Saturday May 18, 2024 Thursday, May 16, 2024 ~ Volume 136 ~ Issue Number 26 ~ $1.00
Lennon’s Bill Signed Into Law:
‘Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day’ By Matt Meduri The topic of Veterans’ mental health is salient for an unfortunate reason: it is a problem that continues to persist, in some places at record-high levels. Legislator Chad Lennon (R-Rocky Point) recently submitted a bill to name September 22 as “Veteran Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day” in Suffolk County. The bill’s legislative intent states that since September is Suicide Prevention Month and since approximately twenty-two Veterans take their own lives each day, the date of remembrance of September 22 is appropriate. The bill was signed into law by County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) at the V.F.W. Post #6249 in Rocky Point last Thursday. Continued on page 11
County Executive Romaine (left) and Legislator Lennon (right) sign bill designating September 22 as Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. (Credit - Office of County Executive Romaine)
LaLota Delivers for Smithtown: $1.38M for Stormwater Infrastructure By Matt Meduri
Credit - Matt Meduri
As water quality and aquifer preservation make for important conversations for any elected official on Long Island, another side of the coin raises an equally important topic: stormwater. While wastewater solutions, namely in the form of sewers and Innovative Alternative Wastewater (I/A) Systems are the alternatives of choice in moving away from septic and cesspool systems, the effects of stormwater, namely contamination of the watershed and other risks of flooding, such as brown tides and algae blooms, are other inevitable aspects of life on a sandbar.
Smithtown Town Hall
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