob - please forward to all SYAG members, to pass along to managers, coaches and parents). On Saturday, May 16th Corporal Chris Levi, a Holbrook native and former, Sachem student, will be coming home to Holbrook after a long recuperation at, Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC. Chris, 26 years old, suffered the loss of both his legs above the knees and the use of his right arm during combat in Iraq. Chris will be arriving at LI McArthur Airport at 12:30 pm on Saturday the 16th of May. With the efforts of the Holbrook FD and the local communties, we would like the streets to be lined with people starting from Mollie Blvd> in Holbrook all the way down Broadway Ave to Vet's Hwy greeting Chris home. Please let's all make every effort to pass the word and to be there to welcome this brave young man and soldier home and and show him how much we appreciate his service, sacrifice and how proud we are of him. American flags will also be passed out to all. Please forward this to all SYAG parents and local neighbors in the area. For more information, please call 631-484-3197. See attached ad in "Our Place" magazine. Join ChristianMingle.comR FREE! Meet Christian Singles in your area. Start now! (See attached file: Homecoming Vet.jpg

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Columbiettes Spring Craft Fair in Patchogue:

The Patchogue Columbiette #725 are hosting a Spring Craft Fair.

DATE: Saturday May, 2, 2009

TIME: 10 AM to 4 PM

LOCATION: Knights of Columbus Hall,
38 W. First Street.

All are WELCOME. Find something for everyone!! Plus raffles, bake sale and a 50/50!!

Jessica

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Bed and Breakfast Issue in our Village!
Someone who lives in the vicinity of Lake Shore Drive, Patchogue Village, thought it would be a great idea to change the Village code, to allow creation of a Bed and Breakfast, in any area of our village including 1A Residential. A proposal was submitted to our village, and addressed by our village government.

At the March 9, 2009, Patchogue Village Board Meeting, the issue of allowing applications to open a Bed and Breakfast, in a 1A residential area, was considered. This change to our code would allow an applicant to start a Bed and Breakfast business, next to your house!.

It appears that we in the Maple Avenue Neighborhood Watch have been focusing on certain issues and ignoring other issues. As I have said many times, when our quality of life is acceptable, we as a group tend to be passive.

I must admit that I did not know that this important issue was being considered at the March 9, 2009 Village Board Meeting! I wish that the agenda of upcoming Village Board Meetings was published on the Village Web Site. “Joe the Plumber,” simply doesn’t have the time or the desire to rummage through the legal notices every week! I would rather go to the Beach!

Someone did their homework! All and every rule pertaining to allowing someone to open a Bed and Breakfast in a residential area was meticulously laid out. Go to the Patchogue Village Web Site and read the Minutes of the March 9, 2009 Board Meeting.

http://www.patchoguevillage.org/

Twenty five residents from Patchogue signed a Petition opposing establishment of code allowing a Bed and Breakfast in 1A Residential areas of our village. A few non residents, and two residents, spoke in support of allowing a B&B to operate in 1A Residential Zoning.

Some local residents see a Bed and Breakfast as yet another Boarding House.

Honestly, I personally have a big problem with a B&B in any area of our village. I personally am in favor of a moratorium on Bed and Breakfasts, as well as Boarding Houses. We must learn from our past, or else we are doomed to repeat it.

Another resident was concerned that TriTec, the company that is going to build the Hotel, might be upset with the possibility of new legislated competition.

The Patchogue Village Board reserved decision; that means that it could be passed at any time without notice, possibly in a different form, such as allowing a B & B to operate in the Historic District! I doubt that this could be passes in any form, in lieu of the overwhelming opposition to this issue.

I personally feel that the village of Patchogue is literally crippled when it comes to housing issues. A member of this Neighborhood Watch Group said that her neighbor is operating an illegal boarding house, but the village could do nothing. (Please forgive me for not giving specific details! It would be totally reckless of me to divulge information that could be used to bolster yet more illegal Boarding Houses!)

(The material necessary to write this article was abstracted, from the published Minutes of the March 9, 2009 Patchogue Village Board Meeting.)

Neighborhood Watch Members:
Please reply to this article with your comments: (No anonymous comments will be accepted on this issue! I must recognize your email address; although all names will remain confidential.)

