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Local filmmaker to be honored George C. Stoney made film about Bellport High School race riots
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By CHUCK ANDERSON |
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George C. Stoney, resident of Brookhaven hamlet and
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placed him at the forefront of American documentary film. Other films by Stoney include How the Myth Was Made, a film about the legendary documentarian Robert Flaherty; Shepherd of the Night Flock, a portrait of Pastor John Garcia Gensel and his jazz congregation; The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time, about the well-known musical group; and The Uprising of 1934, about the General Textile Strike, a moving chapter in the history of labor movements in the American South. In The Uprising of 1934, textile workers in the South took the lead in a nationwide strike in which half a million people walked off their jobs. The new union members stood up for their rights and became a force to be reckoned with, until management crushed the strike as millworkers were murdered and thousands more were blacklisted. This film will also be shown at the Stoney tribute, on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 5:45 p.m. Stoney’s fame rests not only on his skill as a filmmaker, but also in his role as a mentor and teacher to generations of filmmakers all over the world. An early advocate of using video as a tool for social change, in 1972 he helped to launch a national movement to promote the use of cable TV channels by the public. Thanks to his inspirational efforts, public access television is available to many communities across the United States. |
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Bellport grad to make pro debut Boxer Adam Willett, 2008 U.S. Olympic team alternate, to fight Jan. 23 |
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| Adam Willett established his athletic prowess as a track and football standout at Bellport High School while learning the boxing trade at Lumber Jack Lou’s boxing in Bay Shore and Atlantic Veteran’s Boxing Club in Shirley. Willett used those skills to win two New York Golden Glove Championships, four U.S. National titles and earned a spot as an alternate on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. The 26-year-old Willett, “The Bellport Kid,” who works as a security guard at his alma mater, Bellport High School, will be putting it all on the line when he makes his pro debut as a cruiserweight taking on a tough ring veteran of fourteen fights Jan. 23 at the Huntington Hilton.
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Acree takes the lead St. Joseph’s senior guard becomes college’s all-time leading scorer David is the son of Bellport's David Acree (Class of 1979) |
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| There is a new scoring king at St. Joseph’s College and his name is David Acree. Earlier this week the senior guard tied the all-time career scoring record of 1,577 on a free throw with 38 seconds left in the game and then surpassed the mark with two more free throws with 12 seconds left in a 72-71 win at Purchase College. The scoring record currently stands at 1579 counting Acree’s 14 points from the victory in which St. Joseph’s improved to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the Skyline Conference. Acree, a graduate of Brentwood High School, broke the record held by St. Joseph’s Hall of Famer Fred Ostrick, which stood since 1985. Ostrick scored 1,577 points during his four-year career spanning from 1981-85. He was inducted into the Golden Eagle Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of its inaugural class this past October. Acree, who is a two-time team captain, broke the SJC record for threepointers made last season and has stretched the mark to 245 this year. He also holds the college record for most three-pointers in a game with nine. Over his four-year career Acree has averaged 17.4 points per game, scoring 367 points as a freshman, 495 as a sophomore, 524 as a junior and 193 thus far this season. To start off his collegiate career, in his freshman year Acree was named 2005-06 Skyline Conference Co-Rookie of the Year. During the winter of 2008 he became the first St. Joseph’s player to be named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Atlantic Region All-District Team. Last season he was also named to the ECAC All-Star First Team, the All-MET First Team, the D3Hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team and the All-Skyline Conference First Team. Additionally, Acree has been named to the Presto Sports/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Honor Roll and has |
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Effort underway to preserve Patchogue Village’s Carnegie Library Building
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| Its stately look, along with the natural light that streamed in from its windows, held an almost mystical lure for those open to learning and inspiration. There were story hours for children when words alone encouraged imaginative forays and a travel collection table whose artifacts and photos brought a more global view to local residents. Adults browsed among its stacks, looking for the perfect book to inform or entertain during a day’s quiet times. In 1915, it led the state in circulation. The old Carnegie Library on Lake Street had that kind of magical panache before the area’s population exploded and the new Patchogue-Medford Library took its place. Across from the Patchogue Fire Department, it’s still a beauty. But the structure needs some modern-day crusaders to champion its preservation. Tritec Building Company Inc., the developer tapped for the Patchogue Village Four Corners redevelopment project, has agreed to move the historic structure. Briarcliff College owned it from 1980 and sold it to Tritec last year. According to an Aug. 6, 1905 New York Times article, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie offered to give the village of Patchogue a $10,000 Carnegie Library if they would agree to spend $1,000 annually for its maintenance. Village administrators had apparently approached Carnegie, who began funding libraries after 1901. Carnegie supported the building of 1,689 libraries in the United States and a total of 2,507 libraries in the English-speaking world before he died in 1919. The Patchogue Carnegie Library was dedicated on March 4, 1908. “They had to get another $5,000 to finish the job,” explained Patchogue Village Historian Hans Henke. “It was the one and only one around until the one on Main Street was built. It’s one of the most distinctive buildings in the village as well as one of the oldest.”
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