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Home of Charles Richie on 21 Heather Drive in the Kings Park section of Smithtown, Long Island (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Smithtown Votes To Clean Up Homeowner’s Junk-Filled Property

Charles Richie’s property at 21 Heather Drive in the quaint Kings Park community is littered with piles of scrap metal, wood, paper goods, broken electronics, tools and broken furniture.

2013/02/06

Home of Charles Richie on 21 Heather Drive in the Kings Park section of Smithtown, Long Island (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Smithtown Considers Forcing Resident To Clean Up Property

Charles Richie’s property at 21 Heather Drive in the quaint Kings Park community is littered with piles of scrap metal, wood, and broken furniture.

2013/02/05

Kings Park Psychiatric Center Demolition (credit: CBS 2)

Demolition Of Former Psychiatric Facility Begins On Long Island

The former Kings Park Psychiatric Center is located on hundreds of acres overlooking the Long Island Sound. But the facility closed in 1996 and the site has remained untouched since.

2012/08/13

Joggers on the boardwalk at Sunken Meadow State Park - Kings Park, NY - Apr 16, 2012 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Basking Ridge, N.J. Hits 95 Degrees April 16; Unusually Warm Weather Brings Red Flag Brush Fire Warnings

The heat is on in the Big Apple. Temperatures are expected to be about 25 degrees above normal, making it feel like July.

2012/04/16

Kings Park eyesore

Kings Park Eyesore Has Residents Looking For Relief From Someone, Anyone

Residents in one Long Island community are at their wits end trying to get an eyesore cleaned up. They it’s been impossible to get any action from the property owner, because he’s “up the river.”

2012/02/14

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Teen Cyclist Hospitalized After Crash With Truck In Suffolk County

The bicyclist, Jonathan Tully, 16, was admitted to Stony Brook University Medical Center in stable but guarded condition.

2011/12/18

Crime Scene Generic

Woman Raped At Nissequogue River State Park On Long Island

Although officers searched the grounds and used a helicopter in the air, the suspect was not found.

2011/04/06

A deer is seen at the Fort Lee Historic Park - Fort Lee, NJ - Dec 31, 2009 - Photo: Evan Bindelglass / WCBS 880

Deer Slams Into Window Of L.I. Home

The boy’s grandmother, Nancy Vasquez of Kings Park, said she heard a “blast” and thought it was a gunshot.

2010/11/01

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