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News Nearby: 3 Children Struck By Car in Huntington

A look at the top headlines from surrounding areas.

Smithtown residents are sharply divided over a proposal to build a senior housing complex on Route 25A.

More than 50 residents and business owners clashed Tuesday night over St. Johnland Development Group's proposal to build Whisper Landing, a 110-unit assisted living facility, on the corner of River Heights Road and Route 25A in Smithtown.

From Huntington: 3 Children Struck by Car in Huntington Station

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Three children were injured, one seriously, Saturday when they were hit by an SUV in Huntington Station.

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives said the accident occurred at 2:42 p..m.  Ralph Williams was  driving on Academy Place and when he started to make a left turn onto New York Avenue, he struck the children who were in the crosswalk. 

A  boy, 6, suffered a serious head injury and is scheduled to be transferred to Schneider Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park.

A girl, 3, suffered a cut finger; another girl, 11, suffered a minor injury while another children was unhurt. All four were accompanied by their mother,  Dorothy Blue, 35, of Medford. 

Williams, 49, of Westbury was not injured. Police impounded his vehicle for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.

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From Kings Park: Kings Park Couple Arrested After New Orleans Shooting

New Orleans police arrested a couple from Kings Park on Tuesday after they say the pair was involved in a shooting at a hotel in New Orleans.

Friends of the pair circulated a flyer in Kings Park last week stating the couple was missing and that they believed the two had fled to North Carolina.

According to the Times-Picayune, Kevin Cahill, 29 of Kings Park, tried to kill a 49-year-old Florida man in a hotel room in the Wyndham Garden Plaza Hotel in the Central Business District and also accidentally shot his girlfriend, Sara Mott, 27, of Kings Park, in the foot at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

From Three Village: Stony Brook Named Among Nation’s ‘Smartest Cities’

The hamlet of Stony Brook beat out cities such as Berkeley, California, Boulder, Colorado, and East Lansing, Michigan, to come in as the No. 19 smartest city in the U.S. according to a slate of rankings released by Lumosity.com. Lumosity, a company that has developed online tools they claim can train your brain to be "smarter, sharper, and brighter," based its rankings on the geographical location of the IP addresses of more than two million people in the U.S. who took their tests.


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