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North Ridge Primary School has Cookie Swap.

December 16, 2014 8:38 am Comments Off

Story and Photo by Brenda Lentsch

The teachers and staff at North Ridge Primary School in Commack held their first annual cookie swap. They baked and shared a variety of cookies, but best of all, they filled more than 30 tins and delivered them to a local food pantry. According to the participants – it was […]

Pajama Theme Day a Huge Success!

December 16, 2014 6:32 am Comments Off

Story and Photos by Brenda Lentsch
If you happened to stop by Burr Intermediate School in Commack on December 12, you would have noticed the students and staff wearing unusual and extraordinary – pajamas! Burr’s Pajama Theme Day raised awareness and accepted donations of new pajamas for a very special group, Stony Brook Hospital’s Child Life […]

Good Samaritan Rescues 79-Year-Old Man that Drove into Pool

October 27, 2014 8:47 pm Comments Off

On October 27, 2014 at approximately 3:45 p.m. police officers responded to a call in which a Good Samaritan rescued a 79-year-old man that drove into a pool in Commack.
Joseph DiDonato was driving a 2010 Acura SUV through the parking lot of Mayfair Foot Care, located at 19 Harned Road, Commack, when he apparently pressed […]

Fire Damages Ralph’s Ices and Nathan’s in Commack

October 9, 2014 2:43 am Comments Off

The Commack Fire Department responded to a commercial building fire that heavily damaged Ralph’s Italian Ices, Nathan’s Famous and Lorenzo’s Pizza on Commack Road, Wednesday night,

Commack Girl Scouts Recycling Efforts Pay Off

September 29, 2014 9:52 am Comments Off

By Brenda Lentsch

During their three years at Mandracchia Sawmill Intermediate School in Commack, Girl Scout Junior Troop 444 collected plastic water bottles from the decorated boxes they placed in all the classrooms at their school and also at Wood Park Primary School. These same young ladies, now sixth graders at Commack Middle School, used the […]

Commack Coalition of Caring 5K Run/Walk

September 16, 2014 1:45 pm Comments Off

The Commack Coalition of Caring 4th Annual Red Ribbon Week 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 9:00 a.m, with a free ½ mile Kids Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. Both events will begin and end at Commack High School.
Red Ribbon Week brings people together to raise awareness of the dangers […]

Commack’s 9-11 Night of Remembrance Tradition Continues

September 13, 2014 7:25 am Comments Off

Commack Dedicates Ceremony to First Responders’ Families

Commack’s 9-11 Night of Remembrance Ceremony

September 10, 2014 11:02 pm Comments Off

The Commack School District continues its tradition of paying tribute to the 3,000 men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and the more than 1,000 who have died due to health issues related to the attacks with its annual Night of Remembrance.

Giving Back to Those Who Served

April 13, 2014 8:37 pm Comments Off

Commack High School students and staff, representing Etchings, the high school’s annual arts and literary magazine, visited residents of the Northport VA Medical Center.

Bus Aide Arrested for Assaulting 5-year-old Student

October 3, 2013 11:32 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police have arrested a bus aide for assaulting a student while riding in a school bus in Commack.
A bus aide for Acme Bus Corp., was riding in a bus in Commack when he, in an attempt at discipline, grabbed the arm of a 5-year-old developmentally disabled boy and twisted it behind the student’s […]