West Patchogue Neighborhood Watch Group being formed
After many months of planning and research, a group of West Patchogue residents have officially opened up membership to their new Neighborhood Watch Group.

The West Patchogue Neighborhood Watch Group is now fully equipped with their own Blog (Web Site) so that they can communicate with their local residents on important neighborhood issues.

Please visit the new West Patchogue Neighborhood Watch Web Site at the URL (address) below.

http://westpatnw.blogspot.com/

PLEASE FORWARD (THE ABOVE) URL TO ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW IN WEST PATCHOGUE.

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Concert Cancelled at Patchogue Theatre

See their Web Site for details.

http://www.patchoguetheatre.com/012409.htm

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Community Announcement:

Knights of Columbus #725 of Patchogue invites you, your family & friends to our annual
Night @the Races

DATE:
Friday January 23, 2009

TIME:
7pm

LOCATION:
Our beautiful Council Hall, located at 38 West 1st Street. (first left (West) on Waverly after the bypass)

Come one, come all and enjoy food, fun and games of Chance, right here in Patchogue; featuring dinner and drinks.

Admission as noted below:

To reserve $15.00 tickets:
1. Call Vinny Lettieri, at 790-1205
2. Or E-mail him at vinnykofc@hotmail.com
3. Charge of $20.00 for these same tickets at the door.
4. Call now as every year we do sell out

Knights of Columbus #725
Charted in 1903
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Announcement from the Guardian Angel Alumni Director:
The Guardian Angels will be In Patchogue on Saturday , Jan 17th at 2 PM at the L.I.R.R Station ,South Ocean & Divison St. Then we will have a Meeting where people can come down and find out more about us and the start of a chapter In Patchogue .

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Sad News!

Burghardt Turner passed away January 11, 2009

Burg was a former resident of Patchogue. He lived on Maple Avenue, and was a neighborhood activist. He worked along with many of us to create a better Patchogue!
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Burg was an amazing and interesting person to talk to! Among his many credits he was, a former President of the Brookhaven NAACP, one of the founding members of the Unitarian Fellowship of Bellport, NY, and held the distinguished title of Professor Emeritus, at Stony Brook University.
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Dr. Turner was an active supporter of many organizations for the blind. Burg was progressively loosing his eye sight in his latter years, but still directed all of his attention to others, instead of himself!
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Many Patchogue Residents may remember Dr. Turner as one of the first African American teachers in the Patchogue School District.
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Dr. Turner was known for his outstanding work in Civil and Human Rights. The source of his passion becomes amazingly obvious, when all of the facts are put down on the same piece of paper! Dr. Turner served his country in the “African American 92nd (Buffalo) Division at Fort McClellan.
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Dr. Turner is no longer physically with us, but the fruits of his labor and passion will never die. The Turner Fellowship Program, which has helped hundreds of academics, remains as a living testimony to Burghardt Turner.
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Don't miss the wonderful YouTube video Titled:
Patchogue Christmas Night Parade

The producer Is Will M. Gtz (I'm sorry but I could not read the screen, please send a correction)

This video is wonderfully done and the final credits are written in both English and Spanish. This video does indeed capture the spirit of Christmas in Patchogue. Thank you Will, for caring about our community!
Enjoy!

Please click on the URL Below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmFURLp6Ro&eurl=http://mapleavenuenw.blogspot.com/



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Paul Pontieri Receives Prestigious Commendation!

Being in the same room with prestigious people such as Stuart Rabinowitz, President of Hofstra University, Shirley Strum Kenny, President of Stony Brook University , and Jon Cooper Long Island Campaign Chair for the Obama Presidential Campaign, is an honor in itself. Our mayor Paul Pontieri was selected by Long Island Business News, as one of the ten leaders that changed Long Island.

It is now a given that our mayor is now in the Major League, with all of Long Island as his ball park!

(Please enjoy the article below)

http://libn.com/blog/2008/12/19/the-influentials-10-leaders-who-changed-long-island-in-2008/

Comment:
Anonymous said...
It is great to see Paul Pontieri recognized. He and the entire administration have done a great job. There is still work to be done but most mayors and their office would sit back at this point and coast. For us, the best is yet to come. I commend them for taking chances and not falling into the trap previous administrations have in acting like the only way to revitalize Patchogue was though retail (Mayor Keegan was the other exception). Many residents were scared of going the entertainment route but Mayor Pontieri and his administration have done an excellent job in calming those fears. I've been in Patchogue for most of my 32 years and my friends constantly asked me why I stayed. I said just wait, you'll see. Now, they are here 1 or 2 days a week taking advantage of the blossoming restaurant and bar scene. A couple of them are thinking of moving to the village or at least closer to it.

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