Denise Bonilla
Writer at Newsday
Denise M. Bonilla has been a staff writer @Newsday since 2003 and has covered the Town of #Babylon since 2009.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Denise Bonilla
Babylon Village residents will see a nearly 10% hike in their taxes, an increase that village officials blame primarily on higher insurance costs. The $14.57 million 2025-2026 budget, which takes effect June 1, marks a 10.91% increase in spending over the current budget of $13.14 million. The tax rate rises to $18.90 per $100 of assessed value, up from $17.20 per $100 of assessed value, or a 9.88% increase, which pierces the state tax cap.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Denise Bonilla
The crack of a bat. The thump of a ball hitting a mitt. The swish of a player sliding into home. It’s been decades since Wyandanch youth have heard those sounds in their community, but Bernard Greene is determined to make the iconic echoes of baseball a fixture there. Greene, 51, has put together a group of more than 50 kids ages 4 to 14 whom he coaches across four age-based teams.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Denise Bonilla
The Town of Babylon is seeking to update its illegal cannabis law by prohibiting the display of marijuana in unlicensed stores. The town is proposing to add the word “display” to its existing law, so both the sale and display of cannabis would be prohibited by stores without them first obtaining the required licenses and complying with zoning restrictions. A public hearing on the law addition will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Town Hall in Lindenhurst.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Denise Bonilla
If you hear a buzz around Tanger Outlets in Deer Park, it might not be about the latest sales on clothing and shoes. That hum could be coming from the tens of thousands of honeybees that make their home on a rooftop at the outlet center. The bees, which live in two hives near the J. Crew store, are part of an “urban beekeeping” effort with Montreal-based Alvéole.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Denise Bonilla
Babylon officials have unveiled the town’s renovated and upgraded emergency communications hub, which they said has been more than a decade in the making. The Babylon Central Fire and Rescue Alarm Corp. dispatch facility is located in the basement of Babylon Town Hall in Lindenhurst and serves as the town’s 911 call center. Residents reporting an emergency can call 911, or 631-226-1212 to reach a dispatcher.
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