Weekly Recap: Pride For Youth Responds to Boy Scouts Ban, Long Island Crisis Center Funding Restored

Busy week? No worries. Patch highlighted the top stories of the week so you can catch up on all of the local news. This week, the top stories are:

4. North Bellmore Library Starts Program for Homebound Patrons: The library recently started an outreach program, in which it delivers materials to homebound residents.

3. Kennedy Graduate Wins Tennis Championship: Scott Lipsky, a Kennedy High School graduate, and his tennis partner recently won the championship title at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in the men's doubles finals.

2. Long Island Crisis Center Funding Restored: The Bellmore-based crisis support and suicide prevention organization had its funding restored by Nassau County after dozens of youth service agencies lost their funding on July 6.

1. Pride For Youth Responds to Boy Scouts Ban on Gays: The director of  Pride for Youth, a Bellmore-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth advocacy group, shares his thoughts on The Boy Scouts of America reaffirming its longtime policy of banning openly gay scouts and troop leaders.