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August 19, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Trying to catch up with the summer of '09

By Joanna Fantozzi, Katherine Capon
As the dark clouds and torrential rain of June and early July lifted, residents began to flock to local parks and pools. It was a chance to make up for some lost summer, said many summer-deprived Long Islanders. More...

County to consider outlawing tanning beds for minors

By Carolyn James

The Suffolk County Legislature is expected to consider a bill this week to prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from using tanning beds. The mea­sure, to be introduced by S.C. Leg. More...

Special Sections

Columnists - Free Access

Pets, Pets, Pets

by Joanne Anderson

This is a plea for one particu­lar Pit Bull, lost in a sea of canine clones, struggling to be noticed again. For a brief time, the Pit lived with someone completely devoted to him. More...

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Events & Calendar

Classic Car and Bike Show to be held September 13

The Long Island Cruizin For a Cure Classic Car and Bike Show will be held Sun., Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. assisted by Still Cruizin Car Club at the Capital One Building, 275 Broadhollow Rd., Melville at Long Island Expressway and Route 110. More...

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...

Doppy Open Golf Tourney September 26th

The 32nd annual Doppy Open Golf Tournament will be held Sat., Sept. 26 at the Cherry Creek Golf Course in Riverhead beginning at 12:30 p.m. followed by a cocktail hour and dinner. More...

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Opinion

Editorial

Our losses are too great to give up the fight against drunk driving

The number of tragic deaths recently that are directly attributable to drunk drivers is a sober reminder that despite all that our soci­ety has done to curb this behavior, too many continue to drink and get behind the wheel of a car. More...

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

by Kevin Eastwood

Full Story

Uncapping new bottle bill now will hurt industry and consumers

To the Editor: We are extremely disappointed with the lifting of the injunction on the expanded bottle bill provisions. More...

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Rotary Meets

The Amityville Rotary Club held its installation din More...

In the News

The 2009 Town of Babylon Third Annual Surf Fishing Tournament, hosted by TheStriper Surf Club, will be held Fri., Sept. 18, 6 p.m. to Sun., Sept. 20, noon. More...

People/Social

Amityville Educator receives 2009 Human Rights Award

One of the most important jobs of an educator is to promote human rights within the school and surrounding community. At Amityville Memorial High School, staff members take their role and its impact on students seri­ously. More...

Amityville Middle School Career Fair Lays Out Options

Thanks to the efforts of district Director of Guidance Patricia Hausfeld, the Edmund W. Miles Middle School guidance depart­ment, administrators, teachers and other staff members, More...

Copiague Middle School Inducts 60 into National Junior Honor Society

Continuing a longstand­ing tradition of excellence, the Copiague Middle School recently inducted 60 sev­enth and eighth-grade stu­dents into the National Ju­nior Honor Society (NJHS), which marks the largest number of students ever More...

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Obituaries

Miles Kucera, founding member of the Suffolk Federal Credit Union

Suffolk Federal Credit Union sadly announces the sudden passing of Miles Kucera, one of the founding members of the credit union on July 31. More...

Ralph Lombardi, Jr., worked at Brunswick Hospital in Amityville

Former longtime Amityville resident Ralph Lombardi, Jr. died July 6, 2009 in Sayville where he had lived. He was 54. He had worked for many years in the former Brunswick Hospital in Amityville. More...

Alex Montgomery, worked in Farmingdale

by Tiffany Elliott

Lifelong Amityville resident Alexander Montgomery died suddenly July 13, 2009 at his Ocean Avenue home. He was 52 and the son of former Amityville Village Justice James Montgomery. He was born Jan. More...

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Legals - Free Access

Legal Notice

NOTICE is hereby giv­en that an order entered by the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, on the 6th day of August, 2009, bearing Index No. 97-27405, a copy of which may be examined at the officeof the clerk, located at 310 Center St. More...

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