Volume 11, No. 41
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Snow flurries back to the Island
Love My Pet
Also: Tiny gardens, Huntington Station Winter Farmers Market, review of ‘The Finest Hours’
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There are no signs of spring as snow settles in the North Shore. See more photos on A11.
Neighbors to help 25A corridor study By giSelle Barkley
Zika Virus
SB Hospital spreads the word about the Zika virus.
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Brookhaven Town is calling on those residents who know the area best to help herald in a new era for Route 25A, just weeks after passing a resolution to explore a land use plan and study for the area. On Feb. 4, the town board created a Citizens Advisory Committee for the Route 25A study and plan, and appointed Three Village’s own George Hoffman of the Setauket Harbor Task Force and Jane Taylor, assistant head of The Stony Brook School, to lead the committee. The efforts could tie in with similar ones in Port Jefferson Station, where residents, with the help of the town planning department, have already finalized their land use plan for the main drag between the Long Island Rail Road tracks at the northern tip of the hamlet and Route 347 at its center. That main road starts as Route 25A and becomes
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George Hoffman, Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright and Jane Taylor stand in front of Stony Brook train station on Route 25A.
Route 112. Brookhaven officials are starting up this year on rezoning parcels in that study area to fit the finalized plan. In Three Village, the new citizens group will also include members from 12 offices or or-
ganizations, including the newly renamed Three Village Civic Association, the office of the president of Stony Brook University, members of the Setauket and Stony Brook fire departments, among others, the town said. For Hoffman, traffic and pe-
destrian safety is an area for concern for him and other community members and officials alike. About one-and-a-half years ago Hoffman helped establish a kiosk for an Eagle Scout project near Route 25A and the Stony Brook train station. A car destroyed it nearly a month later, he said. Hoffman said, “It’s a tricky area and there’s a lot of pedestrians” that walk along Route 25A. Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said a Stony Brook University student died several years ago when walking along Route 25A. Many others walk along this road throughout the school year. “When you have the largest state university in the state of New York, it should have sidewalks,” Romaine said. Hoffman started working to revitalize the area when he joined the civic association board four years ago. His co-chair, Taylor, COMMITTee continued on page a6