The Town of Babylon celebrated Red Ribbon Week during the week of 10/23-10/31. The Red Ribbon Campaign is an important initiative encouraging advocacy for healthy lifestyle choices and avoiding drugs. It serves as a reminder of our collective ability to influence our communities positively through courage and resilience. Councilman Terence McSweeney sponsors the town’s initiative along with various community anti-drug coalitions.
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Wednesday, November 13, 10 am-2 pm IN PERSON
HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE PUZZLE EXPERIENCE
Monday, November 18, 7-8:30 pm IN PERSON WBA604
The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council will have facilitated enrollers trained by the NY State Department of Health at our Library to assist the aged, blind, and disabled populations with enrollment. Sign up will be first-come, first-served and is free of charge. For more information, call the Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council at 631-435-3000.
Tuesday, November 19, 6-8:30 pm IN PERSON WBA143
Dive into the rich and fascinating history of chocolate with an interactive puzzle activity. As we piece together the puzzle, you’ll learn about chocolate’s journey from ancient times to modern-day indulgence.
Join us to make your own mosaic sunflower to add to your décor. Non-refundable/ transferable fee: $5.
SENIOR ADVOCATE
Thursday, November 21, 10 am-12 pm IN PERSON
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FRIDAY FLICKS
Friday: November 15, Begins 1 pm, WBA720 IN PERSON
Join us for a relaxing afternoon movie! November 15 – My Cousin Vinny (R)
FRIDAY, NOV. 15th
9:30AM
DIVINE LITURGY
ADVENT SEASON
IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 AM at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Avenue, East Meadow. The season of the Nativity Fast (Advent) begins on November 15 in the Orthodox Church. All services are conducted in English. Coffee hour follows the Divine Liturgy. Services are also streamed on https://www.facebook. com/htocem. For any inquiries, email us at htocem@gmail.com or check the parish website, www. htocem.org.
SATURDAY, NOV. 16th
9:00AM-11:00AM
SANTAPOGUE CREEK
DEFENDER CLEAN UP Santapogue Creek Defender Clean Up/West Babylon in collaboration with Babylon Rotary. Meet up is in old K-mart parking lot, Montauk Highway (across from Aldi). Gloves and bags to be provided. Please wear weather appropriate clothing. Volunteer here https:// savethegreatsouthbay.org/volunteer/
10:00AM-11:00AM
WILDLIFE WONDERS: FURRY FRIENDS
Little ones will learn about nature through hands on interaction, music, stories, play, and more. An experienced educator will lead your youngster through hands-on exciting activities, crafts, stories and much more! For children ages 2-4y.
3rd - Daylight Savings Time Ends
5th - Election Day
11th - Veterans Day
28th - Thanksgiving
Events must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event date and will run free of charge on a space available basis. For more info, call 631.226.2636 x275 or send events to editorial@longislandmediagroup.com
Sweetbriar Nature Center - ECSS, 62 Eckernkamp Drive in Smithtown.
For more informaton, please call 631-979-6344, https://www. sweetbriarnc.org/
10:00AM-1:30PM WANTAGH KIWANIS FOOD DRIVE HUNGER affects people in EVERY community of ALL ages throughout the YEAR. Please join us at the King Kullen on Wantagh Ave. in Wantagh. Locally Benefitting: St. Francis Food Pantry & St. Jude Episcopal Food Pantry - Wantagh. For more information, please call Marlena Schein 516-297-2772
SUNDAY, NOV. 17th
DOORS OPEN AT 1:30PM BUNCO FUNDRAISER
The Joseph Barry Columbiettes are sponsoring a BUNCO fundraiser on Sunday, November 17th at the Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus hall (45 Heitz Place, Hicksville). Games will begin at 2 o'clock. RAFFLES AND PRIZES, 50/50 For more information, please call Susan at 516-680-8487, or email SueSarandis@gmail.com
MONDAY, NOV. 18th
7:00PM START
HOLIDAY BINGO
The Long Island Society of Italian Americans(LISIA) is having a Holiday Bingo at St Mary’s Knights of Columbus, 78 Hempstead Avenue, Lynbrook. $45.00 per person, spaghetti and meatball dinner served family style, coffee, dessert and a cash bar. 2 games of Bingo, fun prizes awarded, share the
wealth raffle. Reservations required, please call Diane Langella 516-3983484 for information.
