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Week in Review: Eruv Application Submitted

Happenings in Westhampton -Hampton Bays during the week of Jan. 23.

The East End Eruv Association has taken the advice of a judge and has formally applied to the Village of Quogue for a religious boundary, known as an eruv.

2. Two Hampton Bays Residents Charged in Operation Heroin Highway

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Of 161 individuals arrested in relation to heroin ring bust last week, two were from Hampton Bays, according the the Queens District Attorney's office.  The bust, dubbed "Operation Heroin Highway" played out over the course of a year, originating in Queens and expanding into Nassau and Suffolk Counties. In all, officers seized more than 8,000 glassine envelopes of heroin, more than five kilograms of heroin, 2.7 kilograms of cocaine and five pistols, a shotgun and an assault rifle.

3. Fire Chief Say He's Open To Cell Tower Ideas

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While residents and members of the rally troops to fight a proposed, 100-foot, T-Mobile cell tower at the on Montauk Highway, East Quogue Fire Chief Greg Celi says he's willing to listen. "No matter how you cut it up, this is going to be a community decision," said Celi.  "It is what the process is supposed to be."

4. Thiele May Represent Southold, Shelter Island Under New Districts

The South Fork will share its state assemblyman with Southold and Shelter Island towns starting in 2012 if a redistricting plan unveiled Thursday based on the 2010 Census is adopted.

5. Meschutt Beach Parking Lot Gets a Face Lift

A construction project at Meschutt Beach in Hampton Bays, which aims to cut the amount of pollutants, such as oil from cars, from entering the water, is 90 percent complete.


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