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April 11th, 2007
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South Bay Elementary School in West Babylon recently held a day of guest readers. Hosted by reading teacher, Elissa Mostransky, parents, teachers and administrators all volunteered their time to illustrate to students the importance of reading. Shown in the photo is Superintendent of Schools Mel Nob... More...

There's more money coming from Albany to Long Island's school districts as the New York State Legislature adopted its 2007-08 budget on time last week. While Gov. Eliot Spitzer's initial proposal called for nominal increases to schools in Nassau and Suffolk, intensive lobbying by Long Island lawmak... More...

Local libraries will be holding their budget and board of trustee votes in the coming weeks. Following is a list of libraries together with pertinent information for voters. Babylon: The library will be holding its vote Wednesday, April 18, for noon to 9 p.m. at the library. The proposed b... More...

Islip Town meetings are being held this year out of Town Hall. The schedule of various locations offers residents a more convenient opportunity to see how town business is conducted, while giving town officials a chance to visit new venues. More...
"X marks the spot." Wish it were that easy to pinpoint the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) clubhouse that was in Babylon from 1884 to circa 1925 (when it burned down). Knowing where would also reveal the site of the flagpole, for at its base lies the tomb of Sensation, WKC's symbolic Pointer. This we... More...
SUNDAY, April 15 +Community Outreach Dinner: 4 p.m., free, Westminster United Presbyterian Church, 109 Udall Road, W. Islip. For info. call 661-6740. +Grandparent's Class: 7-9 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip. For info. call 376-4444. More...
A memorial mass will be held April 14, 2007 for former Massapequa Park native Doretta (Berton) Fredenberg who died February 20, 2007 at her home in California of gastric cancer. She was 49 years old and had grown up on Frances Lane with her sisters. More...
It's been a long, tough road, but a new law to be signed by Gov. Elliot Spitzer, will provide the best measure of protection against violent sexual predators for our children. After years of debate and dispute, the state has adopted a civil confinement law that will keep dangerous sex offenders off... More...
At the Surrogate's Court held in and for the County of Suffolk at the County Center, on the 23 day of MARCH, 2007 PRESENT: HON. JOHN M. CZYGIER, JR., Surrogate - - - - - - X PROBATE PROCEEDING, WILL OF Harold A. Kaufmann, Deceased. - - - - - - X Order r for Service of Process by Publication File No... More...