Jean-Paul Salamanca
Reporter at Newsday
Smithtown Reporter w/@Newsday, formerly East End. @columbiajourn Grad,Data Specialization, Proud Uncle & Skydiver. Send tips to: [email protected]
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4 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Jean-Paul Salamanca
State Department of Environmental Conservation officials are proposing to take a Smithtown Superfund site that underwent water contamination cleanup for more than two decades off their list of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites. The DEC describes the site as a roughly 4-square-mile area within Nissequogue, St. James and Head of the Harbor. The agency announced in 2023 that it had finished all cleanup work at the site, which contained dozens of drinking wells, Newsday previously reported.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Jean-Paul Salamanca
Months after an August rainstorm left significant flooding damage to a stretch of road straddling Brookhaven and Head of the Harbor, residents frustrated with the lack of repairs are holding a rally Saturday calling for fixes to be made. Rally organizers say they are getting the word out through their Facebook page “Rebuild Harbor Road, Restore Our Pond” and word-of-mouth.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Jean-Paul Salamanca
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Smithtown can hold a fall fundraiser with mechanical rides, officials from Village of the Branch said, more than a year after denying an earlier request that prompted a lawsuit that has cost village taxpayers more than $37,000 in legal fees. The church sued the village last year after board members denied St. Patrick's a permit to hold a four-day "Family Festival" with mechanical rides in a portion of the historic district.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Jean-Paul Salamanca
The developer behind a $220 million luxury housing project in Kings Park is vying for a zone change that would pave the way for its ultimate approval, but the plan has sparked contentious debate over the project's impact on the community. The Beechwood Organization is requesting a zone change for Country Pointe Estates, a 288-unit development that would span 71.1 acres on the corner of Old Northport and Lawrence Roads.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Jean-Paul Salamanca
Suffolk Legis. Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) and Smithtown Supervisor Edward Wehrheim are competing in a June Republican primary in the Smithtown supervisor's race, with development in Kings Park emerging as a key issue. Trotta is running on a slate with two challengers who say the Wehrheim administration has been too aggressive in its approach to approving development in Kings Park. Wehrheim is vying for his third four-year term and has served in office since 2018.
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Residents spoke Saturday at Harbor Road and Main Street at Stony Brook, demanding that a section of Harbor Road, damaged since an August 2024 storm, be repaired. Repairs have not taken place due to a dispute over who owns the road. More at @newsday .com https://t.co/VoPs6sKMBB
Head of the Harbor Mayor Michael Utevsky, far right, and Gloria Rocchio, president of the Ward Melville Heritage Organization, second from right, answer questions at a rally Saturday in Stony Brook organized by residents demanding Harbor Road be fixed. More at @Newsday.com. https://t.co/o3wpeXqbvM
The first floor of The Smithtown Library on North Country Road in Smithtown is officially open after months of cleanup and repairs due to a torrential August 2024 rainstorm which caused flooding that closed the building. @Newsday https://t.co/SFYNtgivfD