The 11th annual Good Samaritan Golf Classic raises more than $300,000 to benefit the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation with Heath Care Professional Education being highlighted. This year's honoree was Henry C. Schreiber, Jr., President of Henron Development Corporation as well as a Board of Trustees member. Chairing the event for 2008 and 2009 is William G. More...

Congratulations go to the Girls Minor League Softball team for winning the Silver Bracket of the District 34 Tournament. The girls had a successful summer season and showed consistent improvement from start to finish. The girls ended their season with a 9 - 7 victory over Larkfield to become the champions of the Silver Bracket. Over their last four games they had only three errors in the field with none in the championship game. Coaches Rich Finelli. Jen Freyer, Rob Freyer and Kevin Going coached. Team members are Jamie Calderaro, Jenny Finelli, Samantha Fiore, Emily Freyer, Erin Going, Nicole Holder, Jackie Keane, Katherine Kelly, Allie Necroto, Bridgett Rohl, Alyssa Sasuk and Callie Walsberg. More...

Several unique pet events are coming up in September. The following is a list and further clarification: 1) Mayor's Alliance Low Cost Microchip Clinic at Last Hope Dog Walk-this Sat. Sept. 13, from 1:30 pm to 5:30 p.m. at Wantagh Park (near the dog run). More...

Babylon Library, 24 South Carll Ave. 669-1624 •GED Classes: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. Starting Sept. 11 until June 30. Tuesdays at Babylon library and Thursdays at North Babylon library. •Come hear Poetry in the Village: Sun., Sept. 21 from 2-4 p.m. More...

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: SUNDAY, Sept. 14 •Debtors Anonymous: 6:30 p.m., the Ascension Lutheran Church, 33 Bayshore Rd., Room 9, Deer Park. Free. For info., call 917-319-2819. More...

Lindenhurst printer and longtime resident Calvin T. Reinhardt died at University Hospital in Stony Brook on July 17, 2008. He was 83. He was born on November 21, 1924 in Lindenhurst to William J. and Margaret B.K. (Stipp) Reinhardt and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Most of his life was spent in Lindenhurst, except the last ten when he lived in Westbury. More...

Two forces converged at a hotel in Atlanta last weekend; one was there to glorify God, the other to work for freedom and country. It was a dynamic blend that one person called the work of the angels and the devils. The "angels" were 1,000 members of the Southern Women's Chapter of the Seventh Day Adventists. They were on a religious retreat. More...