TUESDAY, NOV. 19th
7:00-9:00PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
The Historical Society of Islip Hamlet and the Islip Public Library will co-host a showing of Gerald Charles Dickens movie, "A Christmas Carol". Mr. Dickens is the great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens and he performs his one-man show in Rochester, England, where Dickens lived. The movie will be shown at the Islip Public Library, 71 Monell Ave; there will be light refreshments. The movie is free and open to the public but registration is required, call 631-581-5933. For more information visit www. isliphamlethistory.org, or call 631-559-2915.
MONDAY-FRIDAY. NOV 21st- DEC 16th
9:00AM-4:30PM
TOY DRIVE
Town of Babylon Councilman Terence McSweeney would like to encourage your participation in his Toy Drive. Please Drop off a new & unwrapped toy, book or game at Babylon Town Hall Lobby, 200 East Sunrise Hwy. in Lindenhurst, to help bring the joy of the holiday season to those less fortunate. This annul event in run in collaboration with the U.S. Marine Corps., who distribute the items to children in need. For more information, please call 631-957-3081.
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Throughout the West Babylon School District, Red Ribbon Week was celebrated from Oct. 23-31 with various lessons and activities. Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. It presents an opportunity for parents, educators and communities to reinforce
the drug-free messages throughout the year. This year’s theme was “Life Is A Movie: Film Drug Free.”
To kick off the week, students throughout the district took the Red Ribbon Week oath and pledged to be drug free and make healthy choices. Elementary students
dressed in different themed days to show their support including Crazy Sock Day, Pajama Day and County Day. Students also showed their support by creating posters and writing stories about how they could live a healthy lifestyle.
Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District
Suffolk Legislator Tom Donnelly (D-Deer Park) is pleased to inform Babylon and Huntington residents about the local Suffolk County Office for the Aging Fall 2024 Senior Advocate Schedule. Senior advocates are County representatives who come out into the community and assist seniors with information gathering, completion of eligibility or recertification applications and referrals to appropriate community agencies.
“It is so important for us to provide our senior citizens with the assistance and information they need
in ways that are most convenient to them. These visits allow our seniors to connect with our County’s senior advocates right in their own communities,” said Legislator Donnelly. “I hope all those interested in the services that the Suffolk County Office for the Aging provides will take advantage of this opportunity.”
This fall, Senior Advocates will be visiting the following locations in the Town of Babylon:
• North Amityville Nutrition Center, 48-C Cedar Road, Amityville: Wednesday, December 18,
10 am – 1 pm
• Rainbow Center, 293 Buffalo Avenue, Lindenhurst: Wednesday, December 4, 8:30 – 11:00 am
• Tanner Park Senior Nutrition, 2 Tanner Park, Copiague: Wednesday, December 11, 8:30 am – 1 pm
• Spangle Drive Center, 4385 Spangle Drive, North Babylon: Tuesdays, November 26 & December 17, 12 – 3:30 pm
• West Babylon Library, 211 Route 109, West Babylon: Thursday, November 21, 10 am – 12 pm
• Wyandanch Senior
12-Step support group giving Hope & Strength to parents, family and friends concerned with a loved one’s destructive behavior caused by Alcohol, Drugs or Related Behavioral Problems is now meeting virtually until further notice. For further information
e-mail or call: Donna526@aol.com or (631) 835.8788; Diane (631) 587.0966, www. FamiliesAnonymous. org
Nutrition, 28 Wyandanch Avenue, Wyandanch: Wednesday, December 4, 8:30 am – 1 pm
In Huntington, they will be visiting the following:
• Huntington Senior Nutrition Center, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington: Wednesdays, November 20 & December 18, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
• Paumanack Village 5 & 6, 100 Adriatic Drive, Melville: Thursdays, November 21 & December 26, 8:30 am –12 pm; residents only Advocates assist with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP – formerly known as food stamps), Medicare Savings Program and Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications. They also can provide information on Medicare, answer questions and make recommendations and referrals. For more information about available
services or directions to any of these locations, please call the Suffolk County Office for the Aging at (631) 853-8200.
“For more than three decades, the Suffolk County Office for the Aging has been providing full and trouble-
free access to critical services,” Donnelly said. “I am glad to see their great professional community outreach program continue and hope that every senior resident will make full use of it.”
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The Babylon Town Board recently recognized several local heroes during the annual CPR awards ceremony hosted by Suffolk County REMSCO. These awards are not solely based on performing CPR; they are awarded for successful resuscitation, resulting in the patient being discharged from the hospital and granted a second chance at life. With over 356,000 cardiac arrests occurring each year in the United States, nearly 93% of which are fatal, our local EMS teams demonstrate exceptional skill and dedication. Councilman Terence McSweeney who is chairman of the town’s public safety committee said, “It was an honor to celebrate their life-saving efforts, and I invite everyone to express gratitude to our Police, Fire, and Rescue personnel not just at ceremonies like today but every day we need to show appreciation & respect to our 1st responders.”
