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Dominick L. Alese was recently appointed Vice President of Administration at West Islip's Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center. Alese has recently returned to Good Samaritan after serving three years as vice president of administration for St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson. As a member of the St. More...
A smooth opening day as students head back to school in Babylon
BY JANINE LOGAN

Eighteen hundred and eighty six students headed off to Babylon Public Schools on Wednesday, September 5, 2007, and the board of education held its first meeting of the new school year just five days later. More...

West Islip Fire Department sees increase in number of calls over summer months

The West Islip Fire Department released the total number of responses they made to alarm calls for the month of July. The statistics show that the amount of alarms the Fire Department reacted to increased by more than 10-percent from the end of June to the end of July. More...

 People/Social
• Amityville Artists' Circle studio tour October 6
The Amityville Artists' Circle studio tour will be held Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets/map will be available for $10 at the Artists Circle Gallery, 186 Broadway and at Artists' table at the Rotary Apple Festival. For information call 631-691-8575. More...
• Open Educational Forum be held October 10
• Copiague K of C Nite at the Races to be held October 13
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 Schools/Sports
• Babylon bounces back, beats Baymen 34-6
Up from an ugly defeat, the Babylon Panthers ripped the Hampton Bays Baymen at Williams Field, Saturday. The Black D stifled the Baymen, keeping them to a net 87 yards (only 26 rushing) from scrimmage in a 34-6 victory. Babylon ends Beau Bachety and Matt Lauria hounded Hampton quarterback Nick Lynch, forcing fifteen incomplete passes. More...
• article has image W.I. student receives prestigious music invitation
• Babylon's ballplayers beat Half Hollow Hills
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 Columnists
• Heard It On The Grapevine
IT WAS A WEATHER PERFECT DAY for the 15th annual Louis H. Orr Jr. memorial race which was held at the Babylon Yacht Club last Sunday. The late Louis Orr was an ardent sailor, and after his death his friends and sailing associates raised funds for a trophy and annual race to be held in his memory. Thirty one boats participated in the race. More...
• article has image Pets, Pets, Pets
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 Library
• This week at the library
Babylon, 24 S. Carll Ave 669-1624 •Miracles of the Mind: Wednesday, October 10 from 7-8 p.m. Find out of its really possible to read minds! •"So You Want to be a Model": Thursday, October 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. for grades 6-12. More...
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 Events & Bulletin
• CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: FRIDAY, October 5 •New Mother's Support Group: 1:30-3 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip. $50 per family x5 sessions. For info. call 376-4444. More...
• Countywide task force on underage drinking established
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 Obituaries
• article has image Dank Tree Experts owner, Dan Dankenbrink
Daniel H. "Dan" Dankenbrink, the owner of Dank, Inc., a tree care company based in Massapequa for more than 30 years, died suddenly September 3, 2007 at New Island Hospital in Bethpage. The longtime Amityville resident was 55 years old. More...
• Dick Kenny, retired S.C. 1st Precinct Lieutenant
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 Opinion
• We hear the silence from Albany all the way here on L.I.
We'd like to say that we are relieved to see that some New York State lawmakers, specifically from the Assembly Republican Conference, have spoken out against the decision by New York State Gov. More...
• plan is good for our region
• article has image DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
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