Critics slam Brookhaven leaders' absence after storm
Photo credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara | Ed Romaine, now the supervisor of Brookhaven Town, speaks during a meeting of the Suffolk Legislature in Hauppauge. (May 3, 2012)
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Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine has been on vacation since Wednesday, leaving the town with what critics say is a leadership vacuum as it struggles to clear its roads after the weekend blizzard.
In addition, the town's acting Highway Department superintendent has been absent since Friday, when the storm began dumping as much as 30 inches of snow in the town.
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