The TIMES of Smithtown
Serving Smithtown • St. JameS • neSconSet • commack • hauppauge • kingS park • Fort Salonga Volume 28, No. 26 August 27, 2015
Candidates bid for Smithtown board
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by Victoria Espinoza
Smithtown residents will have some choices to make come November, as two candidates have stepped up to challenge incumbent councilmen Bob Creighton (R) and Ed Wehrheim (R). Democrat Larry Vetter and Republican Lisa Inzerillo are both running for Smithtown Town Board, but they have differing views on what to do when they get there. Vetter, 62, said he believes he will bring a new view to Smithtown if elected.
“I look at things from a different perspective,” Vetter said. “I come from a different background.” Vetter, of Smithtown, comes from the private sector and has owned an environmental consulting firm, Vetter Environmental Science, for the past seven years. Among the biggest issues he said he thinks Smithtown is facing right now is a reinvigoration of the downtown area. Vetter said he wants to find new and innovative ways to find revenue and cut costs, to help fight the brain drain he believes Smithtown is currently experiencing,
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challengers lisa inzerillo (r) and larry vetter (D) are throwing their hats into the race to unseat two republican incumbents on Smithtown’s town Board.
driving youth out of town. “I know what it’s like to raise a family and see them leave, it’s disappointing,” he said. “Both of my children have left Long Island and are probably not coming back. Young people are constantly getting educated here and then leaving.” Vetter said he would work with an industrial development association as other townships have done to retain youth.
Vetter also spoke of tax breaks and different incentives that could be given to businesses that develop in Smithtown. Lisa Inzerillo, 50, a business owner from Kings Park, is also focusing on the issues of developing a more vital downtown business district. If elected, Inzerillo said in an email that she plans to “use my influences to require our town eLeCTION continued on page a4
Nesconset native gets septic upgrade By phil corSo
Nineteen households won, but one winner on Laura Court in Nesconset was the first to reap the benefits. The county installed its first advanced on-site septic system last Thursday, Aug. 20, via the Suffolk County Advanced Septic Pilot Program Lottery as part of the Reclaim Our Water initiative to improve water quality, restore natural storm barriers and implement on-site wastewater treatment systems. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) called it a significant step in improving the
quality of water on Long Island. “This pilot program will demonstrate the benefits of protecting one of our great natural resources and will provide individual homeowners as well as the rest of Suffolk County an opportunity to improve both the environment of their homes as well as that of Suffolk County,” he said. The 19 systems were donated by four national manufacturers: Hydro-Action Industries, BUSSE Green Technologies, Norweco and Orenco Systems. The advanced wastewater treatment systems are valued at up to $15,000 per system.
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officials celebrate the installation of the new septic system.