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Decrepit houses frustrate neighbors, town
A pair of vacant, rodent-infested houses in Kings Park should be condemned and torn down by the Town of Smithtown , a local community group says.Smithtown officials agree, but say their efforts to raze the buildings have been stymied because the properti 2/13/12 Read more »
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Top seeds in Suffolk advance, Hills needs 2OT to beat Sachem
Each of the four top seeds in Suffolk won their opening playoff games Wednesday to advance to the semifinals.Connetquot-Sayville, Smithtown and Kings Park-Commack each dominated their games as the top three seeds, but it took double overtime for fourth-s Read more »
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Koelbel leads Kings Park
All throughout last night's Suffolk Small School championship track meet, Kayla Koelbel had four words on her mind: be strong, be confident.Those words were what Kings Park coach Rob Muller told his team earlier in the day, and the senior took them to he Read more »
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Cops: Wrong-way parkway driver was high
A drug-impaired driver was arrested after State Police stopped him while he was driving the wrong way on the Sunken Meadow Parkway near Pulaski Road in Kings Park , police said.The driver was stopped at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, police said in an account rele Read more »
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Low Kings Park demolition bid under budget
The low bid for a state contract to demolish 15 buildings at the old Kings Park psychiatric hospital came in well below the $15 million budgeted for the project, a state parks official said Wednesday.The lowest of 20 bids unsealed Wednesday promised to k Read more »
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Officials Look to Unclog Sewer Standstill
Legis. John Kennedy to sit down with Empire State Development director to improve application for funding to build sewers in Town of Smithtown. While elected officials are various levels of government agree that a lack of sewers in Smithtown has been an from Commack Patch Read more »
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Sewers, High Rents Keep Vacancies Empty in Smithtown
Smithtown Town officials blame two key issues for the problems in attracting new businesses to fill vacancies in downtown areas and shopping centers: a lack of sewers and high rents. Patch has been highlighting various vacant and blighted properties beco from Smithtown Patch Read more »
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16 Kings Park Residents Charged in Operation Heroin Highway
Of the 161 individuals arrested in a recent heroin bust, 41 were from Smithtown with Kings Park residents making up more than half of that number; the majority of them being 21 years of age or younger according the the Queens District Attorney's office. from Kings Park Patch Read more »
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Newsday - Low bids, high hopes for Kings Park demolition
The low bid for a state contract to demolish 15 buildings at the old Kings Park psychiatric hospital came in well below the $15 million budgeted for the project, a state parks official said Wednesday. The lowest of 20 bids unsealed Wednesday promised to from New York Senate Read more »
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Crimes Nearby: Deli Break-In, Stolen Catalytic Converters in Port Jeff
The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Sabyasachi Bose, 53, of Kings Park, was arrested Jan. 14 in Smithtown and charged with first offense DWI. Bose was stopped for speed from Smithtown Patch Read more »
