ABCO FORUM

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MAY 20, 2013

7:30 PM

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE

OLD CORAM FIREHOUSE,

MIDDLE COUNTRY RD, CORAM NY

Our Guest speaker will be Gordian Raacke, Executive Director of RELI.

The next ABCO meeting is May 20th, 2013. But due to circumstances beyond our control the Longwood Library is NOT available. Instead for our May only we will gather at the old Coram Fire Department on Middle Country Rd, in Coram ...right next to McDonalds and across RT25 from Home Depot.

Town Moves into 21st Century...at last

Access Made Easier..

The Town's "Novus"webpage--the one with the agendas--has a new feature that started yesterday.

There has been a continuing problem. The Town Board agendas are not available on the page if they are being worked o or if the system hasn't been closed after being worked on.

Because the resolution agenda seems to undergo constant changes right up to the last minute, it has regularly been unavailable as required, especially during the work day on Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays before a Town Board meeting.

Going forward, there is to be a separate link for the latest pdf of the resolution agenda for use when the Novus resolution agenda is offline.

You'll find it near the top of the page: http://www.brookhaven.org/Live/AgendaPublic.aspx

The pdf link may actually be a few hours old, and may not be current, but at least it will be available constantly in some form. We do not know when the first pdf will be posted for a particular meeting.

Also, Town Hall is now an Optimum WiFi Hotspot. So you can view the agendas at the meetings if you have a device for accessing the internet using WiFi.

Suffolk County Crimestoppers - Gun Buyback

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone

Assemblyman Phil Ramos

Suffolk County Police Department

and

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers

Invite you to the 2013

GUN BUYBACK EVENT

Saturday, May 25, 2013

11:00am to 2:00pm

Roca de Salvación, Pastor Alexi Acevedo

368 American Blvd, Brentwood, NY 11717

For more information please Email or call:

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$100 CASH UNREGISTERED HANDGUN

$300 CASH ASSOULT WEAPON

LIMITS APPLY

WEAPONS MUST BE UNLOADED AND PLACED IN A BAG OR BOX

Kevin McAllister Named Environmentalist of the Year

Kevin McAllister named environmentalist of the year by North Fork Environmental Council

Come out on Thursday May 16th from 7:00-9:00pm at Suffolk County Community College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead, NY. ABCO is a proud supporter of the Peconic Baykeeper and the tireless work he has done and continues to do in our town. Kevin has been the truest voice for the Forge and Carmans Rivers , our Bays as most recently the Breach at Old Inlet....in our town...our Baykeeper. Kevin McAllister grew up in Brookhaven, in Center Moriches...We treasure him and are so proud of all the work he's done and the difference his activism makes in our communities. We are proud to call him partner and friend!

The NFEC's Richard Noncarrow Environmentalist of the Year Award will be presented to Kevin McAllister, Peconic Baykeeper, for his long-standing and continued efforts to protect our waters and the wildlife which subsists in it. Kevin, celebrating his 15th year as Peconic Baykeeper, has spent the past four years working feverishly to make the connection between the quality of our ground waters and the water quality of our ponds, streams, inlets and bays to elected officials, residents and businesses alike in numerous public meetings and presentations across Suffolk County. Whether working to help protect and preserve the Carmans River, the Peconic estuary or the quality of our ground/drinking water, Kevin has consistently demanded that both measurement of the problems and foundation of their solutions be based on science and not on emotion or politics. Kevin's leadership on these and other issues of special interest to the North Fork and Suffolk County, as a whole, makes him a most deserving recipient of this award.

"Kevin wears his passion on his sleeve, but it's his work ethic, his dedication to doing what is right and his ability to challenge us to be better stewards of our lands and waters, of our future, which makes him stand head and shoulders above the rest," Bill Toedter, NFEC president, said in a press release.

Perspectives on the Old Inlet Breach