5 Headlines Nearby: Mt. Sinai Village Center a Go, Animal Cruelty

With all that's happened this week in Three Village, let's take a look at what's making news in the areas outside our community.

• The Brookhaven Town Board voted to approve a zoning change for the property, effectively giving the project a green light. The 30 acre development is expected to house 40 retailers, but councilwoman Jane Bonner – in whose district the property sits – believes the project will lead to blight in Mount Sinai.

• A Port Jefferson man was charged with after a fire revealed unsafe living conditions for pets in his Oakwood Road home.

• Facing declining enrollment, the Patchogue-Medford Board of Education discussed the . Three of the district's middle schools are at or below 50 percent capacity and projections show that number decreasing.

• A 15-month-old girl was on Route 83 in Farmingville. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, ejecting the child.

• An environmental study of Enterprise Park in Calverton recommended mixed-use development and stated that building a on the property would be "unfeasible."