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Thursday, September 4, 2025 ~ Volume 137 ~ Issue Number 42 ~ $1.00
Trotta & Dems Form Alliance for Supervisor’s Race By Matt Meduri The Smithtown Supervisor race is on for November. Incumbent Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R-Kings Park) is running for a third term. In June, he won the Republican Primary for the Supervisor’s seat against term-limited Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga). The campaign was built on Wehrheim’s defense of investments across the Town and reviving the downtowns and Trotta’s challenges of development. Wehrheim was set to face Rosemary Griffin (D-Kings Park) in the general election, who earned her party’s nomination without a primary.
Continued on page 10 Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Suffolk County
Goes Purple By Matt Meduri
Carole Trottere speaks of stigmas of opioid addiction (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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Hauppauge Secures Bond Upgrades Page 3
Formica, Pascucci Debate LD-13 Race Pages 12 & 13
State Begins Work on Route 347 Page 15
The modern era has brought a scourge of designer drugs and networks that proliferate them at break-neck speeds, signalling leaders and officials to encourage an all-hands-ondeck approach to help stem overdoses. “We know that drug addiction is a disease. We have to begin to treat it like a disease. And we’ve got to look not only for prevention and education, but also treatment. People can’t overcome their addiction with appropriate treatment, and it’s very, very difficult,” said County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) last week at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge. Romaine added that drug abuse not only harms the immediate victims, but can leave a lifelong impact on families and communities. Continued on page 4