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Residents press council on traffic, recycling and sidewalks as recreation board leadership resigns
Summary
During public comment Brookhaven residents urged traffic study and better recycling holiday service; recreation board president Tom Dykes announced his resignation and another council member also resigned immediately, citing political disagreements and burnout.
Several residents used the public-comment periods at the January 2026 Brookhaven Borough Council meeting to raise neighborhood safety and service concerns while the recreation board reported a busy year and its president resigned.
Elizabeth Hess, representing Cambridge Square in Victoria Woods, asked whether a traffic study is planned for the Whiteley/Edgemont intersection and the adjacent Lowe's parking lot, saying the crossing is "very dangerous for the 300 residents that use that as egress." She…
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