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Week in Review: Locals, Former Town Official Busted with Heroin

Board of Education makes agenda change and more in top headlines.

Of the 161 people arrested in a recent heroin bust, 24 were from Smithtown, St. James and Nesconset; more than half of the 41 arrested in the Town of Smithtown.

A former Town of Smithtown building inspector was arrested Tuesday on charges of purchasing heroin, New York State police said. 

Drive too fast and you might miss the the wooden terrace on Lake Avenue in St. James that marks the entrance to . But people in the know will tell you you're missing one of the area’s best kept secrets in international cuisine.

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Superintendent Edward Ehmann announced Tuesday at the Board of Education meeting that meeting agendas will no longer be printed and distributed, but will be available online instead.

Japanese restaurant  recently vacated its St. James location, which is now filled by another Japanese restaurant, Sumou.

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The New York Giants' road to the Super Bowl has , from NFC Championship hats and t-shirts to jerseys, , and now tattoos. 

A senior at  was named as , and on Tuesday she became a finalist.


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