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Volume 40, No. 32
North Shore gets soaked
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STAC’s Member Artist Showcase opens also: ‘James and the giant Peach’ at the Engeman, gilding the Coasts exhibit at The Long Island Museum
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Left photo by Maria Hoffman, right photo from Dan Losquadro
left, busy weather weekend leaves behind a wrack line on the pavement of shore road, off setauket harbor, showing where the high tide reached. right, crews from the Brookhaven highway Department respond to dangerous scenes left behind in the storm’s aftermath.
Three Village dodges Joaquin Three Village kids take crack at pre-K life School district partners with SCOPE to deliver new education programs
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A dangerous hurricane barrelled up the east coast this week, and the North Shore kept
a close eye on Joaquin, with the likes of Superstorm Sandy still fresh on everybody’s minds. The storm, which clocked in with Category 4 winds at its strongest, made a last-minute turn out to sea at the end of last
Brookhaven talks budget Funding would increase for snow removal By Giselle Barkley & elana Glowatz
Brookhaven Town won’t ask for more money from residents next year, according to Supervisor Ed Romaine’s 2016 budget proposal. Romaine (R) revealed his nearly $281 million budget plan at a meeting on Oct. 1, touting its benefits of complying with the state-imposed limit on property tax increases and putting more funding to-
ward snow removal as the winter season approaches. Crafting the budget was a challenge given the tight limit on how much the property tax levy could increase, according to Romaine — the state’s limit was 0.73 percent this year. Despite that, “I support the tax cap because I understand what the tax burden is on the taxpayers of this town,” Romaine said during a meeting with the BUDgET continued on page a12
week, allowing the North Shore and greater Suffolk County to take a collective sigh of relief. But Hurricane Joaquin’s wrath was still felt. A subsequent nor’easter brought rain and windfall to
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Long Island over the weekend, and the hazardous weather brought shore lines almost too close for comfort in several waterfront areas of the Three Village community. — Phil Corso
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