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Castles of sand Photos by Victoria Espinoza
Five teams competed in Huntington Town’s 4th Annual Sand Castle contest, held at Crab Meadow Beach on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The event, hosted by Councilman Mark Cuthbertson’s (D) office, included lifeguards as judges, and teams won awards for designs that were most creative, most original and more. For another photo, see page A22.
Campaign Diary
A look at the town board campaigns of Jennifer Thompson and Keith Barrett
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Edwards pitches new 2-family home regs Proposal would add community notice, input without going through any planning or zoning board review. This Huntington Town residents legislation would mandate owners looking to create two-family apply to obtain a special-use perhomes could face new require- mit from the Huntington Town ments for approval, if a proposed Zoning Board of Appeals, which law gets the green light. would review the application on a Councilwoman Tracey Ed- number of criteria and would also wards (D) is consider commubehind a new ‘You shouldn’t be able nity input. measure that to go to work one day Those criteria would change include aesthetthe process thinking that the house ics, like ensuring for residents being built next to you is the house looks to create twoa single family and come like a single-famfamily homes ily home of no in the R-5 Res- home from work and find more than two idence Dis- it’s a two-family house.’ stories, and retrict. Currentstricting features — TRACEY EDWARDS like exposed celly, residents are permitted as-of-right to create lars, large attics, tall roofs, mulor convert properties into owner- tiple driveways and decks and occupied two-family homes in R-5 TWO FAMILY continued on page A22 BY ROHMA ABBAS
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Huntington Town Councilwoman Tracey Edwards is behind a proposed law that would create new requirements for two-family homes.