Assemb. James Conte focused on serving community
Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | Assemb. James Conte (R-Huntington Station), who decided not to seek re-election this past summer so he could focus on his battle against cancer, died on Oct. 16, 2012.
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Huntington Station is going to miss James Conte, the straight-talking state assemblyman who stood up for his hometown.
It takes an unusually strong person to stand against criticism, and a stronger public official to take one position when others are taking the opposite stance.
Conte did just that, in word and in deed. And he did it more than once.
In 2004, when Conte, who died...
