LIPA holds another major public meeting on wind farm proposal
by Carolyn James
     Currently, LIPA can produce at most 6,100 megawatts of power a day, up from 5,000 megawatts three years ago, and by 2010, it is projected that Long Island will need 7,500 megawatts a day to meet Long Island’s energy demands.
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West Islip teenagers hold fundraiser at beach club
     Fifteen-year-old students Victoria Calderone and Meghan LaRocca were the hostesses of Let It Glow, a teenage holiday beach fundraiser, held last month at the West Islip Beach Clubhouse. Money raised through tickets and raffles sales totaled $810 which was donated to the Babylon Breast Cancer Coaliti
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Deer Park School community reacts and wrestles with hazing incident at high school
by Carolyn James
     A previously scheduled presentation highlighting the achievements of students and staff at the Deer Park Middle School turned out to be just the thing that approximately 375 residents who attended last week’s school board meeting needed.But it was not the presentation that they had come to hear. Ins
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Bank of America honors foster grandparent
     The Bank of America recently honored Foster Grandparent Jackie Benyon with a Local Heroes Award. Benyon volunteers as a Foster Grandparents at the Martin Luther King School in Wyandanch. The award was given to Benyon because she exemplifies the highest standard of community through her volunteer eff
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Thiis week att tthe lliibrrarry
     Bay Shore/Brightwaters, 1 South Country Rd., Brightwaters
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