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Armory to be named for James Conte
Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek, 2010
Tributes to Republican Assemb. James Conte have begun. The Huntington Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to name the armory on East Fifth Street in his memory.
Conte, who represented the Huntington Station district for 24 years, died on Tuesday.
Town officials said Conte was instrumental in getting the state to transfer the decommissioned building to the town to be used as a...