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Oct 20: Seniors Singing, Author Speaking, Planning Meeting

Activities and articles to fill your Wednesday.

Smithtown talent is on display this Wednesday, with a talent show at the senior center, a local author's book premier and other entertainment up and down Main Street tonight.

Have something to put in our 5 things column? Add it to our calendar.

1. Local author Jeb Ladouceur will be speaking at the Book Revue in Huntington at 7 p.m. It's this 50-year Smithtown resident's fifth book launch. Take a drive out and show your support.

2. Smithtown seniors will showcase their talents in the annual talent show at the senior center today.

3. Check out Smithtown East student Justine DeRosa's column today on class cell phone use. Are you a student in the Smithtown district interested in a writing career? E-mail amandaf@patch.com.

4. In the mood for a laugh? Attend comedy night at Molly Bloom's or karaoke night at Rockwell's.

5. Keep up with Town of Smithtown planning and development. There's a Planning Board meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the senior center.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.