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Calverton casino talk crops up again |
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North East News
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
Calverton casino talk crops up again County considering pitching Enterprise Park at Calverton as possible location BY VERA CHINESE |STAFF WRITER
With a county task force looking at Calverton's Enterprise Park as a possible site for a Shinnecock Indian Nation casino, Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter this week noted there is a town prohibition against gambling on the property and the town is "not poised to lift that prohibition."
But he added the Town Board would be willing to consider any application for the town-owned property on Route 25.
Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley (D-Babylon) pushed for the Legislature to create the committee as a way to drive the casino toward a government-owned site, which would mean taxpayers could share in its revenues. |
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