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Lighthouse project developers grilled at hearing

Quick ReadDevelopers appeared frustrated over questions on traffic, building specs and logistics of the Hempstead project.

Patrick Dowd of Bay Shore listens to Islanders

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Patrick Dowd of Bay Shore listens to Islanders owner Charles Wang speak on the Lighthouse project Tuesday. (Sept. 22, 2009)

For the first time in a nearly two-year review of the Lighthouse project - which stands to be the biggest development built on Long Island since Levittown - Hempstead Town Board members spent hours Tuesday grilling the developers about details of the proposal during a zoning hearing in which the tone veered from cordial to testy.

Although most of the questioning was polite, the developers...

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