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From Three Village: Stony Brook Named Among Nation’s ‘Smartest Cities’
The hamlet of Stony Brook beat out cities such as Berkeley, California, Boulder, Colorado, and East Lansing, Michigan, to come in as the No. 19 smartest city in the U.S. according to a slate of rankings released by Lumosity.com. Lumosity, a company that has developed online tools they claim can train your brain to be "smarter, sharper, and brighter," based its rankings on the geographical location of the IP addresses of more than two million people in the U.S. who took their tests.
From Smithtown: Whisper Landing Senior Complex Raises Shouts Over Location, Traffic
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Smithtown residents are sharply divided over a proposal to build a senior housing complex on Route 25A.
More than 50 residents and business owners clashed Tuesday night over St. Johnland Development Group's proposal to build Whisper Landing, a 110-unit assisted living facility, on the corner of River Heights Road and Route 25A in Smithtown.From Riverhead: Riverhead Man Charged with Attempted Murder
A Riverhead man stands charged with attempted murder after Nassau County police allege that he — along with two other men — dragged a 23-year-old behind a Lawrence house in February and stabbed him repeatedly.
Manuel Pelaez, 21, was taken into custody at his Wilson Avenue house on Tuesday morning, shortly after 5:30, and charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree gang assault, first-degree and second-degree assault — all felonies — and possession of a dangerous weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.
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