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Local store raises community ire over tee shirts
When Kraig Randall walked into Today's Fashion in the Massapequa's Westfield Mall, which sold tee shirts emblazoned with the emblems of his athletic teams and other messages, he was approached by a salesperson there. "Where are you from?" Randall said he was asked. And, when he told the salesperson More...
Families of military personnel enjoy a day at Amityville Reserves
by Carolyn James

For Commander Ed Keeshan, the progress being made in Iraq may not seem very dramatic to Americans, but it is markedly dramatic for the Iraqis who have lived under a brutal regime for generations. More...

Suffolk Sheriff DeMarco Receives U.S. Military Flag

Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, shown left, was recently presented with an American Flag that flew over Iraq with our military forces. The U.S. flag flew over Camp Victory, the Crossed Swords Monument and the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. Col. Cary Pollack of the U.S. Army Reserve, center, a More...

 Schools/Sports
• article has image Amityville Woman's Club Junior League awards scholarships
The Junior League of the Amityville Woman's Club, Inc. awarded scholarships to five new graduates from the Amityville community. The awards of $2,500 each are proceeds from the 2005 Holiday Homes Tour, a festive event sponsored by the Junior League each December to raise funds for scholarships and l More...
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 Columnists
• article has image Pets, Pets, Pets
October is Fire Prevention month with reminders to practice escape drills and check smoke detector batteries. Pets can be fire victims too. Most of us consider our pets family and include them in exit plans, but people usually know enough to leave when a smoke alarm goes off, where pets tend to pani More...
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 Library
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Copiague 50 Deauville Blvd. 631-691-1111 Pediatric nurses and child life specialists from Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center will give a program in pediatric emergencies, Thursday, October 19, 7 to 9 p.m. More...
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 Events & Calendar
• Flu shots available every weekend till December 17 at Westfield Malls
This flu season, adults on Long Island will have the opportunity to get an affordable flu vaccination every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Sunday, December 17 at Westfield South Shore in Bay Shore inside the center by the Sears entrance and Westfield Sunrise in Massapequa on the upper level nea More...
• Flu vaccines
• Health Fair Oct.15
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 Obituaries
• article has image Donald Broadnick: Amityville native & local historian
Lifetime Amityville resident Donald Edward Broadnick, considered by many the village's unofficial historian because he knew so much about the area, died September 8, 2006 at New Island Hospital in Bethpage. He was 93 years old. More...
• Margaret Meyer: dedicated Mother & Grandmother
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 Opinion
• Editorial
Yanks loss is a big win for baseball
The avid Yankee fans and baseball pundits will be analyzing the sorry plight of the Bronx Bombers in 2006 for years to come. They will have a lot more insight and more to say than we ever could here, but an observation we will not let pass is this. After all is said and done, baseball is still a gam More...
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