February 16, 2012 RSS feed / Events & Bulletin

Support offered for children with changing families

There are still openings for the support group at Family Service League geared towards children coping with changing families. More...

Town of Islip Supv. Croci visits Town’s compost facility to examine disposal of Christmas trees

Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci met with Commissioner Eric Hofmeister at the Town’s compost facility to examine the Town’s disposal of Christmas trees. More...

This week’s Calendar of Events

The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: MONDAY, February 20 •St Monica’s Guild of Suffolk meeting: 1 p.m., West Islip Library, 3 Higbie Lane, W. Islip. For info., call 631-581-0466. More...

BVAC participates in Rotational Art Program

In its continuing partnership with Astoria Federal Savings, the Babylon Village Arts Council announced that its artist members will be participating in the Rotational Art Program at the bank located at 180 West Main St., Babylon Village. More...

Deer Park Community Center spring programs

The Deer Park Community Center, 41 Homer Avenue, Deer Park is offering programs for the spring. More...

Sup. Schaffer and T.O.B. 24th annual Black History Month Program Feb. 25

Supervisor Richard Schaffer and the Town of Babylon Department of Human Services will host the 24th Annual Black History Month Program, Black Women in American Culture and History, Sat., Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...

Lions Club fashion show and Chinese auction May 10

The Suffolk South Shore Lions Club will hold its 27th annual fashion show and Chinese auction, Thurs., May 10, at Villa Lombardi’s, Holbrook. Doors open 6:30 p.m. and dinner begins at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $38 per person. More...

Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society has programs beginning Feb. 18

The Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society has programs coming up. On Sat., Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to noon, the Fire Island National Seashore’s Great Backyard Bird County will be held at the Fire Island Lighthouse and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. More...

Keep Islip Clean hosts community fundraiser Mar. 2

The second annual Keep Islip Clean (KIC) community fundraiser will be hosted by the Suburban Brothers Band, Fri., March 2, 6 to 10 p.m. at Lilly Flanagan’s, 528 Main St., Islip. All proceeds will go to a KIC project in Islip Hamlet. More...

Autism Speaks Long Island and AHRC Suffolk host first Arctic Splash March 3

Autism Speaks Long Island and AHRC Suffolk will host their first Arctic Splash on Sat., March 3 at the Bay Shore Marina, South Clinton Street, Bay Shore. Arctic Splash registration will start at 8:30 a.m. and the plunge will begin at 10 a.m. sharp. More...

WB PTA Chinese Auction March 9

On Fri., March 9, the West Babylon Junior High School PTA will hold it’s fifth annual Chinese auction at 200 Old Farmingdale Rd., West Babylon. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the first ticket will be drawn at 7 p.m. More...

St. Catherine of Siena seeks receptionist volunteers

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Babylon Lions Club pancake breakfast Mar. 25

The Babylon Lions Club 43rd annual pancake breakfast will be held Sun., March 25, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Babylon Memorial Grade School, 169 Park Ave., Babylon. More...

Good Samaritan blood drive Feb. 27

Walter Baraclough donates blood at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center several times a year. More than 10 years ago, his wife was told she could no longer be a blood donor due to a medical issue. This motivated Baraclough to donate even more. More...

WWII Photographer to share newsreel footage March 14

The Historical Society of Islip Hamlet is offering a program on Wed., March 14, 7 to 9 p.m. at Marconi Manor, 333 Moffitt Blvd., Islip. More...

Leg. Stern urges seniors to file for tax savings

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD, Chairman of the Veterans and Seniors Committee, is urging those 65 and older with a limited income in the Town of Huntington and Town of Babylon to file for New York State’s property More...

Great South Bay Audubon Society meet Feb. 16

The Great South Bay Audubon Society will meet, Thur., Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The program will be The Wildlife Around Us presented by photographer Laura Eppig. More...

Foreign Trade Zone celebrates 30th anniversary

Former Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan joined members of the Town of Islip Foreign Trade Zone for the FTZ’s 30th anniversary, a breakfast titled “FTZ-52, 30 Years Later, Destination for Long Island’s Imports.” More...

Long Island Dahlia Society class Feb. 16

The Long Island Dahlia Society will hold a special beginner’s class, Dahlias 101, Thurs., Feb. 16, 7 p.m. at the Carriage House in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum on Montauk Highway, East Islip. More...

Dominican Village St. Patrick’s Day celebration March 16

Dominican Village will host a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, Fri., March 16, 6:30 to 11 p.m. in the Helen Butler, O.P. Hall located on the property of the Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse, 565 Albany Ave., Amityville. More...

Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence hotline

The Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence offers immediate assistance through its 24-hour hotline for court and policy advocacy, legal services, group and individual counseling, employment program and shelter. More...

Science of Spirituality Meditation Center meditation series begins March 6

The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will offer a six-part meditation series with speaker Andrew Vidich, PhD, Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20 and 27 and April 3 and 10, 7:30 to 9 p.m. More...

Synergy Ensemble Theatre Company presents Next Fall Feb. 24-25 and March 2-3

The Synergy Ensemble Theatre Company will present Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts. Next Fall takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. Evening performances are Fri., Feb. 24; Sat., Feb. More...

Rutgers University offers program on Meditation and Conscious Living Mar. 31

Jim Rose, M Ed., Rutgers University, will offer a program on Meditation and Conscious Living, Sat.., March 31, 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Science of Spirituality Medicorporation. tation Center, 79 County Line Rd., Amityville. The program is free. More...

Wounded Warriors comic book drive through Feb. 29

A comic book drive for Wounded Warriors at Bethesda Hospital is underway through Feb. 29. The public is being asked to donate new or gently used comic books to hospitalized wounded U.S. veterans returning from war. Items may be dropped off at S.C. More...

Leg. Stern urges area residents to file for Basic and Enhanced STAR exemptions

S.C. Leg. Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD, chairman of the Veterans and Seniors Committee, is urging all Town of Huntington and Town of Babylon residents to file for New York State’s School Tax Relief (STAR) Program. More...

S.C. Leg. Stern urges volunteers to file for tax savings

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD is urging those qualified enrolled volunteers with at least five years of active service in the Town of Huntington and Town of Babylon to file for New York State’s real property tax e More...

Irish storyteller at Conklin House March 4

The Conklin House, 280 Deer Park Ave., Babylon Village, will be hosting Irish storyteller Jim Hawkins in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Sun., March 4, 3 to 4:30 p.m. More...

Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop 371 spaghetti dinner March 10

Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop 371 will hold their annual spaghetti dinner and silent auction fundraiser, Sat., March 10 at St. Luke’s R.C. Church, 266 Wicks Rd., Brentwood. Dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. More...

Wanted: Amity and Massapequa runners

The 15th annual Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid Kings Park 15 Kilometer Run will be held Sat., March 24, 9 a.m. starting at the New Discovery Elementary School, Lawrence Road, Kings Park. More...

Poll

The DEC plans to mitigate the water contamination from the plume heading into our area from Grumman in Bethpage by filtering it at the well site; the balance will go into waterways and the Great South Bay untreated. Do you agree with the DEC’s plan?