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August 3, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

Breaking News - 8/9/2011 01:26 PM

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NAFCo battle two house fires

ONE ACCIDENTIAL; THE SECOND UNDER INVESTIGATION
The North Amityville Fire Company responded to two major fires within hours of each other during the early morning hours on Sunday, one at an abandoned home on Essen Drive and the other in an occupied house on Birch Road. More...

Race for Babylon Town Council starts off with some controversy

by Carolyn James

It’s relatively early in the campaign season, but already there have been some verbal salvos lobbed. More...

Amityville ZBA stands firm against 6-foot fences

by Carolyn James

The Amityville Village Zoning Board denied an application for a six-foot fence on a corner piece of property on Guilette Place at its monthly meeting Thurs., July 21. More...

Special Sections

Schools/Sports

Copiague schools announce fall sports physicals

On Thurs., Aug. 11 from noon to 3 p.m., sports physicals will take place in the Copiague Middle School nurse’s office, 2650 Great Neck Rd. More...

Doppy Open Golf Tournament will be held August12

The 34th annual Doppy Open Golf Tournament will be held Fri., Aug. 12 at the Middle Island Country Club beginning at 11:30 a.m. followed by a cocktail hour and dinner. More...

North Shore LIJ nurses hold anti-smoking carnival with Amityville elementary school

On Wed., March 23, thousands of students in every state and around the world spoke up and took action in the fight against smoking during national Kick Butts Day, including about 220 sixth graders from the Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School in Am More...

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Library

At The Library

Copiague 50 Deauville Blvd. 631-691-1111 More...

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Events & Calendar

This week’s Calendar of Events

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...

Organic gardening classes

The is the final opportunity this year to take part in a series of free organic gardening classes which are held by the Town of Babylon Growers Market Project. Classes are Mondays, Aug. 8 and 15, 7 to approximately 8: 30 p.m. More...

Copiague students remember America’s heroes

To celebrate Memorial Day and to honor the memory of the more than 6,000 soldiers who have given their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, students and staff at Walter G. More...

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Legals - Free Access

Public Notices

Your right to know

Notice of Formation of Estero Consulting Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/15/11. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. More...

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Breaking News - 8/8/2011 02:09 PM

Two men shot in Copiague

POLICE ASK FOR PUBLIC'S HELP IN SOLVING CRIME

Mon., Aug. 7, 2011- Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a shooting that injured two men in Copiague Sunday morning. Police gave this account: More...

Two men shot in Copiague

POLICE ASK FOR PUBLIC'S HELP IN SOLVING CRIME

Mon., Aug. 7, 2011- Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a shooting that injured two men in Copiague Sunday morning. Police gave this account: More...

Babylon Town welcomes its wounded warriors

This story contains a video Beneath a blazing sun and temperatures that tipped the 100-degree mark, hundreds of bikers and their supporters came out for the annual Babylon Town Soldier Ride July 22. More...

Amityville Artists Circle gives out Senior Awards

The Amityville Artists Circle presented the Shirley Ilsley Malone Incentive Award to the winners of the portfolio competition among graduating high school art students at Amityville Memorial High School on June 2 , 2011. More...

Good Samaritan Hospital volunteer honored for saving the life of friends mauled by bear

by Jenna Fratello, Tom Strong-Grinsell and Carolyn James

He doesn’t consider himself a hero, and said helping to save the life of four other students of the National Outdoor Leadership School in Alaska after they were attacked by a grizzly bear, was simply a case of applying what he had learned as a More...

People/Social

Amityville’s Special Olympics tennis player Sabrina Walker returns from Greece

Amityville’s Special Olympics tennis player Sabrina Walker, 38, has just returned from Athen’s, Greece where along with 7,500 athletes from 170 countries she competed in the Special Olympics World Games, held every four years. More...

Leg. Gregory hosts “lunch and learn” Alzheimer’s and caregiving program

S.C. Leg. More...

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Columnists - Free Access

Pets, Pets, Pets

While searching for the Westminster Kennel Club in Babylon, it took several years to find out what caused the demise of the elusive Westminster clubhouse. More...

Hot Laps

by Mike Perricone

At Riverhead Raceway on July 16, it was a night for veterans to show youngsters that they could still get the job done. More...

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Obituaries

Nathaniel “Nat” Ober, formerASD Superintendent, marched with MLK

by Tiffany Elliott

Retired Amityville Superintendent Nathaniel “Nat” Ober spent his life as an advocate of equal opportunity and racial integration. More...

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Opinion

Editorial:

Back to the drawing board

The defeat of the proposal to borrow money to partner in the development of an entertainment hub at the Nassau Coliseum has been defeated. The people have spoken and we respect that. More...

Our Country’s two-party system is not serving the interests of America

Dear Editor: More...

Is something wrong with American Justice System?

To the Editor: First the Dominique Strauss-Kahn mishap then the Casey Anthony mishap, then the David Laffer- Melinda Brady mishap and now, the Rupert (“I didn’t know anything about the hackers”) Murdoch mishap. What’s next? More...

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Poll

The DEC plans to mitigate the water contamination from the plume heading into our area from Grumman in Bethpage by filtering it at the well site; the balance will go into waterways and the Great South Bay untreated. Do you agree with the DEC’s plan?