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Smithtown supervisor primary race heats up

February 23, 2013 7:52 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Town of Smithtown Councilman Robert Creighton. (June 30,

Photo credit: James Escher | Town of Smithtown Councilman Robert Creighton. (June 30, 2011)

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Call it the row in Smithtown.

In one corner is Long Island's longest-serving town supervisor Patrick Vecchio, 82, with a record 33 years at the helm in Smithtown. Vecchio, a former New York City detective who was a bodyguard-chauffeur to Mayor John Lindsay, first won election in 1978 as a Democrat, and turned Republican midcareer.

Challenger Bob Creighton, 75, is a town board member...

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