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News Nearby: Layoffs Looming, Rally to Save Psych Center
Also this week, a Smithtown native returned to work after conquering cancer for the second time.
A group of parents and employees spoke up on Tuesday to protest the proposed closure of the Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center in Dix Hills, a move which would shutter inpatient services at the facility and merge them with programs in Queens and the Bronx.
COMMACKMotor Carrier Inspection Site Opens in Commack
A new motor carrier inspection site, dedicated to Suffolk County Police Officer Glen Ciano, who was killed by a drunken driver in 2009, opened Tuesday on Crooked Hill Road in Commack.Â
HAUPPAUGE
Telecom Company Announces Bankruptcy; 130 Layoffs Looming
Personal Communications Devices of Hauppauge announced last week that as part of a bankruptcy settlement, it will be sold to an Orlando-based company, and over 130 employees will reportedly be laid off as a result.
KINGS PARK
Smithtown Widow Thanks Kings Park Fire Dept For Efforts to Save Husband
A Smithtown resident has reached out to share her public thanks to all members of the Kings Park Volunteer Fire Department for their efforts to aide her husband.
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Donna Del Vecchio, wrote this letter to Patch, thanking all those who responded to a 911 on July 16 for her husband, Michael, who later died. He was 53.Â
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