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Longwoodians and other concerned citizens are invited to the 6th Precinct’s “National Night Out” this Tuesday, August 4, 2015 from 5-8pm at the Medford Target Shopping Center at 2975 Horseblock Road (next to Sam’s Club). The 7th Precinct is sponsoring the same event at William Floyd High School on the same date and time. This …

July 12 – August 2, 2015 For several weeks each summer, Brookhaven Lab welcomes members of the public to its site. We plan days that include visits to our facilities, opportunities to speak with our researchers, special activities for adults and children, and much more—and it’s all free! July 12 Exploring the Ultra Small Visit …

By CARL MACGOWAN  carl.macgowan@newsday.com State officials have awarded a $1.5 million economic development grant to a Yaphank multiuse development to be built at the site of the shuttered Parr Meadows racetrack. The grant — which will help fund construction of a boulevard, a hotel and a sewage treatment plant at the Meadows at Yaphank residential …

The second annual Pearl Harbor Day Patriotic Tree Lighting Ceremony took place on Sunday, December 7th, 2014 at Bartlett Pond Park.  Depsite the cold and windy conditions, a crowd of more than 100 gathered to honor the memories of those lost 73 years ago during the surprise Japanese attack on our US Navy, the dreaded …

November Update: TOB Streelighting Director Bruce Schroeder informed us that work is scheduled to begin on the broken lights along MCR the week of November 24th.  In an email to the 4th Council District Office,  Bruce explained, “We are not just fixing the lights but replacing them with the new LED energy efficient light fixtures. …

Many thanks to all the invitees who attended the September 29th initial MCR Task Force meeting. Representatives from the SCPD’s 6th precinct were on hand to listen and respond to concerns from members of the Coram, Middle Island, Gordon Heights and Ridge Civic Associations, the Longwood CSD BOE & PTA Council, MIFD and local merchants. …

  Please join the Coram Civic Association, Coram Fire Department and entire Longwood Community as we pay tribute to and honor all those valiant souls that we lost that fateful day.

Please attend the Public Hearing on July 29 at MIFD and vote YES on Aug 5 to improve this most essential community resource. The Middle Island Civic Association voted unanimously in favor of this initiative after reviewing detailed plans with the MIFD at our June 19 meeting. The volunteers who keep US safe deserve a …

In memory of Pearl Harbor Day, Bartlett Pond Park’s newly planted 8 foot blue spruce will be lit with red, white and blue lights on Saturday, December 7th, 2013.  We will light the tree at 12:48 pm, which will be 7:48 am in Hawaii, the time the Day of Infamy began 72 years ago.  Virginia …