State Senator Owen H. Johnson (4th Senate District, Babylon), Chairman of the Finance Committee, recently had the honor of meeting Jason Callahan of West Babylon in his Albany legislative office. Callahan, a student at Suffolk Community College, was honored recently with the prestigious SUNY Chanc... More...
Three first-time school board candidates in West Babylon defeated three incumbents last week following a heated race. Voters in West Babylon also approved their annual school budget with a vote of of 1517 to 835. Challenged for their seats and eventually defeated were longtime trustees Lucy Campa... More...
Edward Langone, Robert Vitiello and Ray Doran were elected to the Lindenhurst School Board on Super Tuesday, May 15. In addition, Lindenhurst voters approved their school budget, 1987-1689, and according to Superintendent Neil Lederer, everybody was pleased. More...
Adhi Sharma, MD, recently joined the staff of Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center as the Chairman of Emergency Medicine. In this role, Dr. Sharma will be responsible for providing leadership and accountability for the pediatric and adult emergency department, as well as the emergency medicine r... More...
Here's a look at the latest sports action for the schools in the coverage area of the Beacon and Record (all facts and figures as of May 14): Amityville The baseball team is 1-15 and hasn't won a game since April 18, its only win of the season. More...
Throughout history cats have sparked social conscience and creativity in the greatest of minds. To DaVinci “the smallest feline was a masterpiece”; to Schweitzer “music and cats were the two means of refuge from the misery of life”; to Hemingway “a cat had absolute honesty.” Edgar Allan Poe and Sir ... More...
Babylon K-6 PTA recently held its annual Evening of Lip Sync program on March 29. The children dressed up and performed their favorite songs while lip syncing. More...
Marjorie Stecher (nee St. Armand), who was born and raised in Babylon, died April 26, 2007 at her home in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. She was 92 years old. A Babylon High School and Albany State Teacher's College graduate, for many years she worked as an assistant in a New York City ophthalmologist's o... More...
Let's preface this editorial by saying, no, in fact we do not expect this country to round up 12 million illegal aliens, put them on boats and planes and deport them back to their own countries. And neither do most Americans. More...
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