Send emails to the email address listed below!
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Reply to Joe the Plumber:
Dear “Joe the Plumber”:

Please be advised that the Village Board Agenda is posted on the Village website on the Friday prior to the Monday night meeting (2nd and 4th Monday’s of the month). On rare occasions we are unable to post it on Friday, but as a general practice, it is always posted by the close of business on Friday.

Regards,
Patti

Patricia M. Seal
Village Clerk
Village of Patchogue
14 Baker Street
Patchogue, New York 11772

Comment from a MANW member:

A member of our NW said that he is not against a Bed and Breakfast, in a "Tourist Area," possibly near the water, but against a B&B in a residential area.

Maple Avenue Gazette goes interstate
I recently visited longtime friends in New Jersey. My wife and I met Eddie and Arlene Forty Six years ago on our honeymoon in Bermuda. We managed to maintain contact through the years, and even visit each other occasionally. On my most recent visit, to celebrate Eddie’s 70Th Birthday, I started to talk to Eddie about local Patchogue issues. To my surprise, Ed knew exactly what I was talking about, and also had opinions on our local issues! I was surprised when Ed told me that he has a shortcut to our Gazette on his desktop, and reads it occasionally! Wow what a surprise!

I hereby make Eddie and Arlene honorary consultants to the Maple Avenue Gazette, simply because they care enough to look!

My definition of a friend is someone who calls or emails, once a year, to see if I am dead or alive! Reading this Blog also fills the above requirements!
Thank you Ed and Arlene for a wonderful time!

Happy Birthday Ed!

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Graffiti in Patchogue
The graffiti situation is getting better in Patchogue Village. As I understand the untalented Graffiti Artists are placing their efforts outside of our village.

The pressure is on and at least three agencies are gathering evidence against the people that are guilty of defacing our village, with the trash that they call Art.

A few individuals have installed new "Space Age" Video Cameras that are capable of reading the inscription on a School Ring, from three blocks away.

Video files of vandals in action have already been sent to the Police Department for their evaluation.

There is zero tolerance for Graffiti in Patchogue. As soon as Graffiti is discovered, it is painted over by village residents.

How can this guy become immortal like Rembrandt;

when Patchogue residents are just as busy covering up pseudo masterpieces!

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Residents are currently required by law to remove Graffiti within Thirty days, under penalty of a fine.

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Being law biding citizens, most Patchogue residents cover up the Graffiti within Six to Eight hours.

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The village of Patchogue might not be the best place to become immortal through your art work.

Not all Graffiti is Trash!

Although the subject matter of the photo makes me sad, it is indeed a piece of Art. This piece of art, can be found in the Town of Brooksville, Florida.

Notice that the Graffiti Artists in Florida are smart enough to recognize and respect a piece of Artwork, when they see it! This work of Art remains untouched, for everyone to appreciate!

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Notice to the Graffiti Artists!

My father once told me to only hang-out with people that I respected and admired; because I would, in time, become exactly like them!

Do you admire your friends?

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Please contact and join our Neighborhood Watch Group, we have many people that are "Winners" and deserving of your respect. We might even be able to find a winner who can help you with your "Artwork."

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LINK to PATCHOGUE CHRISTMAS PARADE 2010

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The County Road 19 Construction Project!

The upcoming road work on CR 19, Waverly Avenue , is the direct result of a three year campaign of cleverly orchestrated emails, originating from the “Patchogue Beautification Committee (PBC)”. (A committee empowered by the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce (GPCC).

The work on CR 19 may also includes removing the fence at Patchogue Lake , and turning the area, into a pedestrian mall that would flaunt our lake instead of hide it! This Patchogue Lake portion of the project requires the cooperation and involvement of Patchogue Village at some level.

If this County Road 19 project were “left alone,” it is a certainty, that it would not have been implemented. The road construction portion of this project did indeed have the dynamic support of the PBC!

It is always a pleasure to watch “Master Tennis Players,” interact with skilled and deliberate actions, in order to win the game! It is also a pleasure to watch equally skilled merchants and municipalities, act out their own rituals that very closely resemble the strategy that one would use in a tennis match!

A series of over Thirty, short emails were played back and forth between the Patchogue Beautification Committee, and the County of Suffolk (COS).

