James Blackmore, the New York City firefighter and Farmingdale resident who was killed while leading a rescue charge into a burning building in Brooklyn last Friday night, was remembered this week as a hero. FULL STORY

When Jennifer F. Muccioli was a teenager, she was told she could not sing. If she had listened to those words, she may not be headed in the direction she is today - to Italy to perform with the Rome Festival Opera for the summer. FULL STORY

"The hills of Long Island" attracted 76 runners to the starting line of the 1998 edition of the Long Island Endurance 50 Mile and 50 Kilometer Runs on May 16. FULL STORY

The Columbus Lodge No. 2143 Order of Sons of Italy in America will play softball against the New York Jets' Matt O'Dwyer and his celebrity team this summer at Carmen Road Park in Massapequa, L.I. FULL STORY