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Bakery Might Be On The Move, McCaffrey Elected Tops This Week's Headlines
The top stories from Babylon over the past week.
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Madame Butterfly Looking to Move Near the Docks
Having dessert at the docks might become a new Babylon Village tradition if one business gets approval from the village board.
A public hearing will be held for Madame Butterfly Cakes at Babylon Village Hall on November 12 to hear the case to move the business to a new location on Fire Island Avenue near the village docks.
Babylon High School Earns Awards for Financial Literacy
The W!SE Financial Literacy Program has named Babylon Junior-Senior High School a Blue Star School for the third straight year and teacher Andrew Marulis was also named a Gold Star Teacher award based on performance results in the school’s Wall Street and personal finance class.
Each year, the classes’ students take the W!SE financial literacy exam. To earn the Blue Star School status, schools testing 10 or more students must achieve a 75 percent passing rate on this exam and have either a majority of students on a given grade level take the test or have the students who took it achieve an average score of 80 percent or higher.
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Kevin McCaffrey will represent the 14th Legislative District in Suffolk County after a close victory on Tuesday, according to the Suffolk County Board of Elections website.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting on Tuesday evening, Kevin McCaffrey, the Republican candidate and current deputy mayor of Lindenhurst, took the majority of the legislative district with 5,334 votes, or 52.47 percent.
W. Babylon Softball Star Helping Give Back to Cancer-Stricken Teen
A West Babylon softball pro is coming home to help out a Lindenhurst softball player battling a rare form of bone cancer.
West Babylon's Olivia Galati, a professional softball pitchercurrently with New York/New Jersey Comets in the National Pro Fastpitch league and Hofstra University graduate, will be taking part in a charity game this Saturday at 7 p.m.
Bridge To Be Renamed for NYPD Officer Figoski on Nov. 30
The Route 109 Overpass at Sunrise Highway will be renamed for a West Babylon NYPD officer killed in the line of duty later this month, according to elected officials.
The overpass, which spans Sunrise Highway, will be renamed the "New York Police Department Officer Peter Figoski Memorial Bridge," according to a bill passed by the New York State Senate last month.
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