Week in Review: Car Accident, Bank Robbery

A custody battle over the orphaned son of Katie Farrell, who was allegedly killed by East Northport native and ex-boyfriend James Schultz in a brutal murder-suicide, is playing in St. James, where a local doctor's office has hung a banner supporting keeping the boy with the Farrell family.

The  and the Smithtown Teachers Association have agreed on a new contract, ending two years of negotiations.

A two-car accident closed a section of Woodlawn Avenue Monday afternoon. A Suffolk County Police officer at the scene said the white Dodge Caravan and gray Pontiac Grand Prix were driving in opposite directions on Woodlawn Avenue when they sideswiped each other.

Suffolk County Police are currently investigating a bank robbery that took place Wednesday morning at Chase Bank in Hauppauge.

With a brush fire in Manorville heading into its 22nd hour, and fire crews on the ground being pulled so officials can drop thousands of gallons of water to douse it, many on the ground – including those in the St. James Fire Department – are saying significant progress has been made.

The sent out one engine and one chief Monday to help battle the Ridge brush fires, the department confirmed Monday night.

Attilio's Pizza & Grill will make the move from Smithtown to St. James soon, and while it will fill one vacant storefront locally it will create another.

Is it safe to say that with the unseasonably warm weather that summer in Smithtown has arrived? Nick’s Pizza and Clam Bar owner Ed Zimmerman thinks so.