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Smithtown residents are sharply divided over a proposal to build a senior housing complex on Route 25A.

More than 50 residents and business owners clashed Tuesday night over St. Johnland Development Group's proposal to build Whisper Landing, a 110-unit assisted living facility, on the corner of River Heights Road and Route 25A in Smithtown.

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From Commack: Wife of Missing Local Man: 'I Just Want Him Home Safe'

It was exactly two weeks ago Friday that Ida Mayer spoke to her husband about planning a trip to Italy and their upcoming Father's Day plans.

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That was the last time they spoke before he went missing from their Dix Hills home June 14. The married couple of 18 years have two children in the Commack School District.

From Three Village: Stony Brook Named Among Nation’s ‘Smartest Cities’

The hamlet of Stony Brook beat out cities such as Berkeley, California, Boulder, Colorado, and East Lansing, Michigan, to come in as the No. 19 smartest city in the U.S. according to a slate of rankings released by Lumosity.com. Lumosity, a company that has developed online tools they claim can train your brain to be "smarter, sharper, and brighter," based its rankings on the geographical location of the IP addresses of more than two million people in the U.S. who took their tests.


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