NEWS ARCHIVE -- 2008
December 2008
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to Seek State Oversight for Excessive Police Salaries and Perks
• County Secures $1.7M To Bring Color to Artspace Project in Patchogue
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Announces Affordable Housing Initiative for Town of Babylon
• Students from Eight LI High Schools Initiate Community Service Projects
• Brookhaven Cuts Ribbon on New Natural Gas Station To Power New Waste Collection Fleet of Trucks
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Protects Public Health From Potentially Harmful Red Tides and Brown Tides
• Breast Cancer Help, Inc., Receives $1 Million from Earthrite Textile Recycling, Inc. for Medical Equipment Purchases, Funding of Programs
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Proposes Improvements to County’s Campgrounds
• League of Women Voters of Suffolk County Endorses Ethics Reform Legislation
• Levy, Suffolk Health Commissioner Lead HIV/AIDS Assessment Conference
• Ferro, Kuba, Mangano, Sklyar, P.C. Sponsors Weeklong Holiday Toy Drive
• Kruse Takes Economic Development Post
• Mazzei Announces Candidacy for Town Supervisor Makes Taxes, Economy His Main Platform
• East Patchogue Man Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash with School Bus
• Montano Welcomes New MTA Police Headquarters to Central Islip
• Suffolk Police Refute PBA Scare Tactics
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Honors National American Miss New York Teen Queen Crystal Rivera-Avila
• Suffolk, Nassau Officials Announce Landmark Win in U.S. Census Challenge
• New Brookhaven Yard Waste Collection Schedule Will Save Residents Over $1 Million
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Showcases New Environmentally Beneficial Street Sweepers
• Tritec Corporation Presents Redesign of Future Construction for Downtown Patchogue
• Legislator Eddington Welcomes Guardian Angels to Patchogue
• Brookhaven Town Seeks Nominations of Outstanding Women for 23rd Annual Women’s Recognition Awards
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Announces Extended Hours for Four Social Services Centers
• Ferro Kuba Supports PRONTO Long Island’s Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Gershow Recycling: Providing “Green Jobs” for More Than 40 Years
• Patchogue Medford Schools Model UN Day
• Suffolk Executive Steve Levy Announces Approval of County Aquaculture Lease Program in Peconic and Gardiners Bays
• Montano Funds Island Harvest During Tough Economic Times
• Save-A-Pet Receives $1,000 Donation for “Gianni Memorial Fund” from Gershow Recycling
• Suffolk County Adopts “Text-A-Tip” Crime Stoppers Program
• Brookhaven Town Kicks Off Annual INTERFACE Holiday Toy Drive
• Suffolk County to Put Hispanic Foot Patrol Officer in Patchogue
• “Santa Claws” Is Coming to Save-A-Pet on December 6
• Bartending Proves To Be A Lucrative Career During These Tough Economic Times
• Legislator Schneiderman & Legislator Montano Fund Island Harvest
• Suffolk County Traffic Engineers to Experiment with Single Lane on Woodside Avenue
• Suffolk Executive Levy Reaches Out to Indian Consulate General on Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
• Suffolk Hispanic Advisory Board Begins Planning Community Programs to Address Tolerance
• Patchogue-Medford High School November Students of the Month
November 2008
• Brookhaven Offers Recycling of Thanksgiving Fried Turkey Oil
• Levy Urges Legislature to Oppose Park and Golf Fee Increases
• Brookhaven Town Helps Out The Hungry This Thanksgiving
• Supervisor Foley Welcomes “Quench” to the Neighborhood
• Brookhaven Holiday Tree Lighting Set for Friday, December 5
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Urges Residents to Lend a Hand to the Homeless
• Legislator Eddington Helps to Preserve the Last Forest in Medford
• Save-A-Pet Takes Part in “Scales & Tails” Information Fair at Middle Country Public Library
• Levy Loses Budget Battle As Leg. Overrides Vetoes
• Presiding Officer Lindsay Targets Unfair Practices by Home Heating Oil Companies
• Port Jefferson Artist Colony Changes Name To PJ Art Company
• Save-A-Pet Presents Suffolk County Legislator Daniel Losquadro With Annual Waldo Award
• Patchogue Village Mayor Paul Pontieri Congratulates Kevin Gershowitz & Stephanie Zavolas-Caravolos
• Community Parent Center’s Allstate Agent Safe Driving Advisory Group Discusses Ways To Encourage Teens To Drive Safely
• PRONTO Long Island Gives Thanks to Ferro Kuba for $1,500 Donation to its Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Community Comes Together at Candlelight Vigil
• Medford Woman Arrested for Bank Robbery
• P-M Officials Address November 8 Incident
• Middle Country Public Library Hosts “Pet Safety During Catastrophes” Workshop
• Seven Teens Arraigned For Attack of Immigrant; One Faces Additional Manslaughter Charge
