April 3, 2008 RSS feed / Events & Bulletin

Stern honors Half Hollow Hills Sieman Award winners

S.C. Leg. Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD awarded Siemens scholars with Proclamations at a recent Half Hollow Hills Board of Education meeting. More...

Pumpkin Fest coming

Vendor applications are being accepted for PumpkinFest 2008 held at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center in Yaphank. PumpkinFest is a fundraiser for educational programs Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County . More...

Annual MADD Walk coming June 1; registration underway

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announced recently that its' signature fundraising 5K walk, Walk Like Madd, formerly known as Strides for Change, will be held on June 1 at Farmingdale State College. Everyone is invited. More...

Congressman Israel hosting meeting on stimulus payment

Congressman Steve Israel will be holding a Tax Help Town Hall Meeting at Deer Park High School (30 Rockaway Avenue) April 5 at 11 a.m. More...

Chapbook celebration April 19th in Bay Shore

A First Chapbook celebration will be held Sat. April 19, 7 p.m. to honor award-winning local Long Island poet Millie Eckhoff at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Rd., Bay Shore. More...

BaCCA offering program on Latin, ballroom dancing

The Babylon Arts Council is offering a Latin and Ballroom Dance Class, "Learn to Dance the Easy Way" with Rico. Salsa, meringue, rumba, cha-Cha, waltz, and fox trot your way to fun, fitness, style, and grace. More...

AHRC Chinese auction

The Suffolk Auxiliary of the Suffolk Chapter, Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) will host its annual Chinese auction, Thurs., April 17, at AHRC, 2900 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Bohemia, in the multi-purpose room. More...

Civil War program at Bethpage Restoration

Company "E" of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment will return to Old Bethpage Village Restoration on April 5 and 6 for its annual Civil War-era "School of the Soldier" program, announced Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. More...

Long Island artist work on exhibit in Bay Shore

Long Island artist Steven Ceraso's Welded Steel Sculpture entitled Deconstructive Forms, opens to the public at the Historic Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space, 17 Second Ave., Bay Shore on April 6 from 2 - 5 p.m. More...

THE BEACON'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: SATURDAY, April 5 •Suffolk County Gray Panthers: 1 p.m., The West Islip Library. For info., call 736-7875. More...

North Babylon Youth Center offering basketball camp this summer

The North Babylon Community Youth Center is offering weekly basketball camps, run by professional basketball players and coaches from the New York Wizards. More...

Babylon honor students paint portraits of Nicaraguan orphans

Could you imagine not having one keepsake to call your own? Well, that is the case for many of the orphans living around the world. More...

Babylon Tuna Club offers striped bass seminar

The Babylon Tuna Club will present Captain Al Lorenzetti who will give a seminar on striped bass fishing, Fri., April 25, 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 22 Grove Pl., Babylon Village as part of the Club's membership drive. More...

DPHS to host college fair Mon., April 7

Deer Park High School will be hosting its annual College Fair located at 1 Falcon Pl., April 7, 7 to 9 p.m.. More...

WISD College Fair April 10

West Islip School District and the High School Counseling Office are sponsoring a College Awareness Day and Fair on Thurs., April 10. All faculty, students and staff are encouraged to wear clothing that features college logos on that day. More...

Register now for MS Walk

The National MS Society Walk will be held Sun., May 4 at Belmont State Park and Jones Beach State Park. The event begins at 10 a.m. More...

Knights of Columbus Chinese auction set

The Knights of Columbus Council at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst will host a Chinese auction to benefit its many charities. The auction will be held Sun., April 13, 2 p.m. in the Council Chambers. More...

Half Hollow Hills Library budget vote April 8

The Half Hollow Hills Community Library is holding its annual budget vote and Trustee election Tues., April 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Dix Hills building, 55 Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. More...

Vendors wanted for spring festival at St. Paul's Church

Craft vendors are wanted for a spring festival with music, games and food to be held Sat., May 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Paul's Reformed Church, 158 Phelps Ln., North Babylon. More...

Our Lady of Consolation Celebration of Life ball set

On Thurs. June 26, Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitative Care Center will host its 14th annual Celebration of Life Ball at Southward Ho Country Club in Bay Shore. This year Rev. Msgr. James C. More...