Week in Review: Board of Ed Ok's Investigation, Campaign Signs Go Missing

An investigation into a complaint by a community member regarding a district employee was handled correctly according to the Board of Education, which released a statement regarding the incident at the Tuesday evening meeting, at which time it was also revealed that a board member had her petition to run for the board of education signed while she was on school property during school hours.

Missing and defaced signs for Robert Creighton's run for Smithtown Supervisor have his campaign pointing fingers at the opposition.

Scott Santamaria campaign manager for Creighton, said he is not exactly sure how many have been taken or defaced but said they receive calls daily from residents who say the signs have been taken from the lawns and yards.

Smithtown Town officials have been dragging Kings Park businesses into court as part of recent effort to stem the operations of illegal businesses, but there are calls for town to ramp up enforcement.  

"Why are we not enforcing the town code like residents want? If you are in violation, you get a ticket. You give out a summons and police the area," Councilman Thomas McCarthy said. "That's what's not going on here."

JuanPablo Andrade isn’t an average teenager.

At 16 years old, the Kings Park High School student is already planning his run for Suffolk County Legislature, targeting the District 13 seat held by Lynne C. Nowick.

It not really that much of a stretch. Andrade is already a legislative aide for Suffolk County Legis. John M. Kennedy Jr. – attending every legislative meeting so far in 2013 – and a legal aide for the district attorney’s office within the office of the bureau of labor, insurance, and revenue crimes. He started working in the offices of state Sen. John Flanagan at 14 years old, and then with U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop's office.