• Mazzei Announces Amendments to Proposed Town Budget
• Medford Teen Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash
• Suffolk Executive Steve Levy, Hispanic Advisory Board Set Meeting for Community Leaders on Hate Crime
• Suffolk Executive Levy, Nature Conservancy Hail “Good Checkup” in Ongoing Clam Restoration
• 29th Annual Holiday Festival in the Stony Brook Village Center
• Breast Cancer Help’s Pink Bins Really Go to a Good Cause
• Peace & Unity Vigil at Medford Elementary School
• Utopia Home Care Offers Free Caregiver Training at Riverhead Office on December 18
• Suffolk Executive Steve Levy Proposes Local Veterans Preference for Town-County Affordable Housing
• Seven Teens Arrested for Stabbing Death of Patchogue Man
• Ward Melville Heritage Organization Recipient of International Videoconferincing Award
• Foley Wins Senate Seat From Trunzo
• Salimando Loses NYS Assembly Race to Eddington
• Occupied Home Burglarized in East Patchogue
• Brookhaven to Host Free Residential & Small Business Paper Shredding Event
• Groundbreaking for State-of-the-Art YMCA
• SUFFOLK LEGISLATURE PASSES “RECESSION BUDGET”
• SCARECROW CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT WARD MELVILLE HERITAGE ORGANIZATION’S HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Continues Process of Bringing Affordable Housing to South Shore Brookhaven
• Medford Man and Woman Arrested For Drug Possession
• Lindsay, Losquadro Announce Legislature's ‘Recession Budget’
October 2008
• Allstate Foundation Offers Unique Training Event at MCPL
• NYS DEC, Brookhaven Town and The WMHO Officially Unveil “Harbor Walk” in Stony Brook
• Levy: Budget Review Memo on Nursing Home Closure Costs Overlooks Important Facts
• Eagle Scouts Plant a Little Beauty in Medford
• Village of Islandia Unveils Veterans Memorial on November 8
• Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Opens in Patchogue
• Lindsay: BRO Says Nursing Home Costs Would Be Huge If Its Closure Was Forced by Levy
• Levy Touts Success of First-Ever Veterans Employment Fair
• Patchogue-Medford Schools Announces October's Students of the Month
• Levy Charges Leg. With Finding $$ To Keep Foley Facility Open in 2009
• Fourth Annual Deer Park Invitational Showcases Teamwork, Problem Solving & Friendly Competition
• Lindsay: BRO Says Nursing Home Costs Would Be Huge If Its Closure Was Forced by Levy
• Utopia Home Care Offers Free Caregiver Training at Patchogue Office on November 20
• Levy, Sawicki Announce That Suffolk Maintains Record-High Ratings from All Three Bond Agencies
• First Ever Financial Empowerment Training for Long Island’s Vulnerable Populations Addresses Violence and Self-Sufficiency
• Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Offers Last Chance For People to be “Spooked”
• Levy Signs Middle Income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Parents for Megan’s Law Opens Patchogue Satellite Office
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon for the Troops
• Senator Trunzo's Health Fair A Tremendous Success
• Walsh Proposes Regulation of Donation Drop Off Bins
• Man Arrested For Impersonating a Police Officer
• Audible Crosswalks Come to Patchogue
• Levy to Sign Middle Income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Over 1,000 Attend Islandia Village’s Fourth Annual Craft Fair and Pumpkin Fest
• Levy Blasts Legislators Over Handling of Foley Nursing Facility
• Traveling Spy Museum Unveiled
• SBPLI-LI FIRST Supports Deer Park Invitational Postseason Event
• Legislator Jack Eddington Opens New Playground for Patchogue Nursery School
• Levy Signs Agreement to Preserve Almost 32 Acres of Farmland in Riverhead
• Boating Incident Claims the Life of Center Moriches Man
• Three Men Arrested As a Result of SLA Inspection
• Suffolk County Launches Workplace Wellness Initiative for Employees
• Senator Trunzo Denounces Minority Leader's Plan To Cut School Funding
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Seeks Protection to Good Samaritans Against Being Scammed
• Town Council Members Question Numbers In Foley's Tentative Budgets
• Free Purification/Detoxification Seminar On October 29 At Faluso Chiropractic
• E. Patchogue Man Arrested for DWI, Endangering the Welfare of a Child
• Senator Trunzo To Host Senior Health And Wellness Event
• 29th Annual Brookhaven Country Fair Rescheduled for November 1-2 at Longwood Estate
• 4th Annual Kite Making / Kite Flying Event
• Bishop, Cousins Paintball Present $10,000 To Wounded Veterans
• Randall Arendt to Speak at Brookhaven 2030 Charrette
• School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. Marks Dual Anniversaries of Preparing Students for Workforce Careers
• “Driving in the Safe Lane Program” Comes to Plainview/Old Bethpage
• The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Presents “Home for the Holidays with Sammy Davis, Jr.”
