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wading river farmland preserved

Suffolk County has purchased the development rights to 18.8 acres of active farmland in Wading River. The Suffolk County Legislature approved the purchase of the development rights to the Andrews family farm on Hulse Landing Road at a cost of $1,353,600.

sad news- miles kucera

Sad news. Miles Kucera was killed in an automobile accident on 7/30/2009. Viewing: Monday & Tuesday, 2-4, 7-9pm - 8/3, 8/4 Place of service: St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Wading River, NY Service Time: 10:00 am Internment: Wading River Cemetery, Wading River, NY

support the swimmer

Wading River resident John Gosman will swim 15.5 miles from Port Jefferson to Bridgeport, Conn. next month. The purpose of the swim is to raise money for cancer sufferers . His effort will be part of the 22nd annual Swim Across the Sound Marathon(8/22) and sponsored by the nonprofit St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation. To find out how to support a swimmer, make a donation or get further information go to http://give.stvincents.org/Page.aspxpid=308.

rails-to-trails update

Mixed news on the proposed 12 mile Port Jefferson to Wading River rails-to trails. The positive news is that Congressman Tim Bishop is confident that he will be able to redirect $7.5 million of unused federal transportation money from a cancelled project. Those funds will be added to the $2 million already secured for the project. However, it is estimated that $12 million will be needed to complete the project and it is unlikely that construction would begin on the trails until 2011.

welcome to wading river sign missing

The attractive Welcome to Wading River sign on the corner of North Country and Zophar Mills has been stolen. The attractive sign was damaged by vandals in 2005 but completely restored aby students from SWR High School Technology classes. The civic association is looking into replacing the sign .

duck ponds project rfp need rewrite

Sources in Brookhaven indicate the Request for Proposals(RFP) for the dredging and remediation of the Wading River Duck Ponds lack clarity and will have to be rewritten and republished again. There appears to be no timetable indicating when Brookhaven will accomplish this task.

new bathrooms status- wading river town beach

Riverhead Town Engineer Ken Testa stated that the installation of the new bathroom building at the town beach in Wading River will take place next week, the week of 7/13/09. Testa hopes to finish the project by the end of the week.

new local civic presidents

Both Wading River and Shoreham have new civic association Presidents. Mike Harrigan is the new Wading river Civic President and Rich Belsky is the new Shoreham Civic President. Best of luck to both of them.

town and county will purchase spring meadow property

It was announced that Brookhaven Town will partner with Suffolk County to purchase the 60-acre Spring Meadow property in Wading river. The property had been approved for a 51 home clustered subdivision. Brookhaven will share of the purchase price is $1.7 million and the county will pay the balance of the $6.8 million purchase price to the owners, the Zoumas family.

abco opposed amesty for illegal accessory apartments

The Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organization will oppose a resolution sponsored By 6th District Councilman Keith Romaine to grant amnesty to landlords with illegal accesory apartments. ABCO President maryAnn Johnston indicated that, "Brookhaven has virtually no resources to ensure owner occupancy of those apartments at the present time, and in these tough economic times ABCO believes little additional resources will be assigned to inspect these apartments....".