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Nominate Smithtown's Greatest Person of 2012

Who in town has made the biggest impact on the community?

With Smithtown being as large as it is, full of people who genuinely care about their community, there are undoubtedly plenty of people to look up to. From parents to teachers, coaches, elected officials, business owners and more, there are plenty of standout individuals that exemplify the traits Smithtown residents admire. 

We'd like to recognize those people by asking you to nominate them for our "Greatest Person" honor.

In the coming weeks we'll accept your nominations to name Smithtown's Greatest Person. Community members will later have the chance to vote on the final result.

Submit your nominations as a comment below or email editor Peter Verry to participate at peter.verry@patch.com. Please include your full name and the reason why you have chosen the person your are nominating.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.