Smithtown News

In East Farmingdale right lane closed on Rt-109 EB north of Southern Pky. Stop and go traffic from Rt-110/Broad Hollow Rd Patrick Vecchio, 82, has lived in Fort Salonga since 1967 and is in his 36th year as Smithtown town supervisor.

Five Major Gen. who grew up on Long Island. MG John Rossi, of Smithtown, MG Patrick Higgins, of East Meadow, Francis Mahon, of Northport, Thomas Vandal, of Smithtown, and John Ferrari, of Plainview.

In Sayville closed on Montauk Highway/Rt-27a EB after Broadway Ave and before CO Hwy 97/Nicolls Rd in Bayport In Bayport closed on Montauk Highway/Rt-27a WB after CO Hwy 97/Nicolls Rd and before Broadway Ave in Sayville In Islip Terrace road construction.

In Nassau Cnty road construction. two lanes closed on The Northern St Pkwy WB between Post Ave/X32 and The Grand Central Pkwy In Nassau Cnty road construction.

The intraparty battle between Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio and Councilman Robert Creighton will have its first test Monday night when Republican leaders meet to endorse their standard-bearer. At the party's convention, leaders are expected to nominate one of the two men to run in November for the seat Vecchio has held for 36 years.

The Smithtown Town Board has unanimously approved a $1-per-round golf fee increase at the town-owned Smithtown Landing Country Club.

Suffolk County Police are investigating a head-on motor vehicle crash that killed two men and critically injured a woman and her child in Deer Park yesterday afternoon.

Cranes slowly pulled the last section of the 408-foot spire on top of One World Trade Center on Thursday.

In Smithtown two lanes blocked on Rt-347/Nesconset Hwy EB at Rt-111/Hauppauge Rd.

Smithtown officials unanimously authorized a $560,000 settlement Tuesday with the families of two Centereach men who died in 2008 after driving off a town-owned boat ramp into the Nissequogue River.

Smithtown officials voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize town attorneys to ask a state judge to issue a restraining order against a Kings Park industrial site for alleged zoning code infractions.

A Smithtown architect plans to ask the Smithtown Town Board at its meeting today to amend its code to allow outdoor dining in a particular zone where it is prohibited.

Jonathan Rudick of Smithtown recently received the Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation for his "outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of both education and research," the organization said.

Smithtown officials are mulling plans to phase out businesses in the Kings Park industrial park that neighbors say cause problems such as traffic, noise and sickening odors.

A 41-year-old systems manager was arrested for allegedly disrupting his former employer's network after he was passed over for promotions, leading him to quit his job and take revenge, the FBI said.

A four-year-old lab/retriever mix, given the name Midnight, is now out of quarantine after spending six months in lockup for rabies observation.* Midnight's tale began back in October, when he was found by Mary Pellegrino as he wandered the streets of Brooklyn.

A former programmer and systems manager at a Hauppauge company was arrested Thursday morning by FBI agents on a charge of hacking into the businesses' computer system and causing $90,000 in damages, according to officials.

The Suffolk Legislature's minority leader John M. Kennedy Jr. plans to seek to restore about $2 million in proposed capital budget cuts that he maintains would imperil efforts to stem flooding, improve highway safety and save historic buildings in Smithtown.

Supporters and detractors engaged in a heated debate last week on the merits of a St.

A Smithtown business executive has been tapped by town Democrats to challenge Suffolk Legis.