Get News Updates RSS RSS Feed
October 13, 2005
Search Archives



The online version of this week's news is available to Beacon subscribers only. To subscribe, click here.

In what Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone described as an "unprecedented" lawsuit, the New York State Court System is suing the Town of Babylon saying its community court is illegal. More...

The "Support Our Troops—God Bless America" banner over the front entrance of Babylon Town Hall is ten-feet long and can be seen from afar—apparently as far away as Madison, Wisconsin. More...

State Senator Owen H. Johnson˙(4th Senate District Babylon), Chairman of the Finance committee, handed members of the Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition (BBCC) the keys to their new van which was purchased with the help of a state grant obtained for them by Senator Johnson. More...

Half Hollow Hills School District
Several students from the Half Hollow Hills School District were recently announced as semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Competition program. More...
GUESTS ARE RAVING about the food, the music and most of all the setting a tthe Hospice Care Network benefit party held on the grounds of the beautiful waterfront Babylon Village home of Terry Santmann. More...
Is your child having trouble completing homework assignments? Does he/she need more assistance in order to get started or to keep from getting distracted. More...
Ella May Connelly (nee Hafele), a longtime Red Cross volunteer, died April 25, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Islip. She was 88 years old and lived on Paumanake Avenue in Babylon Village. More...
The Town of Babylon faced two challenges last week. One was a
The question on the community court is whether the Town usurped the state’s authority by establishing it under home rule instead of getting state approval. More...

Click ads below
for larger version