A Smithtown church won conditional approval to hold a second annual fall festival next year, months after resolving a lengthy legal dispute with Village of the Branch.

Village trustees voted Tuesday to approve an application by St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church to hold its second Fall Family Festival in October 2026. The church held its first festival early this month.

After the board rendered its decision, parishioners in the audience broke into applause.

The approval of a second festival follows a yearlong legal dispute over the church's right to hold the first one.

In March 2024, the church, at 280 E. Main St., Smithtown, applied to hold a family festival later that year with food, rides and games. The Village of the Branch rejected the application , saying its code prohibits ca

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