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April 16, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Today's News, April 22, 2008: Eastwood and Price win athletic honors

Two players from the Amityville High School girl's varsity basketball team received awards at the Annual Suffolk County Coaches Dinner held at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook on March 19th. More...

APO Joe Slack honored by Bay Village Civic Association

Amityville Village Police Officer Joe Slack, who was recently promoted to Sergeant, was recognized by the Bay Village Civic Association for his efforts in saving a young girl from a fire that broke out at her home at 77 Coles Ave., Amityville on Ma More...

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Columnists

Pets, Pets, Pets . .

by Joanne Anderson

"To test, or not to test- that is the question." Now that more Towns on Long Island are launching programs to help feral cat caretakers do the N in TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return), it's time to clarify a controversial component- whether or not to test fer More...

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Events & Calendar

Copiague H.S. advances in eleventh season of The Challenge

Following their first-round victory, the academic team from Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School is moving on to the second round in The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students' knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format. More...

Chinese Auction to be held April 25

A Chinese auction will be held at American Legion Post 94, 22 Grove Pl., Babylon, Fri., April 25, 6:30 p.m. The auction is held by American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. The cost is $5. More...

Westminster Concert Bell Choir to perform at Methodist church April 19

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, will present a concert at the First United Methodist Church in Amityville, Sat., April 19, 7 p.m. More...

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Opinion

Journalism has lost a friend

Editorial

Almost two decades ago, I had the opportunity to meet Bob Greene, the former Newsday reporter and editor who helped bring excitement and credibility to Long Island's only daily. More...

U.S. policy in Iraq bolsters terrorists' claims against Americans

Public Comtmentary

Dear Editor: How exactly will "quitting now" in Iraq "set up more 9/11 attacks" when it's been proven again and again that dictator Saddam Hussein's Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with those September 11, 2001 atrocities ("thank our troopos," More...

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS-

by Kevin Eastwood

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Today's news, April 21, 2008 Police investigating sinking of their own boat

The Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau pulled one of their own boats from the water after it sank this afternoon. More...

D'Amaro commission on school efficiency releases report

By Carolyn James

In some ways the long anticipated report by the Suffolk Commission to Evaluate School District Expenses and Efficiency contained information that well, we didn't need a study to figure out, namely that trends in state aid to schools and school dist More...

Accidents at Rte. 110 and E. Smith Street raise concern

For those living and working near the intersection of Broadway and East Smith Street in North Amityville, the sound of screeching brakes is always followed by the disconcerting thud of two cars colliding. More...

Amityville School News

•Melanie Rudnick, a student in the Amityville School District has been selected to attend the University Presidential Inaugural Conference in Washington, D.C. More...

Schools/Sports

Edmund W. Miles Middle School students bring cheer to VA hospital

Students in Karen Fabian's eighth grade art class at Edmund W. More...

100 books were read before December at St. Martin of Tours school, Amityville

Every year Miss Savish's third grade class at St. Martin of Tours School in Amityville tries to meet the "Classrooms Care" challenge offered by Scholastic Books and read 100 books before the end of December. More...

Amityville staff development addresses physical education

With current data and health trends indicating that obesity is on the rise and young people are more sedentary than ever, the Amityville Public School District has taken a proactive approach to this important issue by addressing physical education More...

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Obituaries

Irving Doyle, past commander, Captree Power Squadron, in Amity Harbor

by Tiffany Elliott

Retired engineer, inventor and avid boater, Irving W. Doyle died March 21, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 96 years old. He was born December 22, 1911 to Carrie A. (DeLeRee) and Mason I. in Brooklyn. More...

Amityville's Nicholas Krauszer: dedicated soldier & family man

by Tiffany Elliott

Longtime Amityville resident Nicholas "Nick" R. Krauszer, who had a long and distinguished career with the U.S. Army, died March 24, 2008 at Parkview Nursing Home in Massapequa. He was 89. More...

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PUBLIC NOTICES- Your Right to Know!

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-10 UNDER THE POOLING & SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, More...

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