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Third Annual “Stand Up for the Homeless” is scheduled AUGUST 4 from 9:00a.m. until 2:00p.m.at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue. Attendees are personally escorted around the event by county volunteers and informed of the wide range of services available, including health and dental screenings, housing and shelter placement, employment opportunities, free haircuts, a clothing drive, public assistance counseling and advocacy. In addition, each individual attending the event will be provided with a free boxed lunch and clothing supplied by St. Vincent de Paul. Free transportation to and from the event will be supplied throughout the day at 10 different pickup points around the county:
Coram DSS Center – 80 Middle Country Road, Coram – 8:4South Brookhaven Family Health Center – 365 E. Main Street, Patchogue – 9:30a.m.
Riverhead County Center – 310 Center Drive, Riverhead – 9:45a.m.
Tri-Community Health Center – 1080 Sunrise Highway, Amityville – 10:00a.m.
Southwest DSS Center – 2 South Second Street, Deer Park – 10:00a.m.
Dolan Family Health Center – 284 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn – 10:30a.m.
Smithtown DSS Center – 200 Wireless Blvd., Hauppauge – 11:00a.m.
Marilyn Shellabarger Family Health Center – 550 Montauk Highway, Shirley – 11:45a.m.
Brentwood Health Center – 1869 Brentwood Road, Brentwood – 12:00p.m.
HELP Suffolk Shelter – 685 Brookhaven Avenue, Bellport – 12:30p.m.
Anyone interested in volunteering at the event is encouraged to call (631) 854-5884 for more information.
Suffolk County’s Red Light program
began on June 15. The Red Light is a safety program focused on changing driver behavior at red light intersections through a comprehensive effort involving engineering, education and enforcement. The Suffolk County Red Light Safety program uses automated enforcement to enhance the safety of motorists at red light intersections located within Suffolk County.A thirty day warning period is underway after which, citations with a $50 fine will be issued.
For more information on the program go to the County’s home page.
Thirty Acres Preserved...
Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town have teamed up to acquire the development rights nearly 30 acres of farmland near Terrell River Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town partnered to fund the full cost of acquiring the development rights of the Cuomo Family Farm in East Moriches, at just over $5 million. Suffolk County funded 70 percent of the preservation cost of the farm – roughly $3.5 million – through its Quarter-Cent Drinking Water Protection Program, while Brookhaven Town paid the remaining 30 percent ($1.5 million).
By purchasing the farm’s development rights, Suffolk County is preventing any potential developers from ever buying the land for anything other than farming; while the current owners of the property still own and farm the land. The purchase has been a high priority acquisition by Brookhaven Town for many years and ranked in the top five of parcels targeted by the Town for open space preservation.
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