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Week in Review: Schools Get New Super; Altschuler Wins Indy Endorsement

Check out all the top headlines from the past week.

Main Street in Smithtown, which has been deemed a "deadly" roadway by area residents, is scheduled to be revamped this spring in an effort to increase pedestrian safety, according to the New York State Department of Transportation.

A St. James man was arrested after disposing a woman's body in the woods at Manorville Hills County Park in February, according to police.

Bayport-Blue Point Superintendent Anthony Annunziato is poised to leave the district after seven years to take the same post in the Smithtown Central School District, multiple sources have confirmed to Patch. 

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Residents were surprised to learn about second set of proposed plans to expand Insignia Steakhouse's parking lot from its 122 current spaces up to 237 spaces - significantly more than requested by the restaurant's owner.

Republican Congressional candidate Randy Altschuler this week received the endorsement of the Independence Party — a party line that Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop had in 2010 when Altschuler narrowly lost to him.

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With school budget season in full swing for the  locals have taken aim at teacher contracts, voicing their displeasure with what they refer to as exorbitant pay increases.

A Smithtown woman struck a car windshield while a baby and its parents were inside in Flanders, according to police.


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