April 5 Lindy Edition

Busy, busy, busy around Lindy this Tuesday! It’s a day filled with meetings – and a forecast of more rain.

But you know what they say about April showers…let’s just hope they’ll give way to milder weather and those much anticipated May flowers.

And for those of you who love March Madness and NCAA basketball, and have been living and breathing your brackets, a new team’s been crowned champion: the UCONN Huskies.

They beat the Butler Bulldogs (aww, Lindy’s team, too!) 53-41.

On a more serious note, Ocean Parkway will continue to be shut down from the Robert Moses Causeway to Tobay beach and the Nassau County line as police continue their search for more bodies in the Gilgo Beach Investigation.

To bring you up to speed, here’s an updated timeline and the latest headlines:

Now, here are five more things you need to know to start your day:

1. Tonight is the Village of Lindenhurst’s board meeting at . It starts at 7:30 p.m. And look for the story about the VOL’s organization meeting last night.

2. The Town of Babylon board will meet this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Town Hall on Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.

As you may or may not know, Town Supervisor Steve Bellone has been on a listening tour of Suffolk County, and Patch has confirmed that he will officially announce his run for county executive later this month.

Here’s the announcement and the latest headlines in the race to bring you up to speed:

3. The will hold a at 7 p.m. tonight to present its July 2011-June 2012 operating budget. It’ll be held in the downstairs community room. This takes place ahead of the .

4. The Spring Concert at elementary school takes place tonight at the . It starts at 7 p.m.

5. Restaurant Week – back by popular demand of Long Island chefs and eateries – is running from April 3-10.

During this week restaurants all around the island will have a $24.95 price fixe menu available for diners. It’ll offer a choice of three appetizers, three main courses and three desserts.

Look for a story that includes .

In addition, E.W. Bower elementary school's Parents as Reading Partners week – themed Reading Is out of This World – continues today with Carry a Poem in Your Pocket Day.

Later in the week on April 7, the Scholastic Spring Book Fair will be held from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. in the gym. And as part of Bower’s PARP, visit the LML between April 1-8 and enter your name in a raffle. Complete reading logs and contracts, and hand in activity packets to win more prizes.

Please also check out Lindenhurst Patch’s Welcome Video, and then be sure to follow on Facebook and Twitter.

We have more than 100 followers on both now two weeks after launch, and Lindenhurst Patch thanks you.

Keep spreading the word, and have a great day! Be well, and take care.