S.C. Leg. Tom Barraga (R) West Islip recently met with Paule T. Pachter, the executive director of Long Island Cares, Inc. The main purpose of Long Island Cares is to address the needs for emergency food services in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in order to help alleviate hunger. More...

•Brian May, of Babylon, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. •Natalie Johnson, of Babylon, was named to the dean's list in the New house School of Public Communication, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York for the fall 2008 semester. More...

A delighted Marge Voohries has announced the graduation of her granddaughter, Sarah Schneider. Graduating from Cornell University (with honors), Sarah received a BS in Science & Technology, with an emphasis on Forest Ecology. Later this summer, she will begin working on her Masters in Forest Ecology at the University of Maine Orono. More...

Babylon Library, 24 South Carll Ave. 669-1624 •Summer Blood Drive: Mon., June 15 from 2-6 p.m. •Senior Advocate: Tues., June 16 from 2-4 p.m. •Recipes for an Old Fashioned Picnic: Mon., June 22 at 3 p.m. More...

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: FRIDAY, June 12 •New Mother's Support Group: 1:30-3 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. $50 per family, 5 sessions. More...

Former longtime Amityville resident and local U.S. Post Office employee Lillian Steele Miller died April 24, 2009 at University Hospital in Stony Brook. She was 76 and had lived on Virginia Court in Amityville for many years. More...

The Senate switch in Albany giving control back to the Republicans came as quickly and decisively as Tuesday morning's sweeping rainstorm. Hopefully, it will also clear some of the foul air in Albany as well. More...