Center Moriches News

Rescue Ink is a media-hungry nuisance group that plays to the cameras of its reality TV show and interferes with those in the business of protecting animals, says Roy Gross, chief of Suffolk County's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Despite a proposed 11.2-percent tax increase in East Hampton Town's proposed $72.1 million budget for 2010, most who spoke up at a budget hearing before the Town Board on Thursday, November 5, were more upset that funding for a wide range of community organizations has been eliminated.

A new alignment of council members Tuesday approved Brookhaven Town's 2010 operating and capital budgets and defeated several GOP "majority" amendments.

The weekend is over and I am still congratulating myself for not eating any candy this Halloween.

Therea s an interesting brand of bipartisanship in the Suffolk County Legislature.

The magic number for Moriches resident Ron Bascope was 13 last Thursday, October 15, as that was how many hot dogs it took him to win a hot dog eating contest hosted by the Speonk Lumber Corporation.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the popular cult musical returns to Purchase College on October 30 and 31 in The Performing Arts Center at 8 PM.

SHIRLEY The driver of an SUV that struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning will face charges.

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Her worry? Some harried mom might grab such a jar without checking the date, says Siganoc, 45, of Center Moriches .

Nicholas Cosmo leaves federal court in Central Islip on Wednesday. A federal judge found Friday that accused Ponzi scheme operator Nicholas Cosmo can't be trusted and ended his house arrest after less than three months and returned him to jail to await trial.

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. Harriet Garzero and her husband Edward, who has Alzheimer's, take a break from chores.

Henry Fox holds his old and new LIPA electric bills. The customer who shaved $500 a year from his LIPA bill simply by asking the power authority for a new electric rate has received a second surprise: a $1,159 credit for what he considers two years' overpayments.

Kenneth Kobus, 21, of Center Moriches was arrested by New York State Police on Sunrise Highway at 10:15 a.m. on September 16 and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

Happy Rosh Hashanah to all friends and neighbors of the Jewish faith. Happy New Year! Boys State has been a program of the American Legion since 1935.

Jennett Meriden Russell said she envisions hundreds of people lined up along the sand on Fire Island, all flying diverse and beautiful kites, in honor of those who have lost their battles with cancer.

Local Rotarians skipped their weekly lunch meeting on August 25 and instead drove a few miles west to Camp Paquatuck in Center Moriches.

A cadre of East End hotel owners and associates vehemently protested a proposed hike of the Suffolk County hotel/motel tax at a public hearing before the Suffolk County Legislature last week.

An estimated 6,500 firefighters attended the funeral of Paul Warhola on Wednesday.

In what Suffolk County officials have described as an effort to help cover a $110 million budget deficit, the county in recent months has deferred paying the equivalent of two weeks' salary to more than 10,000 county employees and public officials, saving about $25 million this year.