Voters make Mastic Beach a village
Quick ReadResidents approved the new government by a count of 1,797 to 1,385.
Photo credit: Newsday Photo / Jessica Rotkiewicz | Emotions run high as residents head to the polls to decide if Mastic Beach should become a village or stay unincorporated. (Aug. 31, 2010)
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Mastic Beach residents voted Tuesday to incorporate the 11,500-resident South Shore hamlet as the ninth village in Brookhaven Town.
Residents will vote on a mayor and four trustees within 40 days, and the village will spend the next 18 months developing its own departments and services, said members of the Mastic Beach Village Exploratory Committee, which pushed for incorporation.
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