Login Profile Subscribe Get News Updates
December 30, 2009  RSS feed

Click here to download a free MP3 of the song "The Friendly Village by the Bay" by Bruce Jenney.
Hofstra drops football:
Amityville’s Medard and Benjamin forced to play elsewhere
Hofstra football players Everette Benjamin and Steve Medard started their days on December 3 just like they normally would. Things changed quickly, however, when the Amityville graduates each received a text message from a coach about an urgent meeting. More...
Two-family code and zoning issues top final Amityville meeting of '09

The Amityville Village Board held its final meeting for the 2009 year, with Village officials sending out holiday greetings to residents and business owners. It turned, out, however, that the last meeting was also among the longest for the year. More...

2009-2010 Real Property Tax due Jan. 11, 2010

Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter reminds all property owners that if you have not received your 2009-2010 Real Property Tax Statement, you are still responsible for its payment. Please contact your Town’s Receiver of Taxes immediately so that a bill may be mailed to you. More...

 People/Social
• article has image Maria Ostrofsky receives Kiwanis Honorary Membership
Maria Ostrofsky (“Ms.O” as she is affectionately called by her young charges) has received “Honorary Membership” in the Kiwanis Club of Copiague for her outstanding work as a faculty advisor to the Builders Club at the Copiague Middle School. Ms. O has held that position for the past few years and currently fosters a membership of close to 40 members. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Schools/Sports
• article has image Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School students organized their first Spanish Heritage Celebration
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, students at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School organized its first-ever Spanish Heritage Celebration. The event, which was a collaborative effort between the Spanish Club, Intercultural Club, and Conciencia Latina Club, included traditional foods and dances, and original student poetry representing various cultures from Central America. More...
• article has image Amityville public school students participate in work experience program
• article has image Veronica Zieba of Copiague wins grand prize in youth essay contest
>> Click here for all stories
 Columnists
• article has image Pets, Pets, Pets
The last day of the year and the decade is time for New Year’s resolutions and reflection. Dates shouldn’t matter but they do. Despite how shelter insiders promote them, some dogs and cats seem to linger in their runs and cages by no fault of their own. Hope fades. Lonely days and nights stretch on and on. I am not trying hard enough. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Events & Calendar
• Singles Network to meet
Are you over 35? Would you like to share your skills/interests, exchange business cards at business, cultural, discussion raps, network your services, or with the sports minded? Somethingincommon2005@yahoo.com is seeking people to help form dinner/networking socials or private home sharing potluck parties in SuffolkCounty. The group will meet Sun. Jan. 31, 6 p.m. More...
• Queen of the Rosary Academy to hold reunion
• Record CALENDAR
>> Click here for all stories
 Obituaries
• article has image Donald Ketcham, avid boater and lifelong Amityvillian
Longtime Amityville resident and avid boater Donald F. Ketcham died Oct. 11, 2009 in Eustis, Florida. He was 87. He was born Aug. 4, 1922 in Amityville to Wilbur and Pauline Ketcham and lived on Ocean Avenue. The family lived in Amityville for generations and were well-known boaters and lovers of the Great South Bay. Mr. Ketcham served in the U.S. More...
• Carolyn Ann Gebel, graduate of Amityville High School, Registered Nurse
>> Click here for all stories
 Opinion
• Editorial
Burning questions for 2010
We have a few questions we'd like to see answered in 2010. Theyare the little things that sort of creep up and bother you; not burning issues such as is there life afterdeath or what is man's role in the universe. Thequestions we have are more banal. More...
• article has image DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
• article has image Railing against indifference, and hoping for a kinder 2010
>> Click here for all stories
Amityville_Banners