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PATCHOGUE/State awards $1M for sewer pump station improvements

Patchogue Village will receive $1 million in capital funds from the state for improvements to the village's sewer pump station.

The money, secured by Sen. Brian X. Foley (D-Blue Point), will allow the village to hook up the East Patchogue downtown area to Patchogue's main treatment plant.

In February, the village broke ground on a $12-million expansion of its sewer plant, a project officials have said is critical to continued rebuilding efforts in Patchogue.

EAST NORTHPORT/Town gets restraining order as it tries to evict man

A temporary restraining order was issued yesterday for an East Northport man whom Huntington officials are trying to remove from his home.

Suffolk County District Court Judge C. Stephen Hackeling ordered Salvatore Napoli, 51, to refrain from direct contact with his neighbors and to stop any conduct in violation of New York State law or Huntington Town code.

Hackeling set a hearing on the case for next Friday.

The town board has voted to deem Napoli's property at 42 Norton Dr. "a repeat public nuisance" because of violations of Chapter 50 of the town code.

The vote authorized the town attorney to proceed with sanctions against the property, ranging from a temporary restraining order to a preliminary injunction, eviction of the occupants or tenants and/or seizure and forfeiture of the property.

Napoli was arrested by Suffolk police on March 3 and May 21 on charges including possession of controlled substances with intent to sell, possession of controlled substances, and criminal nuisance in unlawfully conducting or maintaining premises where people gather for drug transactions, town officials said. On Aug. 11 Napoli was arrested again at his home on some of the same charges.

- DEBORAH S. MORRIS