PRSRT STD **********************************ECRWSS US Postage PAID St. James NY POSTAL CUSTOMER Permit No. 10 MARCH 2020 Volume 33 Number 5 Keeping you up to date on SALES, HAPPENINGS Our Town & PEOPLE • • • • • • In Our Town - St. James S T J A M E S PUBLISHED MONTHLY “Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm ” – John Muir – 2 – Custom Closets, Garage Cabinets, Imagine your home, Home Office, Pantries, Laundries, Wall Beds, Wall Units, Hobby Rooms, Garage Flooring totally organized! and more... $ 300 Off Plus Free Installation Terms and Conditions: $300 off any order of $1198 or more, $200 off any order of $998‐$1198 or $100 off any order of $698‐$998, on any complete custom closet, garage, or home office unit. Not valid with any other offer. Free installation with any complete unit order of $600 or more. With incoming order, at time of purchase only. Expires in 30 days. Offer not valid in all regions. 12 Month Interest Free Financing Available! With approved credit. Call or ask your designer for details. Call for a free in home design consultation and estimate 800‐293‐3744 Locally Owned and Operated! OT Follow us Most Credit Cards Accepted Licensed & Insured Nassau Lic #H044534000 Suffolk Lic #47713‐H NYC Consumer Affairs Lic #1360201 2000 © All Rights Reserved, Closet by Design, Inc. OUR TOWN • MARCH 2020 – 3 – IN THIS ISSUE MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Our Town Quality Water Group ............................4 S • T • J • A • M • E • S AROUND TOWN St. Patrick’s Day Parade Princesses and Princes.................. 6-10 STAFF Pancake Breakfast With the Easter Bunny .................................... 12 Ruth Garthe . Editor St. James Lutheran Church Holy Week Schedule ........................12 Robin Clark . .Associate Editor Sons of Norway Viking Auction Set for April 24 ............................14 Brookhaven Bike Co-op Comes to St. James ..............................14 Debbi Spiegel . Feature Writer Drummers on Stage! ...................................................................... 16 William Garthe . Advertising Celebrate St. James Past-Present-Future Events ........................ 18 Sales NAMES IN THE NEWS Sandra Scanni Joins Barnum Financial Group ............................ 19 Congratulations on New Partnership ............................................ 20 OUR TOWN A Joyful Homecoming at Branch Financial Services .................. 24 – ST. JAMES – IN THE NEWS Annual Spring Musicale Set for April 5 .......................................... 25 is a monthly publication produced St. Patrick’s School Car Show ........................................................ 25 exclusively for the people of AARP Volunteers Needed ..............................................................25 St. James, Nissequogue and Suffolk County Leg. Rob Trotta Holds Pet Food Drive ................ 26 Head of the Harbor, L.I., N.Y. “Go For The Green” 5K Run and 1 Mile Family Fun Run .............. 28 HISTORICALLY SPEAKING ........................................................ 30-34 Call 631-862-9849 for ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Advertising & Copy Deadline Mills Pond House Gallery Calendar .............................................. 36 OUR TOWN is mailed directly to Upcoming at Staller Center ............................................................ 37 every residence & business in the Gallery North at the Community Art Center .............................. 38 On Stage at Smithtown Performing Arts Center ........................ 40 11780 zip code area The Jazz Loft Happenings ........................................................ 42-43 (6559 total copies mailed) Long Island Museum Calendar ................................................ 44-45 St. James Post Office Permit #10 Smithtown Historical Society Happenings .................................. 46 St. James, NY 11780 Programs Offered at the Library .............................................. 48-57 Published by THE WINE DOWN: A Quick Guide to Tequila ................................ 58 Graphics du jour, Ltd. 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IN THE SCHOOLS ........................................................................ 72-74 Copyright © 2020 SPRING EGG HUNT ............................................................................75 Graphics du jour, Ltd. POET’S CORNER ................................................................................ 76 All Rights Reserved OBITUARIES........................................................................................ 78 SHORT STORY: Weather or Not ...................................................... 80 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING .............................................................. 81 DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS .................................................. 82-83 PLEASE NOTE: Advertising- & Editorial Deadline for the APRIL edition of OUR TOWN • ST. JAMES is THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020 - 12 NOON. Distribution takes place on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. OUR TOWN • MARCH 2020 – 4 – MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Quality Water Group 631-316-3091 [email protected] • www.1888safewater.com by Debbi Spiegel How much do you really know about water? It is wet, we are surrounded by it, use it for bathing and we’re sup- posed to drink it daily. Water is an essential element that keeps us alive and provides our bodies with many physi- cal benefits. However, if the water has chemicals and con- taminants, it loses its benefits and can do more harm than water feed into the home. These good. custom-designed systems ensure Bob Milani, Territory Manager that customers are doing every- with Quality Water Group, thing possible to provide the wants to increase your water cleanest water available for IQ. For over 30 years, it has drinking, cooking, bathing, been Quality Water Group’s vi- cleaning and laundry. Sprinkler sion to “strive for perfect infor- zones are usually bypassed. mation and enable educated These systems also help extend decisions to provide healthier the life of all plumbing and water for all.” That’s where appliances through which water water filtration systems come in runs in your home. The equip- as they are used to eliminate ment for each home is selected chemicals, bacteria, and other based on the square footage, the water pollutants. number of bathrooms and It is very easy to get started number of people living there. with a free water test and Technologies include carbon fil- plumbing consultation. A water tration, water softeners, UV Sys- sample is taken from any faucet tems, pH Neutralizers, and iron in your home and analyzed by removal. Quality Water Group Quality’s computer system. prides themselves on using Then the results are paired with proven equipment with 21st- the family’s needs for either a century technology and profes- Whole House Water Filtration sional installations. System or a Drinking Water Fil- Drinking Water Filtration Sys- tration System. tems are installed under the sink Water in St. James is supplied in the kitchen of the home. Re- by the St. James Water District verse Osmosis uses ultra mem- or Suffolk County Water Au- brane filtration by removing thority depending on what part dissolved particles from the of town you are in. Bob lives in water on a molecular level. Car- town and knows that the water bon filtration systems remove volatile organic compounds that affect test results show it to be fairly taste and odor including chlorine. Instant hot water and chiller (instant hard and high in chlorine at cold) units are compact and can be installed under the sink. Faucets times. Soap is attracted to hard come in many finishes that will compliment any kitchen decor. Other water which makes rinsing off custom options include refrigerator and or ice maker connections or pot more difficult. Water that is soft- filler connections. All prices include installation ened allows you to use 75% and the first year of service. less soap. Your hair, skin, laun- Bob will be hosting a FREE water testing dry and dishes will thank you. event this spring. Be sure to E-mail him at Whole House Filtration Sys- [email protected] tems are installed at the main for more information. OUR TOWN • MARCH 2020 – 5 – Henrietta Homes Mary Jean AND PROPERTIES, INC. & 328 Lake Avenue, St. James, NY 11780 Joe Kronwitt 631-862-6999 Owner/ Brokers www.henriettahomes.com Directly across from the St. James Post Office Let us help you hop into a new home this spring! OUR TOWN • MARCH 2020 – 6 – AROUND TOWN Jayden Gleeson Juliana Gleeson Violet and Samantha Keil 36th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Princesses and Princes The St. James Chamber of RMS Titanic in 1912. Avianna Gleeson Girls - Juliana & Jayden Commerce is happy to present loves animals, reading, running