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Babylon cracks down on vape sales to youths By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald.com
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Officials and community members gathered outside Babylon Village Hall for the 100th anniversary celebration of the building including Mayor Mary Adams, S.C. Legislator RJ Renna, Village Trustees Anthony Cardali, Frank Seibert, Dominic Bencivenga and Jeffrey Szabo, Town Historian Mary Cascone and Babylon Historian Judy Skillen.
Babylon Village Hall 100th Birthday By CHRISTIE LEIGH BABIRAD cbabirad@liherald.com
Temperatures climbed into the season’s first heat wave on July 1, but that didn’t stop village officials and residents from gathering to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Babylon Village Hall. An American flag draped across the front of the historic building welcomed attendees, who browsed displays of historic black-and-white photographs highlighting people and moments that helped shape the village before the ceremony began. Mary Cascone, the Town of Babylon historian, shared the history behind the building’s construction and explained why the village sought a permanent home for its government.
“The residents decide to incorporate at the end of 1893, the first meeting happens early that next year and for all those years until 1926 there is no central place for village government,” Cascone said. “One of the important things and what New York State would have been pressing for all municipalities is to have a permanent fire proof place for the records, and that’s why you need a village hall.” Cascone said that on July 22, 1924, local resident J. Stanley Foster donated $15,000 to the village board to purchase the property at Main Street and Carll Avenue for a municipal building and firehouse, with space designated for an ambulance. The Babylon Municipal Building was dedicated on July 5, 1926. Foster stipulated that the CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
The Babylon Town Board is seeking a court-ordered sale of a North Babylon business property after officials said the owner repeatedly failed to stop illegal sales of tobacco and vaping products to minors despite a compliance agreement reached last year. At the July 8 board meeting, a proposed agreement that would require the owner of Milk and Things, at 1287A Deer Park Ave., to immediately list the property for sale was discussed. If the owner declines to do so, the town plans to ask a court to order the sale. “The intention is to protect our youth, our children and to make sure that these products are not being sold to them,” Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer said. “In addition to these items being sold, (vaping products), one of the complaints we got was that gummy worms, with THC, also being sold.” THC is a crystalline compound that is the main active ingredient of cannabis. According to the Town Attorney’s office, the business has a documented history of violations involving the sale of tobacco products to minors. Officials said arrests for unlawful dealing
with a child and selling tobacco to minors occurred at the business in 2024 and 2025. The town and the business entered into a compliance agreement in October 2025 that allowed the owner to continue operating while demonstrating compliance with state and local laws, officials said. Town officials said the agreement was violated following an undercover investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant by Suffolk County Police Department First Precinct officers on June 25. According to the town, an undercover minor purchased a flavored vape product during the investigation. Police seized 2,217 flavored vape products with an estimated street value of roughly $60,000, officials said. “The business has shown to have been an example of what a public nuisance is,” Schaffer said. “It is attracting young folks to something that’s so dangerous it can lead them to a life of being addicted to nicotine.” Jorge Rosario, the town’s senior assistant attorney, told the board the products are designed and packaged to attract young people. “They come in bright colored CONTINUED ON PAGE 16