Photo By: Liz Finnegan—The caricature of a baseball player welcomes customers into Hometown Heroes on Higbie Lane.
 
 OUR TOP STORY
In the eyes of the beholder
Story By: LIZ FINNEGAN, Editor
 
 29 July 2010
 WEST ISLIP — Paintings of a teacup, flowers and a childhood fantasy landscape filled with lollipops, gum drops and candy canes once welcomed visitors to several of the hamlet’s businesses. They are now gone and another mural in town may soon follow t...  

  
 Islip early retirement possible
Story By: JESSIE BIELE, Staff Writer
  
 
 29 July 2010
 ISLIP TOWN — Thanks to a new statewide incentive, the Town of Islip employees may soon have the option to retire early. Governor David Paterson approved the statewide Early Retirement Incentive in June in order to achieve savings and condense the ...  

 Get serious about chocolate
Story By: JESSIE BIELE, Staff Writer
  
 
 29 July 2010
 BAY SHORE — It’s the only chocolate shop downtown and Serious Chocolate has brought a taste of the confection from as far away as Europe to the south shore hamlet. The idea for Serious Chocolate was born after owner Patrice Lantier relocated to Eu...  



  




























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