Local Voices Roundup: Baking Craze, Education Hot Topics & Pizza With a Pistol

Patch's Local Voices community is a vibrant one, with bloggers hitting on a wide range of issues from education to cooking.

In case you haven't had time to check them out, here are some of the most popular from the past week.

Education News Round-Up: Food for Thought

Education News Round-Up: Food for Thought

My Recent Baking Obsession Has Led Me to Hamantaschen

• Nikki Alexandra

After only recently getting into "scratch" baking, I successfully baked my first batch of hamantaschen.

Who Is LIBI?

• Long Island Builders Institute

Here's a look at what we do, plus details about the Superstorm Resource Expo on March 20.

Does Your Neighbor Have Your Back?

• Kevin Raposo

Think of your home's first line of defense. What comes to mind? Your security system? Your barbed-wire fence? Your adorable but secretly vicious poodle?

Fifteen Percent Off Your Pizza If You're Packing a Pistol

• Cindi Sansone-Braff

Now serving pizza with a pistol.

Suffolk County Library Association Donates to Help Fire Victims

• Suffolk Cooperative Library System

The Suffolk County Library Association Donated books and goods to help the victims of the February 8 fire.