Community Corner

Week in Review: Dispatches Introduced, Drinking Related Crimes

Runners hit the streets for the Second Annual 5K Run/Walk for Pat Harmon, and Patch introduces an interactive map of local vacant storefronts.

Top news this week was our introduction to the "Dispatches" series, where we showed how , has dealt with new competition, the economic hardships of some of his customers and more.

In other news, drinking-related crimes have been reported locally. Patch reported on Tuesday that a Sunday after driving a car into a home, and on Saturday a Nesconset man was arrested on charges of .

Thursday Patch followed up on the ongoing owners are dealing with the issue, their thoughts on how to make the roadway safer, and how some of them won't walk across the street themselves.

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and with new organizer Mike Catalano in charge, hopes were to top the first with turnout and money raised. Look for photos and video from the run on Monday.

Finally, Patch introduced an . This map will be filled out throughout the weeks we ask you what you'd like to see in these empty storefronts.

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