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Week in Review: Utter Disregard in Lumbar Yard Demo, Student Creates Library

Here's a glimpse back at some of the top stories that ran on Hauppauge Patch from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11.

This Sunday, we're taking a look back at a few of the top news stories reported by Hauppauge Patch this week:


A Suffolk Grand Jury ruled that Smithtown Town officials pressured a land owner into demolishing a property even after a stoppage was issued, but there are no criminal charges.


A Hauppauge parent called Suffolk County police to Hauppauge Middle School upset over an argument between her child and another student.

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Amanda Borowski, 12, a seventh-grader at Hauppauge Middle School, donated more than 3,600 books to create a library for a Wyandanch elementary school.


The new Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci talks to Patch about how he has spent his first month in office.

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Two men armed with a hand gun broke into Dunkin Donuts in Hauppauge's Motor Parkway Plaza on the morning of Feb. 5.


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