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February 26, 2015 / Front Page

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North Lindenhurst Vamps fight car fire - Free Access

A minivan erupted into flames while in a parking lot at 150 Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst Feb. 23. North Lindenhurst firefighters responded. It took volunteers approximately 15 minutes to put out the early afternoon blaze. More...

Winter WEEKEND EVENTS

Friday, February 27 • Play Horray with Molly Mouse at 10 a.m. at the Amityville library, Oak and John Streets, 631-264-0567. Saturday, February 28 •Black History Month program to be held at 11 a.m. More...

Special Sections

Schools/Sports

Youth Leadership Caucus for students in grades 8-12

S.C. Leg. Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory recently welcomed the members of his 2014-15 Youth Leadership Caucus. More...

Lindenhurst Middle School celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Lindenhurst Middle School celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day with a special breakfast to honor seventh- and eighth-grade female student athletes. More...

Awards luncheon held for players and teams from North Babylon Athletic Club football

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone joined in a ceremony honoring players and teams who participated in the North Babylon Athletic Club football awards luncheon. More...

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Library

At Your Library This Week

Babylon Library, 24 S. Carll Ave. • 669-1624 More...

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Events & Bulletin

BEACON CALENDAR

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: SUNDAY, March 1 •No scheduled meetings . . . MONDAY, March 2 More...

S.C. treasurer reminds new property owners about March 1 deadline for BASIC School Tax Relief (STAR) exemption

Angie Carpenter, Suffolk County Treasurer, reminds all new property owners that the deadline to apply for your BASIC School Tax Relief (STAR) exemption is March 1, but because the first is a Sunday, it is extended to Mon., March 2. More...

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary meeting to be held March 4

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Amityville Flotilla 1-2 meeting will be held Wed., March 4, 7:30 p.m. at Amityville Memorial High School, 25 Merrick Rd., Amityville in the library on the second floor. More...

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Opinion

A reminder of the tremendous debt we owe our volunteer firefighters

EDITORIAL

On Sunday, when temperatures rose to a balmy 40 degrees for a few hours, volunteer firefighters from Amityville, Massapequa, Copiague, North Amityville and North Lindenhurst worked together to combat a major house fire in Amityville.The vamps faced l More...

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS -

by Kevin Eastwood

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State should not eliminate public notices for Constitutional amendments

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

by Michelle K. Rea

We strongly opposed the governor’s proposal to eliminate newspaper public notices of proposed Constitutional amendments. More...

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Carpenter to be sworn in as Islip supervisor Sunday, March 1st

by Michael Scro

Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter, who was appointed Islip Town Supervisor last month, will be sworn in on Sun., March 1. More...

CSD mulls how to move forward following defeat of bond proposal; passes new Veteran's Exemption Bill

by Kenya Barrett

Following the defeat of the district’s capital improvement bond in November, the Copiague School Board held a special meeting last month to discuss how it plans to move forward. More...

Columnists - Free Access

BYE Gone daze

Reminiscences of Babylon

By Benjamin Prince Field, September, 1911

My first visit to Babylon was in the month of March, in the year 1853, and I became a resident and established myself in business here in the month of May of the same year. More...