Jose-Rodrigo, Author at Patchogue-Medford Library

How to Fix a Pothole

August 1, 2019 By Jose-Rodrigo

Have you ever wondered where to go if you need a pothole fixed? Because different roads are maintained by different government entities, finding the right person to speak to when it comes to fixing a pothole is a confusing process. We’ve put together a list of government entities in New York that are in charge of pothole repair. If you have ever needed to have a pothole fixed, these are the following numbers you should keep handy:

Ever in doubt?

The New York State Department of Transportation maintains an interactive Functional Class Map that can show you whether a certain road is maintained by a State, County, Town or local government entity. New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer.

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Books About People Living with Dementia / Alzheimer’s

June 27, 2019 By Jose-Rodrigo

This bibliography was compiled by the librarians of the Adult Reference Department.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. Learn more with these books and movies about people living with Dementia/Alzheimer’s.

All gone : a memoir of my mother’s dementia. With refreshments

Witchel, Alex.

Just past seventy, Alex Witchel’s smart, adoring, ultra-capable mother began to exhibit undeniable signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring, ultra-capable daughter reacted as she’d been raised: If something was broken, they would fix it. But as medical reality undid that hope, and her mother continued the torturous process of disappearing in plain sight, Witchel retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim her mother at the stove by cooking the comforting foods of her childhood.

Memory’s last breath : field notes on my dementia

Saunders, Gerda.

“Based on the “field notes” she keeps in her journal, Memory’s Last Breath is Gerda Saunders’ astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa. ” — Provided by publisher.

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What’s Grump Lit?

December 26, 2018 By Jose-Rodrigo

Brought to you by the Patchogue-Medford Reference Department:

Books about grumpy older women (or men) whose compassion and tenderness are displayed after their grumpiness is challenged by perfect strangers who make them think twice about their beliefs in people. Here are a few books to help you get started!

A Man called Ove (Audiobook Download) (Book on CD) (Book) (Large Print)

There is something about Ove. At first sight, he is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots – neighbors who can’t reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d’etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents’ Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets. But isn’t it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so?

Our Souls at Night (Audiobook Download) (eBook) (Book) (Large Print)

Addie Moore has lost her husband, and one day she boldly invites a neighbor, widower Louis, whom she does not know well, to come to spend the night sleeping with her (chastely, just so that she may have someone to talk to and confide in during those particularly lonely early-morning hours). Meanwhile, Addie’s grown son is in a troubled marriage, and because of that, he dumps his son on her. Her grandson’s boyish energy attracts Louis even more than it does Addie, and once Louis gets the boy a dog, the three—no, the four, including the delightfully affectionate new pooch—form a new family unit from the spare parts surrounding them.

The Other Side of Everything: a novel (Audiobook Download) (eBook) (Book)

A curmudgeonly widower emerges from a hermit-like existence in the wake of a neighborhood murder that implicates an artistic cancer survivor who creates suspiciously realistic paintings of the crime scene in her efforts to cope, a situation that is further complicated by an abandoned teen who finds herself drawn to the chief suspect.

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NYC Corrections Officer Exam Opens August 29th, 2018

August 22, 2018 By Jose-Rodrigo

NYC Corrections Officer Exam Pre-Registration Opens August 29th, 2018

Become a Correction Officer
Ready to take your first steps toward an exciting career?

EXAM NUMBER PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION/TESTING DATES
9303 August 29, 2018, September 1, 2018 – September 29, 2018
9305 September 26, 2018, October 1, 2018 – October 31, 2018

Apply to take the Correction Officer Exam. Pre-registration for the exam must be done online or in-person at one of the testing centers below. When applying, you can reserve a test date, time, and location that is most convenient for you. The filing period to apply and schedule yourself via the Online Application System for Exam No. 9303 will start on August 29, 2018, and will close on September 29, 2018. Please follow the below steps:

1. Create an account online
2. Apply Online for the Exam (Sample: 9303 CORRECTION OFFICER)
3. For more information about payments and fee waivers for this exam, please contact DCAS directly at (212) 669-1357 or walk into the testing centers for more information.