Joe Votinelli, of the Massapequa Soccer Club, was recently presented with the Sportsmanship Coach of the Year from the Long Island Junior Soccer League. More...
Congressman Pete King presented the commissioners of the North Massapequa Fire Department with a replica of a check representing a $227,316 federal grant award which the department is receiving from the Department of Homeland Security for protectiv More...
St. Rose of Lima School's seventh grade took part in a Diocesan sponsored Technology Day held at Adventureland, in Farmingdale. The students were required to find out how the rides operated and answer questions related to particular rides. More...
S t . David's Lutheran Church's cooking group known as "The Soup Spoilers" cooked up 20 gallons of lentil soup for the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) located in the Freeport Church of God Community Center, 146 Babylon Tpke., Freeport. More...
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: THURSDAY, April 24 •Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting: 8 p.m., Simpson Methodist Church, 30 Locust Ave., Amityville. Open meeting. For info., call 24-hr. More...
Bideawee, one of the nation's oldest humane animal organizations, invites you to its Furry Friends Festival, Sat., April 26, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sun., April 27, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bideawee's Wantagh adoption center, 3300 Beltagh Ave., Wantagh. More...
Massapequa Council of PTAs will present a Meet The Candidates program, Thurs., May 1, 7:30 p.m. in the Massapequa High School auditorium, 4925 Merrick Rd., Massapequa. More...
One can only imagine the anguish of the parents of 18-year-old Columbia South Carolina student Ryan Schallenberger went through in making the gutwrenching decision to turn their son in to police. More...
Teachers oppose unfair standards, not accountability
Dear Editor: Standardized tests are the wrong instruments for determining what makes a good teacher. As president of the Amityville School Board, Michele Sikhrangkur should know that. (See Letters, April 9, 2008. More...
A proposed 13-mile South Shore bike way that would link the Bethpage and the Jones Beach Bike paths is being called unsafe by local leaders because, they said, it runs through busy streets. "This is a real safety and traffic issue... More...
Jonathan Sole from Massapequa and a student at Plainedge High School, was chosen to compete for a $50,000 college scholarship at the 2007-08 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administe More...
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wett, of Amityville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Bailey Wett, to Edward Raymond Quinn III, son of Mr. Edward Quinn Jr. and Ms. Maureen Quinn of Rockville Centre. More...
Ann and John Pianese of Massapequa Park recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. John is retired from the Garden City Post Office. he is currently working part-time for Catholic ties. More...
Search for Sensation: The Westminster Shooting House, Up Close and Personal
by Joanne Anderson
Members of the Westminster Kennel Club spent 24 years in Babylon. They didn't hold their famous dog shows here. Instead, these moneyed men bred and ran their prized pups, and also hosted pigeon shoots for members, clubhouse. More...
Longtime South Farmingdale resident and retired engineer, Edward Jayson, died March 15, 2008 after battling cancer. He was 75 years old and will be remembered for his zest for life, according to his family. More...
Longtime North Massapequa resident Rose Josephine Bertelle, who loved her family and lived life to the fullest, died suddenly March 28, 2008 in Lake Arrowhead, California surrounded by her family. She was 85 years old. More...