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Town tears down Farmingdale eyesore at last

Gaetano Romano at the property next door to

Photo credit: Judy Cartwright | Gaetano Romano at the property next door to his Farmingdale home; the Town of Oyster Bay recently demolished the unmaintained house there. (July 9, 2012)

Judy Cartwright

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Judy Cartwright writes the Community Watchdog column

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Score one for a Farmingdale neighborhood that has been pleading with the Town of Oyster Bay to do something about a longtime neighborhood eyesore. The house on Henry Street, featured in this space April 29, is gone.

The next-door neighbor, Gaetano Romano, called Watchdog recently to report that the town had torn down the house. Work crews were on site for three days last month, Romano said,...

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