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Smithtown may raze so-called 'Hightower houses' in Kings Park

Tuesday March 5, 2013 5:04 PM By Carl MacGowan

The Smithtown Town Board authorized $6.9 million to

Photo credit: Erin Geismar

Two vacant Kings Park houses face a date with the wrecking ball after the Smithtown Town Board on Tuesday let stand a plan to raze them.

But the board could rescind the plan at an upcoming meeting over concerns that the wrong owner was named last week in a resolution authorizing the demolition, Councilman Thomas McCarthy said.

The board voted, 3-2, Thursday to demolish the so-called...

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