Northeast Elementary School holds Black History Month celebration
March 14, 2024
Amityville’s Northeast Elementary School pre-k and kindergarten students recently held a performance for their parents during the school’s annual Black History Month program. Directed by music teacher Megan Ashe, students...
Outraged lawmakers seek new bail law after body-parts suspects freed
By Carolyn James | March 14, 2024
New York State Republican senators and assembly members, joined by Babylon Village Mayor Mary Adams and Deputy Mayor Frank Seibert, have introduced a bill to make the dismemberment and concealment...
Babylon Town hosts cybersecurity event for small businesses, non-profits
March 14, 2024
The Town of Babylon recently hosted a cybersecurity event for small local businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Town Councilman and Small Business Committee Chair Anthony Manetta headed up the event and...
Town photographer Steve Gravano honored as employee of the month
March 7, 2024
Babylon Town recently recognized longtime photographer Steve Gravano as employee of the month. Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer made the announcement of the award and Babylon Town Clerk Geri Compitello...
Laundromat-retail store project set to move forward on Albany Ave.
By Carolyn James
Plans are moving forward for the construction of a laundromat and retail stores on an L-shaped parcel of land bordering both Sunrise Highway and Albany Avenue in North Amityville. The...
Assisted by county’s facial recognition system, APD arrests a suspect in Valentine’s Day assault on local 7-Eleven employee
Using Suffolk County’s facial recognition system, Amityville police identified and arrested a man they say beat up a 7-Eleven store employee at 403 Broadway in Amityville on Valentine’s Day. The...
Suffolk County Police searching lake in Peterkin ParkFree Access
Police conducting search of Peterkin Park lake today. Photos by Carolyn James The Suffolk County Police Department’s Underwater Search. And Recovery Unit is at Peterkin Park in Amityville searching the...
Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz to be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will induct award-winning Broadway and movie lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz on March 23 at 7 p.m. The induction ceremony...
Good Samaritan Hospital celebrates St. Francis heart program’s 10th anniversary
Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its St. Francis Heart Center, which provides patients who require complex surgery precision cardiovascular surgical care on...
Cat-ching up on the purrfect storm and some kitty litters
This week’s “Pets” will cover several recent Feline News Flashes: Meeting with Mayor Adams about Babylon Village’s proposed feral feeding ban: At the end of the 2/27 public hearing, crowded...
A feral cat feeding ban is never the answer
Our “Meows” were Heard: When we learned about the proposed Babylon Village feral feeding ban, we notified the Long Island cat contingent. Many thanks to TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) and other cat...
A family’s devoted Terrier was a gift that kept on giving
*Note: This week marks the 41st anniversary of my “Pets” column in the Beacon, and the “Nike Memorial” column (below), first published on 10/12/22, won one of four Newspaper Categories...
Susan C. Johnson, former teacher and longtime resident of Amityville, at 80
Susan C. Johnson, a longtime resident of Amityville, former teacher in the Amityville School District and member of the Woman’s Club of Amityville, died Feb. 23, 2024 at Massapequa Care...
Joseph Randazzo, Lindenhurst legend and Army veteran, at 97
y Carolyn James
After waiting for almost a year to turn 18 so he could join the service, Joe Randazzo enlisted in the U.S. Army. It was June 6, 1944, D-Day. Mr. Randazzo...
Bonnie Gulbrandsen, boater, beach lover and gardener, at 93
Bonnie Gulbrandsen, a former resident of West Babylon and West Islip, was a woman who loved spending time boating on the Great South Bay, water skiing and according to her...
Combining culture and dance in new Copiague HS course
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School in Copiague has launched a new foreign language elective for students this year called “Cultural Dance Explosion.” The goal was to create a course...
Loving literacy at Deauville Gardens West
The first-grade classes at Deauville Gardens West Elementary School are working hard on their reading and writing lessons this year. The students in Ms. Howe’s class recently created a “we...
Park Avenue Memorial Elementary unveils Calming Corner
Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School in Amityville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently to unveil their Calming Corner. The room was designed for students, faculty and staff members to enjoy moments...
A wake up call for legislative sanity
EDITORIALGOP lawmakers, driven to action by the appalling release of four individuals accused of heinous crimes involving the dismemberment and disposal of human remains across Babylon, West Babylon, and Bethpage...
Cherry blossoms are not the only things blooming in Washington
PUBLIC COMMENTARYBy Tom H. Hastings
It's budget season on a permanent basis now. When I was a full-time community organizer I used to love to go to Washington DC in time for the cherry blossoms...
Amityville HS Class of 1968 to 1970 reunion set for the summer
The Amityville High School Class of 1968 to 1970 has been planned for Aug. 23 and 24. The events for this multiclass reunion will begin on Aug. 23 at the...
Your Calendar of Events
Meetings are subject to change without notice. Readers should check online or call to confirm if the meeting is being held and if in person or virtually. THURSDAY, March 14...
Winter Bird Walk to be held at Mill Pond Park, March 17
See the winter birds. Join the South Shore Audubon Society for a bird walk at Mill Pond Park in Wantagh, starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 17. The park...
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AVISO DE LA REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DEL DISTRITO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE AMITYVILLE VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN DEL FIDEICOMISARIO 9 DE ABRIL DE 2024 POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA...
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF BABYLON - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to Chapter 213, Article II of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Babylon, notice is...
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PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE FOR TAXES DUE AND UNPAID TO THE VILLAGE OF AMITYVILLE FOR THE YEAR 2023 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WHEREAS arrears of taxes levied in the...