Week in Review: Main Street Shop Gets Revamped, Night Work on Rt. 347

Dredging of Nissequogue River to Replenish Short Beach
Suffolk County Department of Public works will be awarding a bid for further dredging of the Nissequogue River's main channel as town officials plan to rebuild the Kings Park Bluffs. 

Gil Anderson, commissioner of Suffolk's Department of Public Works, said the county will award two separate bids to Port Jefferson-based Gibson & Cushman to dredge the Nissequogue River and both Stony Brook Harbor and Porquoise Channel,  Times of Smithtown reports. 

Boulevards Bar and Grill to Open in Sept.
Boulevards Bar and Grill is expected to open at the corner of Francis Street and Smithtown Boulevard in Nesconset this September.

Owner Joe Letizia said that he came up with the idea for the bar and grill from his own experiences of looking for a place to go with his friends after a round of hockey at Hauppauge's The Rinx.

Sport Clips Now Open
Sport Clips, a new men's barber shop at 389 Nesconset Highway in hauppauge, is now open.

The shop, which opened last week, has a sports bar atmosphere with large-screen televisions that show everything from football to baseball to soccer and more, with trained stylists to complete a man's look.

Wife of WWE Champ Hits Main Street With Divine Shop
Colette Foley received an email a few months ago that got her thinking that maybe she wanted to step her toe back into running her own business.

The wife of pro-wrestling star Mick Foley and mom of four was certainly busy enough, but her past modeling career and her itch to help woman successfully dress affordably won over prompting her to take over west Main Street’s Design Consign.

Nightly Road Closures Mark Start of Route 347 Project
Smithtown drivers heading out late night or early morning should avoid Route 347 between Route 111/Wheeler Road and Mount Pleasant Road. 

New York State Department of Transportation will be closing two lanes of traffic, one in each direction along the 0.8 miles of roadway on Wednesday and Thursday nights, between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. 

West Main Strip Mall Still Sits Empty
What used to house a hardware store and a women’s clothing shop has become an eyesore for the west end of Smithtown’s Main Street.

Smithtown Hardware vacated the space back in early 2011 for bigger digs down the road in the Village Commons shopping center. Women’s clothing retailer Mandee left shortly after, when the company filed for bankruptcy. The mall has been completely empty for more than a year with the only thing filling the space being the weeds in the parking lot.

Bail Denied for Manager Arrested in 7-Eleven Sting
Bail was denied on Monday for a South Setauket man and 7-Eleven employee reportedly involved in a scheme which included smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States and subjecting them to long work hours for scant pay at the convenience stores.

Locations busted in the June sting included one on Terry Road in Smitthown, as well as nine others on Long Island, as far east as Greenport and Sag Harbor.