Babylon School District moves forward to terminate two teachersFree Access
By Alena Berenblatt
The Babylon School District has suspended two employees with pay who had been reassigned to home as of Nov. 2021. The Babylon Board of Education voted at its January 23...
John’s Crazy socks Supports Good Samaritan University Hospital
John’s Crazy Socks, a Farmingdale business with customers across the country and around the world, recently donated a check to Good Samaritan Hospital, thanking them for all they do. John...
Copiague man seriously injured while riding bikeFree Access
Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a bicyclist in Copiague Monday night at approximately 6:20 p.m. Police gave this account...
St. John the Baptist DHS hosts annual “Pack-Out” for the Troops
This week, St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School hosted a “Pack-Out” for the Troops; an event in which current students are joined by members of the local community to...
New members installed at Brumidi Lodge
The Constantino Brumidi Lodge #2211 of Deer Park installed four new members during their January General Membership Meeting. Pictured are new members Kristine Sbarra, Debra Magliano, Lodge President Sabrina Savino,...
The Islip Rotary Club hosts speakers from Paws of War
Recently the Rotary Club of Islip hosted speakers from Paws for War, an organization that helps honors and supports veterans, active military members, and first responders with services that enrich...
Bay Friendly Yards: The Three Essential Elements
Long Island invented the suburban lawn. Fields of green with ornamental bushes brought in from all over the world. All manner of care was required -- watering, fertilizing, pesticides --...
Remembering Massapequa’s own abstract artist, Dagger ‘DogVinci’
By Julianne Mosher
Long Island is known for its extended list of celebrities, but one in particular captured the hearts of people around the world. He was Dagger “DogVinci” a black Lab/Golden Retriever...
Pets, Pets, Pets
As the weeks approach February 24th, which will be the 40th anniversary of my “Pets” column in the Babylon Beacon, there will be excerpts from columns first published each decade....
This Week at Your Public Library
Babylon Library, 24 S. Carll Ave. • 669-1624 •Games in the Afternoon: Mondays, 1 - 4 p.m. The community room will be set aside for board games. Bring a friend,...
Russell Dylan Squires, Copiague High School graduate, at 53
Russell Squires would frequently text his older siblings with a simple text saying “hi” or “I love you.” “He had just spent Christmas with us,” said his sister Myra Squires....
Mildred Irene Driscoll Kroecker, longtime resident of West Babylon and local volunteer, at 96
Mildred Driscoll was born in West Babylon, a community she lived in for most of her life and one that she loved dearly. “She was so proud of her hometown,”...
Theodore T. Everitt Jr., resident of Babylon, Army veteran, at 93
Theodore T. Everitt Jr., a resident of Babylon died January 7, 2023 , just shy of his 94th birthday. He was born January 16,1929 to Theodore and Eleanor Field Everitt...
Lindenhurst students place in patriotic essay contest
Five Lindenhurst Middle School students placed in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriots Pen essay contest. James Michael Kelly and Katerina S. Rueb earned first place, Mohammad H. Tariq earned...
Evan Attrino: From the trainer’s table to the state championship
After several years of frustrating injuries that held him back, Deer Park High School runner Evan Attrino had a fantastic 2022 cross-country campaign. Attrino was named captain of the team,...
Please mmeet some of our local Scholars….
•Marquess Pusey of West Babylon has received the white coat at NYIT. •Valeria Diazgrandados of West Islip has artwork featured at SUNY Oneonta. •Kevin Akalski of West Babylon has been...
Peddling some justice for kids on bikes
EDITORIALOn Sunday afternoon, we happened to be caught in the midst of a large group of young bicyclists in Babylon Village who were doing what kids have done for generations—gathering...
PUBLIC COMMENTARY: Santos: Checking all the Politically Correct Boxes
By Sandi Brewster-walker
The 118th U. S. Congress has a new Republican member, 34-year-old, George Santos, also known as George Anthony Devolder Santos, Anthony Zabrovsky, or George Devolder, but whatever his name is,...
Upcoming meetings
•There will be a meeting of the Babylon Town Board held on Wednesday, February 15...
This Week’s Calendar of Events
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week:...
This Week’s Calendar of Events
The following is a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week:...
Public Notices –
Your right to knowVILLAGE OF BABYLON,NEW YORKPLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat on January 24, 2023,the Board of Trustees ofthe Village of Babylon, inthe County of Suffolk, NewYork, adopted a bond resolution entitled:“Bond Resolution of theVillage...
Public Notices –
Your right to knowREFEREE'S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF9, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES...
Mayor E. Donald Conroy Scholarship applications now available
Students will find the application for the Mayor E. Donald Conroy Scholarship at their high school’s Guidance Office; their high school’s website; the Village of Babylon website; and the MEDCSF...
POLICE BLOTTER
February 2, 2023
The following incidents have been reported by the Suffolk County Police and other local police and fire departments. CREDIT CARD THIEF BEING SOUGHT West Babylon: Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and...