Week in Review: State Installs Sidewalks, Investigates Old Field Village

Mystery Christian Avenue Sign Poster Strikes Again

A new sign poking fun at Brookhaven's highway department has popped up on Christian Avenue. This one appears near Sand Street and reads: "For Expert Tire Repairs Call Dan 451-9200." The phone number is for the town's highway department facility on Old Town Road in Coram.

New Sidewalks Coming to Route 25A

The construction of sidewalks is underway on the south side of Route 25A in the vicinity of Nicolls Road near the Setauket/Stony Brook border. The project is part of a $2.2 million state department of transportation initiative to improve walkability at 22 sites throughout the state, according to Eileen Peters, an NYSDOT spokesperson. 

Comptroller: Old Field Village Board Lacked Financial Oversight

An audit by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has found that Old Field's village board had poor oversight of its finances, which allowed its former treasurer to allegedly steal close to $60,000. Andrea Brosnan was charged May 22 with second-degree grand larceny, first-degree falsifying business records and defrauding the government, each a felony, and official misconduct, a misdemeanor. Criminal proceedings are underway. The state examined village records from January 1, 2009 to July 31, 2012, finding that more than $46,000 in cash disbursements and $13,000 in payroll payments were made inappropriately.

From Three Village to Senegal: Teen Helps Fight Malaria

The ScreenSaver Foundation, an organization that aims to stop the spread of malaria in Senegal, has its roots right here in Three Village. Sixteen-year-old Emily Holtzman, a rising junior at Ward Melville High School, recently returned from a trip to the tiny village of Croisement Peulh, in Senegal, where malaria is the number one cause of death. She is the founder of The ScreenSaver Foundation, a non-governmental organization that combats the mosquito-borne illness by installing screens in windows.

Three Village School Buses Roll Under New Name in September

Three Village's yellow school buses will look the same, but bear a new name this September. Three Village Board of Education voted Monday night to approve a new transportation contract with Suffolk Transportation Services in Bay Shore, Village Times Herald reports.