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Bellone asked to look at nursing home options

Originally published: February 8, 2013 8:08 PM
Updated: February 8, 2013 8:13 PM
By RICK BRAND AND SANDRA PEDDIE  rick.brand@newsday.com,sandra.peddie@newsday.com

The John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | The John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. (July 31, 2012)

The presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature said he has asked County Executive Steve Bellone to explore a variety of options to keep open the county nursing home in Yaphank following recent setbacks to a proposed $23 million sale to a private operator.

"I don't want to close the place," Legis. William Lindsay (D-Holbrook) said Friday. "If there is any way to still operate it as...

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