Smithtown, NY

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• Town aims to move Nesconset intersection's safety

  potential sale of the property."I'm planning on building a medical building on that property within a year or two," he said.But Smithtown Planning Director Frank DeRubeis said the parcel "would not be usable because it's a triangular shape and very narrow 7/15/13 Read more »

• Smithtown officials divided on industrial site

  sites along Old Northport Road that violate town zoning law -- agreed to file a site plan application by June 19. But Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio said the company submitted bogus plans. "What they submitted in my mind is a sham, and they continue   Read more »

• Smithtown school board president Gladys Waldron sworn in

  said the district is struggling to maintain programs without piercing the state cap on tax levy increases. In May, Smithtown voters approved a $224,381,704 budget that raises taxes 3.6 percent, which is equal to the states tax cap.Working within the tax cap   Read more »

• Official: Kings Park senior housing must wait for hearing

  Zollo said in the memo, which Vecchio provided to Newsday. "Consequently, it would be premature for the Town Board to take any action with regard to the petition until the Planning Board has completed its review process."Vecchio said he was disappointed but   Read more »

• Smithtown supervisor hopeful also a county worker

  Snair, the Democratic candidate for Smithtown supervisor, is working part-time as a $25-an-hour assistant county attorney on special assignment in Suffolk's new traffic violations bureau.The Nesconset lawyer, 31, is one of more than a dozen assistants prosecuting   Read more »

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• Events on Long Island

  ; (631) 207-1313. PORT WASHINGTON “Grease,” musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, the Harbor Musical Theater Company. July 20 through 28. $10 and $20. Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street. landmarkonmainstreet.org ; (516) 767-6444. SAG HARBOR “The Mystery   from The New York Times Read more »

• Hot Spots: Summer Concerts, Comedy and a Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride in the Latest Weekly Watch

  back and relax. Cost: Free Event Time & Place: 8PM at Smithtown Historical Society’s Frank Brush Barn, 211 Middle Country Road, Smithtown – (631) 265-6703 Who: Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides At Stony Brook Village Info: Each Thursday evening in July and August   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• After Sandy: Long Island Beach Guide 2013

  has boasted some of the best beaches in country for centuries, but a brutal assault by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 left many of them reeling, with boardwalks washed out, sand pulled out to sea and breaches torn through barrier islands. Acting quickly,   from Garden City Patch Read more »

• Expected Lowe's, Home Depot traffic glut addressed with signal - Newsday

  but we do all of the maintenance on it.” The town would oversee resetting the controller, replacing lights that go out, or any problems that come up during storms, he said. Construction at the Lowe’s site, which started about five months ago, is “supposed   from PBS: Blueprint America Read more »

• Prisoner escapes from police cruiser in Smithtown

  to track down a man who escaped from police custody overnight Monday. The man was handcuffed as he was being driven to Stony Brook University Hospital for a psychological evaluation. Around midnight, the officer came upon an accident at Route 347 and Plaisted   from WABC Read more »