1. Do you have an extra room in your house and interest in hosting a foreign exchange student? Exchange student group Global Friendships is looking for Babylon host families for four students from Spain for four weeks this summer. Contact info@globalfriendships.com for more information.
2. New LIRR timetables went into effect on Monday. Be sure to check the schedule online before heading to the station: http://mta.info/lirr/
3. Are you a mom looking for a group of fellow runners or walkers to help keep you motivated? A new Babylon Village/West Babylon group has formed on the new networking site SeeMommyRun.com, where members plan workouts at Argyle Lake.
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4. May is Get Caught Reading Month, a national initiative to encourage kids to read for fun. Check out West Babylon Public Library's children's book of the month, or see their full calendar of reading-focused events and contests.
5. Do you have three minutes to hear a new writer? India DeCarmine from Babylon Village was recently featured on NPR's Three-Minute fiction contest. Contestants must submit a piece of fiction writing that can be read on-air in three minutes or less in response to a prompt.
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