Bull Smythe Relay - Sunday, March 1 Come Out And Support The Participants

The Bull Smythe Relay kicks off Smithtown’s 350 Anniversary celebration this Sunday, March 1 at 6am. The public is encouraged to come out and cheer on the runners as they carry a baton containing a copy of Smithtown’s historic 1665 patent.  

The relay begins at Town Hall at 6am and will loop around the Town ending at Town Hall sometime after 4pm. A brief ceremony will take place at Town Hall as the Smithtown 350 Foundation members present the patent to Town officials.  

Below is a list of Mile sponsors. Each sponsor has donated $250 to the Foundation to support Smithtown’s 350 Anniversary Celebration.

Visit Smithtown350Foundation.org to learn more about celebration.

Bull Smythe Relay mile sponsors -  

Mile #

 1.  Smithtown Matters

 2.  St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center

2a.  Old Nthpt.-Lawrence Rd Task Force & Kings Park Civic Association (KPCA) & Kings Park Notebook

 3. Wolke-Perri

 4.  Tanzi Family

 5. Nissequogue River State Park Foundation (NRSPF)

 6. Legislator Rob Trotta

 7.  Councilman Robert Creighton

 8.  Councilman Ed Wehrheim

 9.  Kings Park Chamber of Commerce

10.  Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club

11.  Debbie Virga

12.  Navas-Biancaniello Family

13.  Commack Fire Department

14.  JRD Technical Associates

15. The  Smithtown News

16.  Smithtown Democratic Committee

17.  Smithtown Planning Department

18.  Town Clerk Vincent Puleo

19.  Hauppauge Fire Department

20.  Team Dart, Gagliano, Cohen, and Andrews

21.  Branch Brook PTA

22.  Friends of Smithtown Library

23.  Leslie & John Kennedy

24.  Storybook Homes

25.  Mancini Architecture

26.  St. James Chamber of Commerce

27.  Friends of Deepwell

28.  Carole Palmer

29.  Harbor Country Day School

30.  Harbor Country Day School

31.  Knox School

32.  Peggy Micciche

33.  Joan Harris

34.  Smithtown Historical Society

35.  Richard Smith

36.  Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick

37.  John Carro

38.  Residents of the Village of the Branch

39.  350 Foundation

Route of the Bull Smythe Relay:

The relay gets started at Town Hall at 6AM, it proceeds west from Town Hall down Main St.(Rte 25) until it gets to the statue of the bull where it hooks onto 25A.  It proceeds up 25A looping around Oakside Rd. Nowick, Trent, St. Nicholas, Monroe and back to 25A crossing over Rose St. where it becomes St. Johnland Road.  It then follows St. Johnland Road into Kings Park  where it continues past the Nissequogue River State Park  At this point the relay continues on Sunken Meadow Road until it picks up 25A.  It takes 25A/Fort Salonga Road up into Fort Salonga before it runs into Bread and Cheese Hollow Road.  It then takes Bread and Cheese Hollow Road south until it becomes Townline Road and then eventually Commack Road.  It follows Commack Road until New Highway.  The relay then heads east down New Highway making a turn south down Adams Avenue (this is all in the Hauppauge Industrial Park). It follows Adams until it hits Oser Ave and it then proceeds east down Oser Ave until arriving at Old Willets Path where the relay will head north to Veterans Highway (454). The Relay will proceed east down Vets until the Townline Road split where it will then follow Townline Road east. (we’re in Hauppauge now).  It continues down Townline until it hits Nichols Road (into Nesconset) and follows Nichols Road Northeast until it arrives at Alexander Avenue.  It then follows Alexander Avenue north to 347.  At 347 it takes a quick jog east before hanging a left on Moriches Road (heading into St. James).  It follows Moriches Road up to the Lake Avenue intersection where it will take a quick right on Lake before taking the next quick right onto North Country Road.  From North Country it then proceeds up to Thompson Hill Road.  It takes the left onto Thompson Hill Drive.  It follows Thompson Hill (we’re in Head of the Harbor now) to Three Sisters Hollow Road, where it takes a right onto Three Sisters Hollow.  It follows Three Sisters Hollow northeast until it meets up with Bacon Rd.  It follows Bacon Road north to Harbor Hill Road.  It then takes Harbor Hill back down following it south and then west to Cordwood Path.  The relay then takes Corwood Path to back to Moriches where it heads west.  (Heading into the Village of Nissequogue).  It follows Moriches all the way west to Nissequogue River Road where it hooks south.  It follows Nissequogue River Road/River Road all the way south to the Main Street/25/111 intersection.  The relay proceeds down Route 111 all the way south to Darling Avenue (into the Village of the Branch).  It proceeds west on Darling to Maple Avenue where it heads north on Maple.  The Relay proceeds north on Maple all the way back to Main Street where it then hooks west and back to Town Hall.    

Comments

[James Olson]

Aside from 'Bull' Smythe, does Smithtown have any history to celebrate? Any other prominent families or persons of note?