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1. Schoolhouse tool
7. Martens
13. Slags
14. One who scrapes
16. Centiliter
17. White wine
19. Of I
20. Former Syracuse great Warrick
22. Relating to the ear
23. Sandwich shops
25. Victories
26. White (French)
28. Self-immolation by fire ritual
CLUES DOWN
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2. Road open
3. Stressed syllable
4. Thailand’s former name
5. Cologne
6. Recounted
7. Garment of cloth
8. Airborne (abbr.)
9. Reproduced
10. Emits coherent radiation
11. “Westworld” actor Harris
12. Smallest interval in Western music
13. Unstressed central vowel
29. Genus of parrots
30. Unhappy
31. Talk incessantly
33. Type of Squad
34. Unit of perceived loudness
36. Violent seizure of property
38. Agave
40. Sound units
41. Removes from record
43. Partner to Mama
44. Mythological bird
45. Dash
47. Hair product
48. Two-year-old sheep
15. Lives in
18. When you expect to get somewhere
21. Storage bags
24. One who covers with plastic
26. Cast out
27. Automobile
30. Repaired shoe
32. Belonging to the bottom layer
35. Possesses
37. Soda
38. Programs
39. In an unexpected way
42. A bag-like structure in a plant or animal
43. For each
51. Signs a deal
53. Conifer
55. Autonomous republic in NW Russia
56. Wife of Muhammed
58. British Air Aces
59. Ears or ear-like appendages
60. Not caps
61. Deep-bodied sea dweller
64. Rural delivery
65. Feeling
67. Study of relations of organisms to one another
69. Room to argue
70. Question
46. Unbelief
47. Seized or impaled
49. Arrive on the scene
50. Especially happy
52. Classic western film
54. Split pulses
55. Frida __: Painter
57. Start again
59. Employee stock ownership plan
62. Young women’s association
63. Frozen water
66. “The First State”
68. Computers need one
The Town of Babylon celebrated Red Ribbon Week during the week of 10/23-10/31. The Red Ribbon Campaign is an important initiative encouraging advocacy for healthy lifestyle choices and avoiding drugs. It
serves as a reminder of our collective ability to influence our communities positively through courage and resilience. Councilman Terence McSweeney sponsors the town’s initiative along with various community anti-drug
coalitions. McSweeney said, “Collaborating with our community, schools, and various local coalitions in Babylon, we aim to distribute valuable educational resources to enhance community support.” Babylon
Supervisor Rich Schaffer added, “I extend my sincere gratitude to all coalitions, local elected officials, and all students who contributed to a successful commencement of Red Ribbon Week.”
Red Ribbon Week
began after the death of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who in 1985, was brutally murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico.
After his death, people
wanted to honor his sacrifice. Local celebrations began in California –where Camarena grew up – in 1985, and in 1988 the National Family Partnership started the first National Red Ribbon Week.
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LET’S TALK ABOUT BOOKS
Thursday, November 21, 1:30-3:30 pm IN PERSON WBA40
Join the West Babylon Literary Club to meet and discuss a novel. This month’s book is Beautiful
Little Fools by Jillian Cantor. Copies of the novel are available at the Circulation Desk upon registration or for download via Libby.
THANKSGIVING APPETIZERS
Thursday, November 21, 7-8:30 pm IN PERSON WBA605
Join Librarian Jackie and enjoy a traditional cheese ball with crackers; muhammara, a Middle Eastern roasted red pepper dip; and tapenade, an olive and caper spread.
EMPIRE DEFENSIVE DRIVING
Saturday, November 23, 10 am – 4 pm IN PERSON WBA317
Attend this class and you may be eligible for an auto premium discount and reduction of violation points. A $35 nonrefundable check or money order (NO CASH) payable to Empire Safety Council is due within 48 hours of sign up. One registration per Library Card.
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• Traditional Antipasto Platter
• Mozzarella Caprese Platter
First Course Choose One
• Penne Alla Vodka
• Baked Ziti
• Stuffed Shells
• Cavatelli Calabrese
• Lasagna (Meat or Cheese)
• Manicotti
Cornbread Stuffing Choose One
• Crisp Apple & Sausage Meat
• Sauteed Spinach, Onions & Pancetta
Vegetable Choose Two
• String Bean Casserole
• Candied Sweet Potatoes
• Mashed Potatoes
• Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• String Bean Almondine
Dessert Choose one
• Homemade Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie
• Fresh Cut Fruit Bowl
