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Headlines Nearby: Playground Complete in Kings Park

Check out all the top headlines from the past week from nearby Patch towns.

Kings Park

"We asked and the people gave," said a very happy Julie Lingner, predsident of the l Parent Faculty Organization, as she got ready to cut the ribbon for the final phase of the school's new playground. , now complete, is a two-phase project to raise money for new playground equipment for the school. In only 8 months, they were able to raise over $30,000 for the project, which was begun in September.

Commack

Tweets, Facebook posts show various reactions to news Commack School District was ranked No. 18 in New York, No. 95 in country by U.S. News & World Report.

Three Village

A pair of professors from Stony Brook and New York University, along with a team of colleagues, have signed an exclusive agreement withNostrum Pharmaceuticals to develop a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease affecting nearly 200,000 Americans that causes death to as many as 40,000 each year.

Hauppauge

A Hauppauge school administrator will be leaving the school district this spring to take up a new role in Port Jefferson. Matthew Murphy, Hauppauge's director of K-12 math, has been hired as the new high school principal by  , to replace Roseann Cirnigliaro  from the district in February.

Port Jefferson

Donna McKeown is an eight-year resident of Port Jefferson and a cookie maker. In the first year of the Port Jefferson Farmers Market, McKeown was there selling her cookie called "The Junkie," filled with pretzels, potato chips, bittersweet chocolate, coffee and marshmallows. She made this decadent delight from her home-based business, D.K. Cookie Company.

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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.
swataz May 20, 2013 at 09:42 am
Isn't that above the cap? Funny, when another news source mentioned 5 districts that are breakingRead More the cap they didn't mention Smithtown. Dn't worry, the district will bully and scare the parents into voting yes by threatening programs instead of doing what they need to do which is reduce administrative costs.
Ron W May 19, 2013 at 02:26 pm
We can all make a statement one way or another when we vote. However, that statement should be madeRead More on a state level not the local level. Boards of Ed are powerless to do any real cost cutting. The state needs to take this on. We need real reform in Albany to reduce the ever increasing pensions and life long benefits that educators enjoy. Combine this with letting Albany decide salary increases for all educators and we can guaranty tax reductions over the next few years. Its that simple, Boards cannot do these. Lets get Albany to move on these NOW!