For the Farmingdale PTA, the weeks preceding the new year were highlighted by a trip to Buffalo for the organization's state convention, an event which inspired several ideas to implement on the local level in 1999. FULL STORY

Nassau County anthropological tests have revealed some clues about the identity of the skeletal remains found at an excavation site in Farmingdale last month, but many questions are still unanswered. FULL STORY

With 228 people showing up to donate and 198 pints actually being collected, the 9th annual Athletes for Life Blood Drive was an unqualified success once again. The drive was held on Sunday, Dec. 27 at the Melville Marriott. FULL STORY

For some, the holiday season is a time for long lines at the department stores, ever-mounting credit card debt and trying to outdo your neighbor with more lights and tacky displays. For others it is a time to reflect back at the past year, be a little nicer and give a little more. FULL STORY