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April 18th, 2007
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Throughout this quirky winter of 2006-2007, the weather has not been a reliable indicator of the season. Unseasonably warm temperatures at Thanksgiving lasted past New Year's Day. Cold temperatures finally arrived in February and the only significant snowfall occurred on St. Patrick's Day. More...

There will be no tax rate increase for Massapequa Park Village residents this year, thanks to a budget that Mayor Jim Altadonna Jr., said kept the municipality "living within our means." "This budget was well planned and conservative while allowing us to provide the same services, programs and eve... More...

Students of Farmingdale's Saltzman East Memorial School celebrated PARP with a "Reading Under the Stars" event. On the evening of March 13th, students and their families gathered in the library for the event. Together the children and their parents read their favorite books. More...

Spring was ushered in a little early at the Bar Harbor Library in Massapequa Park, with a hands-on workshop called Harbingers of Spring. The workshop was led by artist Beth S. Goldberg Tuesday, March 13. More...
Students in Ms. Hecht's home and careers class at Farmingdale's Howitt Middle School recently hand-crafted "Hug Me Teddy Bears" for children in Ghana, Africa. The seventh grade class recently viewed the movie, Pay it Forward, and decided that they would like to perform acts of kindness to reach o... More...
Duke is a model prisoner, a victim of mistaken identity and one helluva dog according to all who really know him. He has no idea a judge sentenced him to death for "alleged" attacks on animals, or that his supporters have been trying desperately to save him or, worse, that despite rallies, petition... More...
Massapequa 523 Central Avenue 798- 4607 Massapequa Park 40 Harbor Lane 799- 0770 +The Harbor Lane Library offers programs on an ongoing basis including aerobics and toning classes, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.; Tournament Scrabble, Mondays, 11 a.m..; Let's Talk, a discussion group for s... More...
The first of eight Household Hazardous Waste Disposal programs (S.T.O.P.-Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) and Electronic Waste Collection days for Oyster Bay Town residents only is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, according to Town Councilman Anthony D. Macagnone. More...
Barbara (Bunnell) Koster, who grew up in Amityville in one of the area's founding families, died February 19, 2007 at York Hospital, Pennsylvania after a valiant battle with cancer. She was 76 years old and had lived on Ocean Avenue in Amityville for about 25 years, according to her cousin Peggy Cr... More...
Thank you to the Village of Massapequa Park for replacing those dull pedestrian warning signs along Park Boulevard. In a recent editorial, we pointed out that the signs were not visible at night. More important, at dusk, with the lights from the oncoming traffic, they posed a hazard. The bright, g... More...
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU - NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, AGAINST JEANNE M. BUCKING, ET. AL., Defendant(s). More...