POST CALENDAR OF EVENTS
      The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: THURSDAY, January 17 •Town of Oyster Bay Planning Advisory Board Meeting: 7 p.m. Town Board hearing room, Town Hall East, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay. For further info., call 624-6380.
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Congregation Beth-El to hold Tu Bishvat celebration Jan. 20
      Congregation Beth-El will be celebrating Tu Bushvat with a community seder on Sun., Jan. 20, 10 a.m. Tu Bishvat, which means "the 15th of the month of Shvat," is the New Year for trees. Its early origins were to serve as a reminder to tithe one's first crops and send them to the ancient Holy Templ...
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Train Show Fundraiser to be held Jan. 19th
      Mark your calendar and plan on bringing the entire family to the Bethpage High School PTSA train show and gift fair spectacular, to be held at Bethpage High School, Stewart Avenue, Jan. 19. The train show is from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the gift fair is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Register for theater classes
      The Stage in Merrick is now accepting registration for its new theatre art classes. Call Janine at 631- 225-2832 or go to their website at www.thestageinmerrick.com to get information and registration forms.
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K of C meets Jan. 19
      The Nassau Chapter of the Knights of Columbus will hold its next monthly meeting, Fri., Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m. for third degree members only. The meeting will be held at St. Anne's McCloskey Auditorium, 35 Dartmouth St., Garden City and will be hosted by Msgr. Seidenschwang Council. For information, c...
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Ancient Order of Hibernians present concert Feb. 16
      The New York State Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) will present MacTalla Mor in a benefit concert at 8 p.m. on Sat, Feb. 16, in the auditorium of Maria Regina School, 4045 Jerusalem Ave., Seaford. Tickets are $20 per person, with tables of 10 available. Proceeds will be used to assist local AOH...
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FBHS winter Winter Lecture Series begins Jan. 20
      The first of the four-program 2008 Winter Lecture Series of the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society (FBHS) will be a pictorial presentation on Theodore Roosevelt and His Love of Trains, to be given Sun., Jan 20, 2 p.m. at the Farmingdale Public Library. Railroad historian David Morrison will b...
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Change in sanitation collection schedule
      Oyster Bay Town Councilman Angelo A. Delligatti reminds residents that the Town sanitation collection schedule will be modified for the Mon., Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. "Residents who normally receive sanitation collection on Monday will have pickup on Tuesday, Jan. 22...
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MPK Lions Club offers scholarship
      The Massapequa Park Lions Club will be sponsoring its first scholarship this year, for a graduating high school senior. The applicant must be a resident of Massapequa or Massapequa Park and a high school senior pursuing a college education. Applications, with scholarship guidelines will be availab...
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Amity Artists Circle hosts open house
      Saturday, Jan.19 marks the third open house reception for the Amityville Artists' Circle Gallery. Since it's opening in September 2007, the gallery, located at 186 Broadway, next to Vittorio's Restaurant, has given local artists an opportunity to display and sell fine art, sculpture and custom-mad...
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Garden Club meets tonight
      Twenty Five Orchids Everyone Can Grow is the topic of a talk by Bill Overton tonight, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Massapequa Park Garden Club. Overton has been a member of the American Orchid Society (AOS) for 31 years and is an accredited AOS judge since 2002.
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Donor sought
      A search for a bone marrow donor tomatch thatof Lisa Gershowitz Flynn, the mother of two who is suffering from leukemia, will be held Jan. 17, 1:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 99 Cedar Swamp Rd., Jericho. Flynn is of Eastern European Ashkenazi has a good chance to match someone from the same background. For m...
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