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Thurs. 10:30 pm...Bishop meeting at Sachem High School turns raucous. Overflow crowd with 900 inside school while 500 more are locked out. More later


Bishop Meeting Confirmed
Tim Bishop has announced that he will conduct a town hall meeting on August 27 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be located at the Sachem High School East at 177 Granny Road, Farmingville. Meeting was originally planned to be at the Brookhaven Town Hall but a decision was made to change the venue.


David Hedrick Causes a Meeting Ruckus
Veteran David Hedrick showed up at a Town Hall meeting the other night, not expecting to be called on. But someone called out his number and he brought the house down. His statements and questioning of his congressman (Brian Baird) made headlines across the nation and his You Tube clip has been played over and over. Hedrick summed up the feelings of many Americans. Click on the photo to see the video everyone is talking about.



The National Debt Clock

Worried about the debt owed by this nation? Are you concerned about the country's huge deficit that just climbed yesterday by another 2 trillion dollars? Perhaps you are getting nervous about how you, your children, their children, their children's children will ever be able to pay for it all while these useless members of Congress spend away the nation's legacy of almost 300 years.
Take a look at the National Debt Clock. Bookmark it and check it every day.
Caution: It will make you sick.

A Financial Site That Sorts it Out
Gramercy Images Press is an outstanding web site which finally sorts out all of the inside Wall Street and financial/banking news that you may have missed. Lots of colorful stories of the good, bad and ugly side of downtown.

Bookmark it and take a look everyday.


Riverhead Board of Education Meeting
The Riverhead Board of Education will meet on August 25 (6 pm) to continue discussion of expansion plans for the Middle School and Administrative offices. It has been reported that the expansion could cost as much as 99 million dollars or more. (Have you heard about the economy?)


Southampton Supervisor Pushes Casino at EPCAL
Southampton Supervisor Linda Kabot, in a radio interview, believes that the tribal status of the Shinnecocks will be resolved this year and to expect them to start pushing for a casino in Suffolk County, if not on their own reservation, then somewhere else in Suffolk such as EPCAL. (Kabot would not be in favor of a Southampton location). Standard & Poor has downgraded Southampton to a status of "Credit Watch".