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News Nearby: Shooting Threat Puts Smithtown West on Lockdown

Patch rounds up the biggest news from neighboring towns.

Smithtown High School West was placed on police lockdown Friday after threatening graffiti written on a bathroom wall prompted police action on Thursday afternoon.

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Nesconset Mom Gets 2 Years For Dealing Oxycodone

Despite pleas that jail time would hurt her family, Nesconset's Joanne Connelly was sentenced to 26 months in prison Wednesday for illegally dealing oxycodone, an opiate.

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Photos: St. Anthony's Ice Hockey State Champs

St. Anthony's won its first state CHSAA ice hockey championship, and the Friars did it in dramatic fashion. The Friars capped a 21-0 season with a 4-3 win over Buffalo-St. Francis Sunday at Nassau Coliseum.

E. Northport Man Convicted in NYC School Scam

Willard “Ross’’ Lanham convicted of skimming $1.7 million from the New York City Department of Education on Monday.


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