TIMES HERALD The Village
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Volume 40, No. 5
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Town landmarks Stony Brook house
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Christian Avenue’s Sleight House is the newest historic landmark in Brookhaven Town. The Town Board approved the late 19th-century home’s designation on March 26 after a public hearing on the matter. The Civic Association of the Setaukets and Stony Brook and the Three Village Community Trust supported the decision. “This circa 1880 home is a fine example of the architecture of the time and exemplifies the simple charm that attracts many of our Three Villages community,” civic President Shawn Nuzzo said in his letter to the board. According to Brookhaven Town Historian Barbara Russell, the home belonged to Charles Sleight, a North Carolina native and carpenter. The home remains occupied today. “It’s just wonderful that the homeowners are so proud of this house,” Russell said. — erika karP
It’s history Photo by Phil Corso
residents living in the three Village community celebrate this christian avenue home as historic and charming.
Police patrol Greenway after finding skeletal remains Bellone maps out county’s future
Suffolk County Executive delivers annual address in Hauppauge
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Days after human skeletal remains were discovered near the Greenway Trail, a Suffolk County police officer assured North Shore residents that he and his team would be patrolling the hiking and biking path in the warmer weather. Officer William Gibaldi said at the March 25 meeting of the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association that he had just driven the trail, which runs between Setauket and Port Jefferson Station, the day before in a police car with another officer. “When it warms up a little, we’re going to be riding our bikes through there, at least two or three times a week,” he said. “We’re gonna be in there.” On March 22, around 4 p.m., skeletal remains were spotted close to the 3.5-mile trail at its stretch off of Gnarled Hollow Road. Police are investigating the human remains, and officials have not yet released the sex of the deceased or the
the greenway trail runs between Setauket and Port Jefferson Station.
person’s cause of death. It was also unclear when the person died and how long the body had been in that location. The Greenway Trail, which opened in 2009 and originally ran from Gnarled Hollow Road to just past Sheep Pasture Road, was recently
extended by two miles — one mile on each end — to bring it all the way to Limroy Lane in Setauket and close to Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station. While construction was largely completed in late 2013, the community officially opened the trail with a
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ceremony in early 2014. “The inspector of the precinct, he wants us on that trail all the time anyway, so we’re gonna be on that trail a lot,” Gibaldi said. “You’ll see us in there, hanging out, riding around or … driving a car.” — elana glowatz