Farmingdale School District administrators on March 18 presented a preliminary draft of the school budget for 1998-99, noting that an increase of 6.92% over last year's final budget is primarily due to a proposed increase in the hiring of teachers. FULL STORY

The Farmingdale Village Board of Trustees and mayor denied a special use permit to builders who proposed building senior housing on Main Street, after local residents and business owners at a village board meeting Monday night said the plan called for overdevelopment of the area. FULL STORY

Seventh and eighth-graders from Howitt Middle School's Wrestling Team garnered impressive awards on Sunday, March 15 when they competed in the 5th Annual Wildcat Wrestling Tournament at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington. FULL STORY

Seventh and eighth-graders from Howitt Middle School's Wrestling Team garnered impressive awards on Sunday, March 15 when they competed in the 5th Annual Wildcat Wrestling Tournament at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington. FULL STORY