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BABYLON PUBLIC LIBRARY IN TH E N E W S Plans moving forward to preserve Signal building Contractor Ken Rogers seeking fin a l approvals by Carolyn James . For Jen and Ken Rogers, their proposal for the Old “We \have always had the best intentions toward Southside Signal newspaper building arid the adjoin- making the Village more beautiful,” added his wife ing property along Mairi Street is the perfect combi- Jen. “And we wanted to preserve that building.. .if we nation. It combines the financial security to satisfy the could.” head with historic preservation to warm the heart. But as the couple purchased b oth sites and worked to “From the very beginning, we wanted to do some- put a plan together, pressure built within the commu- thing there that would make people who pass by say nity to preserve both buildings, and the Rogers took ‘wow’’ said Ken Rogers as he discussed the project some heat for not agreeing to do so from the outset, from his construction office on James Street, Babylon Many within the community objected to the Rogers last week. (Continued on Page 3) Babylon Village Lions Club holds installations The Babylon Lions Club held its installation of of- Secretary; Steve McGrath, Treasurer; Directors (2 fleers dinner June 25, swearing in Ralph Consola as years), joe Brucia and Don Yzaguirre; Directors (1 president. The event was held at Ristorante Gemelli year). Rich Bahnweg and Sam Zamet; Past President in Babylon. Also sworn in were John Biondo, 1st Vice Directors, Bob Palmieri, Charlie Creegan, Rob Ytur- President; Jerry Grant, 2nd \Vice President; Christo- raspe and Membership Chairman,Vinny Ayers, pher Morton, 3rd Vice President; Dave McKenney, •Andrew Jarvis of Deer Park and a student at Uni versity of Rochester made the Dean’s list for the fall 2017 and spring 2018 semesters. Andrew is study ing computer science a n d is expected to graduate in 302]. He is the son o f Mary and Michael Jarvis, •Amanda Wroblewski of North Babylon was re cently named to the Dean’s list at Caldwell Univer sity in Caldwell, New Jersey. •Kimberly R. Picerno of N orth Babylon; Saman tha Jenks of West Islip, Patrick Kilkelly of West Islip and Eric D.- Smith of West Islip were named to the President’s list for the spring 2018 at SUNY Oswego. Picerno is a senior finance major; jenks a junior psychology major; Kilkelly a senior geol ogy major and Smith a senior finance major at the University. •Thomas Rhatigan of West Bablori graduated cum laude with a Bachelor o f Science in Computer & Management Info Systems. Local student achievers •Jamie Oddo, a resident o f Deer Park and gradu ate o f Deer Park High School, was recently presented with a $750 education scholarship by Teacher’s Fed eral Credit Union o n behalf o f the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA). Oddo plans to attend Roger Williams University in Rhode H a n d to study biomedical engineering. TFCU ánd NYCUA award academic scholarships to graduating high school seniors as p art o f their o n going efforts to provide support and encouragement to students interested in continuing their education. “The recipients o f this year’s TFCU arid the NYC UA education scholarships are exceptional students with admirable academic goals,” said Robert G. Al len, president/CEO o f TFCU. Jamie Oddo is shown accepting his scholarship from Robert G. Allen, president and CEO o f TFCU Ralph Consola (l) was recently sworn in as President of the Babylon Lions Club. Administering the oath o f office is Lions Club Secretary, Dave McKenney. Theresa Santmann, the honoree for the 2018 Lions Club Golf Outing, was on hand at the recent Lions Club Installation Dinner, where Robert Meyer, Li ons Club Past President, installed four new members, Richard Bahnweg, Reza Ebrahimi, M atthew Morse, and Charles Schiro. eot-e-zoci i an NOTAava 3 A V T 1 HVO S VZ (v) a « vaan notasvb zzoo^vezzo lo i ao............ Zd 1?S 81EZZOOV38 9051 THE \A free press in a free Society\ BEACON SOUTH SHORE L.I.'S LARGEST CIRCULATION WEEKLY NEWSPAPER S e r v i n g t h e c o m m u n i t y s i n c e 1 9 6 6 VOL. 53 NO. 30 THURSDAY, July 26,2018 • 50 CENTS O F F ICIAL NEW SPAPER Periodicals Postage Paid- Babylon Post Office, Babylon NY 11702 (USPS 03960-8000) FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY •TOWN OF BABYLON t VILLAGE OF BABYLON • BABYLON SCHOOLS • DEER PARK SCHOOLS. LINDENHURST SCHOOLS • COPIAGUE SCHOOLS • WEST BABYLON SCHOOLS .NORTH BABYLON SCHOOLS . WYANDANCH SCHOOLS • BAY SHORE SCHOOLS Published every Thursday by ‘CJ P ublish ers , I nc . , 1999 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, NY 11702 Founders Edward D , Wolfe, Jane D. Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn and Alfred James