.
Feedback

The News Review: Top Stories of the Week

Make sure you didn't miss any news this week.

Every day Patch offers up several stories on people, events, businesses and crime and it can be hard to keep up. The best way is to sign up for our daily, weekly and breaking news email alerts but in case you missed those, here is a look at this past week's top headlines:

Sandy Has Blue Point Gym Owner on a Rebuilding Path

Police Rescue Pup From Bayport Creek

Sayville District Showcases Student Art in Unique Way

Sayville HS Student Attending Presidential Inauguration

Business Spotlight: New Gas Station Coming to Bayport

UPDATE: B-BP BOE Mulls New Admin Title for Athletics Director

Blue Point Folk Songwriter Releases Debut Album

From the Not-Really-a-Secret Files or Why Serving as Pastor is akin to battling zombies

Teen Exchange Student Loving His Stay in Sayville

B-BP Honor Society Provides Resources to the Homeless

B-BP School Security Presentation set for Feb. Meeting

Patch Readers: More School Time Won't Boost Education Results

Flu Shots Getting Scarce and Hard to Find

 

Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Simple, fast sign-up here.

Newsletter & Alerts

Get the best stories each day and important breaking news

Subscribe

Not from Sayville-Bayport Patch? Find your Local Patch »

Loading comments ...
Note Article
Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.