The TIMES of Smithtown
Volume 28, No. 15
Serving Smithtown • St. JameS • neSconSet • commack • hauppauge • kingS park • Fort Salonga June 11, 2015
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Green Fest 2015
Also: Q & A with Ringmaster Fred Hall, B10; Culper Spy Day, B19; Gallery North Gala, B26; LI Maker Festival, B35
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Smithtown gets festive Targeting toxic toys
Suffolk County quits playing games when it comes to children’s products
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Photos by Greg Catalano
Scenes from Sunday afternoon’s annual Smithtown Festival Day, where residents enjoyed the sunshine and perused the various activities across Main Street. Left, an inflatable solider does a tour around the festival with a friend. Above, Amanda Jayne entertains festivalgoers with her guitar and singing. See more photos on page A29.
Smithtown class speakers celebrate By phil corSo
School superintendents, administrators and parents acknowledged and honored the highest achieving students of Suffolk County’s Class of 2015 during the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association’s 21st annual Valedictorian Luncheon, held at the Hyatt Regency Wind Watch Hotel in Hauppauge. Brian Righter from Smithtown High School East and Rebecca Cheng from Smithtown High School West represented Smithtown Central School District at the luncheon. While the Smithtown CSD does not name valedictorians for their
respective high schools, class speakers are chosen to represent each building. The top academic students (with a 4.0 GPA) in each of the two schools vote on whom amongst their peers they would like to see represent them at graduation. The celebratory event was punctuated with music provided by the Islip High School Jazz Ensemble, who performed under the direction of Steve Campanella. Congratulating all of the valedictorians and student representatives on their hard work and academic achievements were Roberta A. Gerold, SCSSA president and Middle CLASS SPEAKERS continued on page A29
Photo from Smithtown Central School District
Smithtown class speakers celebrate at the county School Superintendents association’s valedictorian luncheon late last month. Seated in the middle are rebecca cheng from Smithtown high School west and Brian righter from Smithtown high School east with cheng’s mother pei cheng and righter’s father glenn righter seated along side each.