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West Islip Blogs of the Week: June 9

All of the best tips, news and opinions from your neighbors.

What are your neighbors thinking about? Is a national-news story peeking the interest of the neighborhood or is someone simply sharing their insight on every day life? 

No worries if you missed the past week – we've collected the top blog posts across our local Patch sites in one convenient place.

Adult Student Success Stories


Deer Park-North Babylon blogger Daniel Gerger writes in this week about adult education in colleges and the successes he has seen over the past 15 years he has been working to get many adults back to school. See some of the stories he's seen in his blog this week.

How to Avoid a Plumbing Emergency This Summer


Lindenhurst blogger and plumber Pat Dolan gives his advice on keeping your plumbing system in great shape this summer – especially before anything can go wrong with it. See his advice on his blog this week!

Mortgage Interest Deduction


West Islip blogger and real estate agent Lisa Palermo writes in this week about the help a mortgage interest deduction can have on potential homeowners and how it can push job creation. See what she has to say in this week's blog.

Wildlife Ahoy!


Babylon Village blogger John Frohlich has been writing in to Babylon Village Patch for some time about his backyard family of foxes. Now he's blogging and sending us photos and videos of the new kits at play – check them out:


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