The game started with Philip Butler ”lobbing” an email at the County of Suffolk . Now a lob in a tennis game is meant to distract your opponent so that you can again attack, before he could figure out what happened! Keep in mind that these emails usually had no more than ten words in them. These emails were designed to be short and concise, using the old “Kiss” Theorem, “Keep it simple stupid,” as their template! There is wisdom in the old ways!

After about eight emails were sent back and forth, the county started to use a well known Tennis technique called Shadowing! Shadowing is “going through the motions, without actually doing anything!” The PBC responded with an email that resembled a “Drop Shot” that is commonly used in a tennis game. A “Drop Shot” will land at your feet, where it is impossible to use any countermeasures.

Somewhere around email number Twenty five, the county sent back a few emails that behaved like a “Tennis Slice Serve.” A slice Serve in “Tennis” is sent with a spin on it; the intent of the spin is to have it change direction, when it hits your section of the court! Yep! This strategy works for both Tennis, and emails! Now this was not enough to deter our Patchogue Beautification Committee!

At email Twenty Eight the Patchogue Beautification Committee brought out the “Big Guns,” by expediting a “Tennis Smash Shot.” They selectively inserted this CR 19 issue, into emails that were sent to The County of Suffolk, which were about completely different subjects.

In “Tennis” “Love” means zero or nothing! This issue if left alone, by itself, would have yielded a score of “Thirty/Love.” Because of the efforts of our Patchogue Beautification Committee, the score is Thirty One/ Thirty, in our favor! We won the contest with the County of Suffolk, and CR 19 construction will begin on April 20, 2009.

The second stage of this project that involves Patchogue Lake, and the Village of Patchogue, is still considered by many, to be worthwhile, and deserving of consideration.

Hey! It’s nice to win once in a while!

Anonymous said...
Unfortunately, most roads I have driven on that have been resurfaced lately, appear to be deteriorating much faster than older road surfaces. Let's hope this is not the case here.

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Plaza Theatre on the Road to Demolition!

For decades the Plaza Theatre on Main Street, in the Eastern Business Corridor to our village, has been both an eyesore and a hazard. For decades transients repeatedly broke into the building and took up residence.

During the winter months, fires were started inside of the building, by the illegal transients, in order to keep warm. It is miraculous that nearby residents and businesses were not “burnt out,” as a result of the open fires that were set inside of the building!

Correspondence has been ongoing with the County of Suffolk with regard to this eyesore, and hazard in East Patchogue. Philip Butler, former Board Director of the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, has repeatedly solicited reports from the County of Suffolk, with regard to the demolition of the abandoned Plaza Theatre.

On Tuesday April 7, 2009, a status report was sent to Philip Butler, by Suffolk County Legislator, Jack Eddington. As reported, both the Town and the County are interacting with the current owner of the abandoned Plaza Theatre, on two levels, simultaneously! The first level is discussion of a “friendly purchase,” of the property in question; the second level is a not so friendly, Eminent Domain Process.

The resolve of the County and the Town is evident! It appears that within the not too distant future, we will be rid of this dangerous eyesore, in East Patchogue.

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What happened to the Maple Avenue Associate

A few months ago, George the owner of the Maple Avenue Associate, could not come to an agreement with the owner of the building on Maple Avenue, that formerly housed his business. George was forced to make a decision, and consequently moved his business to a new location in the town of Medford, along Highway 112.

When a business moves to a new location, the proprietor can usually expect a slight decrease in business; but this is not what happened! As it turned out Georges business doubled in a matter of weeks.

The new location has a tremendous flow of traffic, as well as adequate parking. It didn’t take long for the Medford residents to discover what we already knew; the dishes that George prepared using his “Secret Recipes,” were simply outstanding!

My wife asked me to drive her to the new location of the Associate, to buy some meat and prepared dishes for a family party. Within fifteen minutes I saw three residents from Maple Avenue enter the store. The people that patronized the Associate when it was located in Patchogue, are now traveling to Medford, in order to buy the products that they have become so fond of.

Courtesy and protocol might mandate wishing George “Lots of luck;” but that would, in this case, be inappropriate. Another merchant in our area mentioned that Luck had nothing to do with George’s success; it was pure skill and business know-how.

Oh! What the heck! Lots of luck George!

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