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August 30th, 2007
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Despite an announcement a day earlier that LIPA had abandoned its controversial plan to put up a windfarm off of Jones Beach, Babylon Town officials weren't taking anything for granted. More...

The Babylon Fire Department responded to a car fire on Wednesday at approximately 3 a.m. They were called to FredrickCourt and responding units found a vehicle with its engine compartment ablaze. The vehicle was up against the house and firefighters worked to contain the fire and ensure that it di... More...

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office on Route 110 in is now closed and a new state-ofthe art office has opened in its place in Massapequa, Commissioner David J.Swarts announced this week. "Serving the motoring public of Long Island in the most convenient and efficient manner is a consist... More...

The John Olsen family, of Babylon, celebrated the ordination of Donna Marie (Mrs. John) Olsen into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Sunday, July 1 at Ascension Lutheran Church in Deer Park. More...
Members of St. Joseph's Babylon CYO track team pose with trophies won in the Ron Brown Memorial 400-meter and the Andy Towey Memorial 800-meter competitions held at the St. Boniface Spring Classic track meet in Floral Park on June 9. More...
ONE OF THE BEST PARTIES OF THE SEASON at the Babylon Yacht Club is always the "Afterguard Party" thrown by the senior members of the club, and last Sunday Joan and Bud St. John and Jill and Barry Corbett carried on the great tradition when they hosted the popular affair. More...
Babylon, 24 S. Carll Ave ¥ 669-1624 •Register for a SAT Preparation Workshop: September 10, 17, 23 & October 1 from 6:15-8:45 p.m. $75 pp fee. •Register for Hiking on L.I.: Tuesday, September 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. A lecture & slide show. More...
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: SATURDAY, September 1 •S.C. Gray Panthers: 1 p.m., West Islip Library. Age & youth working for social & economic justice. Speaker: Kevin McCoy about civil rights issues. More...
Mary Elizabeth Ryan Hayward, a well-known Babylon native who taught swimming at the Babylon Yacht Club and was golf tournament winner many times over, died August 18, 2007 at North Shore University Hospital. "She was a wonderful person and a lifelong friend of ours," said Jane Kane, a former Baby... More...