Back To The Future In Smithtown

It’s back to the future in the Town of Smithtown.  Town Attorney Yvonne Leifreig is retiring effective Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.  Yvonne has served as Smithtown Town Attorney since 2002 when she replaced John Zollo.  

Expect the Town Board to replace Yvonne with Former Town Attorney John Zollo.

Prior to opening his own office Mr. Zollo was Of Counsel to the Garden City based law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein (2002-2005) and he was associated with the firm of Vincent J. Trimarco (2005-2008).

From Smithtown Matters To You - Peace, Health and Happiness

Dear Reader,

May this holiday season bring you much peace, health and happiness. May you live with the knowledge that life is not always easy but it is always precious. May you understand the concept of inner peace as a force for world peace. 

My wish for you is good health - not merely the absence of illness. My wish for you is that you experience the genuine happiness that comes from helping others.

And finally, my wish for you and your family is that the spirit of the holiday season stays with you forever.

Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah

Pat Biancaniello

Kings Park St. Patricks Day Parade Committee Raises Big Bucks - That's No Blarney

Gerry Creighton and Kevin Dennis(Northport, NY- December 21, 2011) - On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, the Kings Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, headed by parade president, Kevin Denis, held a kick-off fundraiser event at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.  Through tickets sales to A Wonderful Life, currently playing now through January 8 at the John W. Engeman Theater, the committee raised money for the Second Annual Kings Park St. Patrick’s Day parade to be held in March 2012.  Before the show, a special reception was held at the theater, which recognized some local residents and parade supporters.  

The Theater’s lounge was filled with smiling parade supporters who were treated to cocktails, hot and cold hors d’oeuvres and a smooth sax and piano duo.

The event honored cherished Kings Park resident Grand Marshal Gerry Creighton, who spoke of her love of Kings Park and her fond memories of the “Irish immigrant women who arrived here to work with only $50 in their pockets.” Gerry Creighton thanked Kevin Denis and remarked that “the historic parade would not have happened without his efforts.”

Kevin Denis thanked all who attended, applauded the event sponsors and those who labored to make the evening successful, especially Desare Denis, Caroline Pumilia, Randy Shaw, Diana Brown, and Colleen Grady.

The evening was highlighted with a toe tapping musical adaptation of A Wonderful Life. A grand time was had by all and a strong foundation was laid for what will undoubtedly be a successful Second Annual Kings Park St. Patrick’s Parade.  Through the fundraiser event, raffles and donations the committee raised approximately $15,000.    

Donations for the Kings Park St. Patrick’s Day Second Annual Parade can be made payable to: Kings Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade, P.O. Box 117, Kings Park, NY 11754. 

New Jersey Company Fined $500,000 For Illegal Dumping in New York

New Jersey Solid Waste Management Facility Sentenced After Illegally Dumping in Upstate New York

WASHINGTON – Lieze Associates, dba Eagle Recycling, of New Jersey, was sentenced today in federal court in Utica, N.Y., following their guilty plea to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and to defrauding the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York and the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today.

Eagle Recycling was sentenced to pay a $500,000 criminal fine and more than $70,000 in restitution and cleanup costs. The judge also imposed three years corporate probation and ordered that its recycling facility formulate, fund and implement an environmental compliance plan to prevent future environmental violations at their North Bergen, N.J., operation. 

According to the charges and plea agreement, Eagle Recycling and other co-conspirators engaged in a multi-year scheme to illegally dump 8,100 tons of pulverized construction and demolition debris that was processed at Eagle Recycling’s North Bergen solid waste management facility and then transported to a farmer’s property in Frankfort, N.Y.  Eagle Recycling and other conspirators then concealed the illegal dumping by fabricating a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) permit and forging the name of a DEC official on the fraudulent permit.

This case was investigated by criminal investigators with the New York State Environmental Conservation Police, Bureau of Environmental Crimes; special agents from the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Internal Revenue Service; and investigators from the New Jersey State Police Office of  Business Integrity Unit, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Ohio Department of Environmental Protection.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig A. Benedict of the Northern District of New York and Todd W. Gleason of the Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Kings Park Bicyclist Struck by Truck on Meadow Road

Suffolk Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that left a 16-year-old bicyclist in serious condition in Kings Park this morning.

Brian Simmons, 21, of Kings Park, was driving his 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck west on Meadow Road when his vehicle struck a teen riding a bicycle near Magellan Drive at approximately 10 a.m. The bicyclist, Jonathan Tully, 16, of Kings Park suffered a head injury and was transported to Stony Brook University Medical Center by Suffolk County Police helicopter where he was admitted in stable but guarded condition.

The Chevrolet was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing.

Detectives ask anyone who may have witnessed this crash to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.