• Take Your Pet Trick-or-Treating at Best in Show Pet Resort/Garden City Veterinary Care on October 25!
• Save-A-Pet Hold Its 9th Annual Evening for the Love of Animals 2008 “Fur Ball”
• South Ocean Middle School Holds G.R.E.A.T. Program
• Deer Park Siblings Win Long Island Game Farm’s Tallest Sunflower Contest
• Utopia Home Care Employee Elisa Mishkin Throws First Pitch at Ducks Game
• Upcoming Events in Islandia Village
• Saxton Youngsters Donate Handmade Hugs To Mather Hospital
• Senator Trunzo And New York State Banking Department Hold Seminar On Foreclosure Relief
• Scarecrows On Display In The Stony Brook Village Center
September 2008
• Kevin Gershowitz To Be Named Patchogue-Medford Youth & Community Services’ “Man of the Year”
• Kamler, Stewart Close Out “Explorer for a Day” Program
• Dr. Allen G. Meek Honored for 25 Years of Service as Chairman of the Radiation Oncology Department at Stony Brook University Medical Center at Breast Cancer Help, Inc.’s 11th Annual Gala
• Allstate Foundation Supports Business Contingency Planning Program and Fair
• Allstate Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Middle Country Library Foundation
• Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Brings Back Weekend Respite Program
• Bishop Votes To Provide Funding For Troops, Veterans, Home Heating, And Education
• Yogalates: Exercise Your Mind & Body
• Suffolk to be Home of 2013 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship
• Bishop Votes To Protect Long Islanders From Alternative Minimum Tax
• Utopia Home Care Offers Free Caregiver Training at Kings Park & Westbury Offices on October 23
• State Senator Caesar Trunzo Calls For Investigation Into Benefits At L.I.R.R.
• Children Learn the Fine Art of Manners
• “Explorer for a Day” Program Reaches Out to Students
• Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Seeks Preservation of Pine Barrens Core Property in Riverhead
• Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Scares Up Fun With 20th Annual Spooky Walk
• Bishop Campaign Kickoff Reaches 3,000 Homes On First Day
• Patriots of Long Island Host Goodfellas Golf Outing
• Russell I. Marnell Listed Again In Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• “Irish Elegance” Moving To Stony Brook
• SENATOR TRUNZO DELIVERS FOR PATCHOGUE AND MEDFORD
• Suffolk Executive Steve Levy Plans County’s Second Annual Unity Day, September 26
• Scott Salimando Unveils Health Care Reform Plan
• Gershow Recycling Supports Girl Scouts’ Operation Cookie
• Breast Cancer Help, Inc. Hosts 1st Annual Bill Evans Celebrity Golf Outing
• Business Owners Learn How to Prepare for Catastrophic Events
• "Driving in the Safe Lane Program" Comes to Cold Spring Harbor
• Save-A-Pet Fundraiser to be Held in Remembrance of Beloved Pets - 9/4/2008
• Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Holds Its Annual BBQ and Duck Race on September 7 - 9/4/2008
