Education is prized in Babylon, as evidenced by the major ity of this week's column!

Adrian and Peter DeNigris of Paumanake Avenue are delighted to have all three of their children graduating this spring! Their son, Chris, receives a Masters in Education from Dowling College. Lindsey graduates with a Business Degree from the University of Buffalo, and Kim will graduate from Babylon High School and attend SUNY Oswego in the fall. Chris, Lindsey, and Kim all graduate with honors! Congratulations to the entire DeNigris clan.

Babylon High School's Class of 2009 has many collegebound students. Andy Perez, son of Wendy and Russell Davis, will be attending Tompkins College at Cortland, NY. Joining Andy at Tompkins College is Kito Mizo, son of Sal and Nisreen Mizo, and Sylvia Howard's son, Aaron.

Christina and Chuck Sullivan's son, Michael, will be going to SUNY College at Oneonta, N.Y. Bryan Schweitzer will be studying at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. Bryan's proud parents are Virginia and Tim Schweitzer.

Heading off to SUNY Delhi is Patrick Pietrowski, son of Kolleen and Don. Richie Breen will be heading as far west as you can in the US, attending Hawaii Pacific University. Richie's mom and dad are Felicia and Rich Breen.

Max Lockwood, son of Kelly and Scott, will be going to SUNY Maritime at Ft. Schuyler.

Nanc y and Rich Smith's son, Richie wil l attend Nassau Community College.

Parents, Deb and Lee Bliss, will watch their son, Ryan, depart for the University of Hartford in Connecticut in the fall.

Senior Cory Rugen will attend St. John's University in New York. Cory's mother and father are Lisa and Randy Rugen.

A number of BHS students will be attending Suffolk Community College: Lauren and Steve Rogue's son, James; Miles Fontana, son of Maryclaire and John; Jimmy Kelly, whose parents are Nadine and Billy Kelly. Joining his friends at Suffolk, is Cody Graham, whose parents are Norma and Juan Maldonado.

Old Town Hall at 47 West Main Street will be hosting BaCCA's 20th annual Judged Art Show. The show runs from June 1st through June 6th. Call 587-3696 for information.

Customers of WAMU Bank on Deer Park Avenue and Simon Street have been told that they should expect the bank to close some time in June.

Have you checked the Babylon Village.com website? You can view a short film made in the village, "The Fifth of July". The website also provides you with listings of local happenings.

The 10k Dirty Sock Run is scheduled for August 23rd. The will be the fourth running of the Babylon Village Classic which raises funds to help the Clergy Cluster Food Pantries. In 2008 the Run raised more than $10,000 (or, ironically, 10k)! This year there are lots of local families that need help from the food pantries. To register or find out more about the race, check DirtySockRun.com. To those gardeners out there, this is the time to cut back any Spring-blooming bushes that have finished blooming. These include, forsythia, lilacs, and azaleas. By cutting them back now, you ensure nice blossoms for next spring!

In the "Did You Know?" category: The original Babylon Fire Department was located on the site now occupied by the American Legion. On the opposite side of Grove Place was St. Joseph's Church (where the houses behind Loman's are located).

Results in school distRict's in ouR ReadeRship aReas

school BoaRd Race Nathan King and Kathleen Ward ran unopposed.

Lisa McKeown and Catherine Vukovich won seats on the school board, defeating incumbent Darrell Conway. Michael Greb, Henry Johnson and Laura Gavey won seats.

Robert Marino and Donna Marie Elliott won seats.

Shari Bardash-Eivers, Kathly Lively and Rick Morrison won seats.

Patricia Ames, Donna Hochman and Mary Ellen Cunningham won seats.

Patrick Farrell, Kathleen Jennings, Diane Thiel, Carmine Galletta and Lucy Campasano won seats.

Michael Zotdto and Steven Gellar won seats.