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Post Your Photos: New York Giants Championship
Babylon Village Patch
Feb 07In case you hadn't heard, the New York Giants won the NFL championship Sunday night after defeating the New England Patriots, 21-17. While New England natives were out rioting [video], Giants fans were busy celebrating, collecting their championship ge... »
Chamber Inducts New Leadership, Maps Out Fundraising Strategy
Babylon Village Patch
Feb 01The Babylon Village of Chamber installed its new officers at an induction ceremony Tuesday night at the American Legion Post with Village Mayor Ralph Scordino leading the swearing-in ceremony. Patty Vorilas, owner of Long Island Home Recreation, is the... »
The Weekend Guide: Music, Free Yoga Class & Meditation Program
Babylon Village Patch
Feb 01It's officially hump day -- halfway through the week and the weather certainly isn't your typically February temperature. This Sunday the New York Giants play in the Superbowl. But that isn't the only exciting thing happening over the weekend and in ca... »
Call for entries: 2012 PCLI Media Awards
Babylon Village Patch Announcements
Jan 31It’s time, once again, for the annual Press Club of Long Island Media Awards Competition, recognizing outstanding work in print, broadcast and online journalism produced during 2011. The 2012 PCLI Media Awards Competition begins Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 wi... »
Live from Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI
Babylon Village Patch Announcements
Jan 31Follow Sachem Patch Editor and Long Island Regional Sports Editor Chris R. Vaccaro via Twitter @ChrisVaccaro for live updates from Super Bowl XLVI between the Giants and Patriots. He'll be there for Aol/Patch's national coverage. Check in with him on T... »
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Capital Tonight
Jan 20Less than 24 hours remain before polls open in the South Carolina GOP presidential primary, and Newt Gingrich is ahead. The US Senate postponed a vote on PIPA. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is under serious fire on DailyKos (in a post that predicts she’ll ru... »
Protests: Massachusetts Veterans Stage 'Eat-In' at Iraqi Restaurant
Eater National
Jan 12Last week, an unidentified New Hampshire man threw a 20-pound rock through the window of a Lowell, Mass., Iraqi restaurant named Babylon. Which is really something you shouldn't ever do, but perhaps especially when a large group of veterans has... »
Harlem Liquor Store Nervous After Nixing Bulletproof Glass To Placate Gentrifiers
Gothamist
Jan 04Some of the more, shall we say, refined residents of the Mount Morris Park Historic District in East Central Harlem were recently mortified when a new wine shop opened up with bulletproof glass and garish neon signage that would make the Whore of Babyl... »
Four LI Senators Mail Cuomo On School Construction
Capital Tonight
Dec 22A group of four Long Island Republican senators hope Gov. Andrew Cuomo reconsiders his veto of measures designed to fix clerical errors that resulted in the state Education Department denying funding for schools’ capital construction projects. “School ... »
10,000 Cops Come Out To Mourn Slain NYPD Officer
Gothamist
Dec 19A long blue line of an estimated 10,000 police officers lined up in Long Island this morning for the funeral of slain Officer Peter Figoski, who was fatally shot in the line of duty early last Monday. At the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Babylon,... »