Scott Martella, communications director for Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, was known as talented, friendly, to be a good person and to always have a big smile.

But Martella, who was killed in a three-car crash that claimed five other lives on Sunday, had an even bigger heart, Bellone said.

For the first time since the tax cap was implemented in 2012, the Huntington Town Board is considering piercing its state-mandated limit for the upcoming tax year. The 0.68-percent limit for the 2017 tax year is the tightest tax constraint the town has ever faced.

After three pedestrians have been struck, including one fatally, while crossing Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor over the last three years, community leaders are pleading to New York State and Town of Huntington officials to make crossing the street safer.