News Nearby: Nesconset 9/11 First Responder Receives $50K for Helping Others

From Smithtown: Nesconset 9/11 First Responder Receives $50K for Helping Others

A Nesconset resident is being honored by 5-hour ENERGY for helping others cope with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, after overcoming his own obstacles.

John Feal, an Army veteran and 9/11 first responder, worked five and a half days at Ground Zero as a first responder before 8,000 pounds of steel crushed his left foot.

From Three Village: Stony Brook University Hires Executive to Market New Discoveries

A new executive has arrived at Stony Brook University hoping to commercialize discoveries that come from university research and development, according to a report published this week in Newsday. Peter Donnelly has been appointed director of the office of technology licensing and industry relations after holding a similar position at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. 

From Commack: Town Busts Commack Marijuana Farm

Smithtown Public Safety officers arrested a Kings Park man on Wednesday night for helping tend a marijuana plant farm inside a Commack water recharge basin.

Mark Kern, 44, is charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the third degree, a felony charge, after undercover town officers found him tending to more than 100 marijuana plants off Vanderbilt Motor Parkway and Redleaf Lane in Commack at 10:22 p.m., according to Public Safety's Deputy Chief Kevin McPadden.