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August 5, 2009 / Front Page

Lang, Quintyne and Dearing honored at Amityville Rotary Club GOL Gala

Amityville Village resident and 50-year firefighter, Ken Lang, was honored by the Amityville Rotary Club at its annual Gift of Life Gala. More...

Soldiers' Angels fund-raiser

Soldiers' Angels, a national organization of volunteers that supports our troops, veterans, families of the military and the wounded, is hosting a summer fund-raiser Aug. 9. More...

Attention Summer Readers: Reporting charts due August 7th

For readers registered for the Summer Reading Program at the Amityville Library, the circus is calling and the Library is reminding all readers and readto me participants that final reporting and recorded charts are due by 5 p.m. on Fri., Aug. More...

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Pets, Pets, Pets

by Joanne Anderson

Search for Sensation Continues: Biplanes and Sensation, the world's most famous Pointer…How do they connect? More...

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Library

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Copiague 50 Deauville Blvd. 631-691-1111 •Tai Chi will be offered Mondays, Aug. 17 and 24, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Loose, comfortable clothing should be worn. •The Friday Night Coffee House Concert will feature Nina Et cetera, Fri., Aug. More...

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Events & Calendar

Record CALENDAR

The following is a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week. Readers should know that meetings are subject to change without notice. More...

Annual Caitlin Boyle Memorial Bike Ride set for August 16

The4th annual Caitlin Boyle Memorial Bike Ride is set for Sun., Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. Thebike ride totals 6 miles and begins and ends at the Park Avenue parking lot of the Babylon Grade School in Babylon Village. More...

Vendors Wanted...

Fall craft fair Sept. 26 Crafts vendors are wanted for the annual fall craft fair of Westminster United Presbyterian Church, 109 Udall Rd., West Islip to be held Sat., Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Therain date is Sat., Oct. 3, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. More...

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Opinion

Health plan proposal is just another government clunker

President Barack Obama responded to a question about a portion of his health-care proposal dealing with the chronically ill saying he would not want to be placed on life support at the end of his life, nor would he want to have seen his grandmother More...

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

—by Kevin Eastwood

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Amityville library's priority is patron service

Dear Editor: It was heartening to see the special report on public libraries which appeared in the July 22nd issue, but it was disappointing that our own public library did not appear until the end of the article and with no mention of our activi More...

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Amityville's Price, North Babylon's Green headed to NBA

By Chris R. Vaccaro

Long Island was well represented in this year's NBA draft. The Indiana Pacers selected Amityville's A.J. Price with the 52nd overall pick out of the University of Connecticut. North Babylon's Danny Green - who played high school ball at St. More...

In the Ne ws

In the 19th century, a popular form of entertainment involved listening to fiddle tunes and dancing to the calls of the local dance-master. More...

Duck Troy Cate assigned to Toronto Double A team

Ducks pitcher Troy Cate was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays organization and assigned to their Double-A affiliate in New Hampshire. He won seven games, had a 3. More...

Obituaries

Snug Harbor Resident: Grace Durso

by Tiffany Elliott

Longtime Amityville resident and loving mother and wife Grace S. Durso died June 24, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn. She was 87. She was born Aug. 7, 1921 in Brooklyn to George and Minerva (Leudesdorf) Harmon. More...

Amityvillian Nancy DeMoore

Longtime Amityville resident Nancy E. DeMoore died June 25, 2009 at Hospice Inn in Melville, New York. She was 77 years old. She was born May 4, 1932 to Ralph and Clara (Puchner) Thomas and later spent her life caring for her own home and family. More...

Rosalie Beck, Copiague resident for 35 years and St. Martin of Tours parishioner

By Joanna Fantozzi

When Rosalie Beck's granddaughter was getting married, Mrs. Beck was honored when her granddaughter asked her to be a member of her bridal party. Her granddaughter always felt as if her grandmother was one of her best friends, said Mrs. More...

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Public Notices

Notice of formation of ADAM BROOK, M.D., PH.D., P.L.L.C. a NYS LLC Formation field with SSNY on 05/22/09, Off. Loc.: Suffolk Co. SSNY designated as agt. Of LLC, upon whom process may be served. More...

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