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February 26, 2009 / Front Page

Today's news: Monster storm hits Long island

A storm, quickly called the More...

Deer Park Middle School students journey to the unknown

Deer Park's Robert Frost Middle School students recently conducted a videoconference with the Ward Melville Heritage Organization and National Grid Foundation. More...

L.H.S. approves Bible Club after controversy

By Lena Pennino

After four months of delays, a Lindenhurst student will now be allowed to host a Bible Club at the high school. More...

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Pets, Pets, Pets

by Joanne Anderson

The second annual Metropolitan Dog Club (MDC) "Best In Show Brunch" on Feb.11th revolved around the 133rd Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) Dog Show and around "Stump"- America's new top dog. More...

SPRING IS HERE. Well it's almost here now that Southward Ho is open again after its six-week winter vacation. They celebrated with a Valentine's Day dinner party last Saturday night, and every seat in the large dining room was taken. More...

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Events & Bulletin

THE BEACON'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: SUNDAY, March 1 •Debtors Anonymous: 6:30 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 33 Bay Shore Rd., Room 9, Deer Park. Free. For info., call 917-319-2819. More...

NY Islanders encourage reading

On Oct. 21, New York Islanders Joey MacDonald and Thomas Pock visited West Islip's Manetuck Elementary School to celebrate New York Islander Literacy Day, a program created to encourage young children to read. More...

Coalition Against Domestic Violence program and supportive service

The Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers a comprehensive program of shelter and non-residential supportive services for victims of dating and domestic violence. More...

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Today's news: Bone Marrow drive to help young woman

Teresa Zultowski Marshall, 31 suffers from MDS, a rare bone marrow disease, and is in need of a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. More...

Campaign for Babylon Village elections kicks off

Condition of Village Pool subject of debate between candidates

By Carolyn James

Darrell Conway, a candidate running for a seat on the Babylon Village Board against incumbent Trustees Alice Vanderbilt and Kevin Muldowney is diving right into the issues. More...

Copiague man charged with lewdness in front of MS students

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Copiague man for committing lewd acts in front of several middle school students. First Squad detectives began the investigation Wed., Feb. More...

Fire on Litchefield Avenue damages home; no injuries

A fire broke out at a home at 21 Litchefield Ave., Babylon last week, but a quick stop by Babylon firefighters limited most of the damage to a second floor bedroom of the home, which was occupied by a mother and her teenaged daughter. More...

Schools/Sports

West Islip HS senior accepts Lacrosse scholarship

West Islip High School senior Ian Braddish recently signed a letter of intent with the University of North Carolina to play lacrosse on a lacrosse scholarship. More...

Deer Park students use creativity for change

The Deer Park School District was represented by nine students at New York State Assemblyman Andrew P. Raia's There Ought to Be a Law Poster Contest Award Ceremony. Students from John F. More...

Lindenhurst Bulldogs season rocks

The Lindenhurst Bulldogs football team had a successful 2008 season, reaching the Suffolk County Division I Championship Game at Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium. More...

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Obituaries

Longtime local attorney and West Islip resident Jane Roberts Garvey

by Tiffany Elliott and Tracy Bongianni

As the first woman graduate of Columbia Law School, Jane Roberts Garvey went on to achieve many other singular accomplishments in her life, including becoming one of the most influential women of Zonta International, a global organization of execut More...

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Legals

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPE- CIAL MEETING OF WEST BABYL PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of West Babylon Union Free School District will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, between the More...

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