Community Corner

Week in Review: School Closing Recommended; Fire at Molly Blooms

Aji 53 discusses early success, a Main Street building to be demolished, and a gas station takes over a vacant storefront in other top headlines.

The Citizens Advisory Committee voted Thursday night to recommend closing Nesconset Elementary to the Board of Education. Of the 21 votes cast at the meeting, 17 were for the closing of Nesconset Elementary; four were for Mills Pond Elementary.

It was a big question for  owners: Could they see the same success that they've had in Bay Shore on Main Street in Smithtown? But several months  owner Barry Huang and general manager Cristian Aguilar both agree that the move was a hit.

A building on the corner of East Main Street and Lawrence Avenue that has long been vacant has an appointment with a wrecking ball, paving the way for to a masonry retail store on the site, according to plans filed with the town's building department.

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Firefighters battled an early morning blaze Wednesday at the. The  said the apparent cause of the fire was electrical and began above the doors of the business.

 students received a visit from a former NBA player and college basketball star that battled drug and alcohol addictions to speak about the dangers of substance abuse.

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The vacant  gas station at the corner of Lake Avenue and Seventh Street in St. James will soon have a new tenant. Lukoil will take over the 255 Lake Avenue location by mid January.


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