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Officials aim to open one Islip Town pool by summer
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
After a wave of criticism from residents following the decision by the Islip Town board to cut funding for two of the town’s pools, Islip officials now say they’re working to reopen at least one of the pools this summer.
The cuts happened quietly, but when residents discovered that budget lines for Roberto Clemente Park pool in Brentwood and Casamento Park pool in West Islip had been zeroed...