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Editorial
Patriotism, picnics and potato salad
by Carolyn James
      We have a lively disagreement in our household about permitting or prohibiting flag burning. My husband believes an Constitutional Amendment against the burning or defacing of the American flag should be part of our Constitution. I disagree.
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Finding Life and Solice in the Soil
Dear Editor:
      Having been raised in Babylon Village, I enjoy periodically reading the Beacon website as a convenient way to stay in touch with my hometown.
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Dear Editor:
      I read with interest the editorial, Finding Life and Solice in the Soil, by Carolyn James (Babylon Beacon, June 7). I, too, am a "keeper of the graves," and I agree with Mrs. James, that it is not depressing, but therapeutic.
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I rarely put in my two cents, but...
     Dear Editor:
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Annual Bay Shore Arts Festival as success
Dear Editor:
      Hats off to Donna Periconi, president of the Bay Shore Chamber and BID and all that were involved in making the First Annual Bay Shore Arts Festival by the Bay, the unqualified success it was. The feedback that my office has received by those who attended has been nothing less than incredible.
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Our apologies to...
      Our apologies to West Islip School Superintendent Tom Boedicker whose name was misspelled in an article on his retirement that appeared in last week’s edition. It’s really not a case of "how soon we forget," Tom. More an instance of the new technology and a spell check system gone awry
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