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Feb. 12: Fat Tuesday and Lincoln's Birthday

Check out some events going on in the Massapequa area Tuesday.

Start you day with this daily guide, where you will find five pieces of information you should know today, like events happening in town or topics being covered on the site. Have an event or topic that should appear in this column? Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip.

Fat Tuesday: The day before before Ash Wednesday is celebrated with a carnival in many part of the world, including New Orleans. We have a bit of the Big Easy here in Massapequa as Big Daddy's restaurant will once again host their annual Mardi Gras Celebration, featuring music by King Cobra. It starts at 8 p.m.

Lincoln's Birthday: Honest Abe will celebrate his 204th birthday Tuesday. It is a local holiday in Nassau County  as a number of County offices will be closed. Both Town Hall North and South in Oyster Bay  and Massapequa  will  be closed as will be Village Hall in Massapequa Park.

Sanitation/S.O.R.T. Despite the holiday there will be normal sanitation and recycling collection on Tuesday.

Boys Hoops:The Chiefs travel to Freeport for a 4:30 p.m. game.

Girls Hoops: Massapequa hosts freeport at 6:15 p.m.

Elaina Redmond February 12, 2013 at 08:26 pm
A special birthday tribute to Abe Lincoln from Marilyn Monroe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJo0oBd34R0

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LT June 16, 2013 at 09:52 am
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Michael Taustine June 16, 2013 at 09:01 pm
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Jack coyote June 12, 2013 at 03:24 pm
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Patrick O'Hara June 12, 2013 at 04:14 pm
Mr. Coyote, The design plans only call for a canopy over certain parts of the station platform, likeRead More almost all of the other stations along the branch. The canopies will be primarily over the staircases, elevator, waiting room, and one other small section on the middle section of the platform between the elevator and east escalator.
mj June 12, 2013 at 01:43 pm
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