Angela Fuglieri-Luigi, who was raised in Bethpage and now makes her home in Farmingdale, was recently honored for five years of service with Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA). FULL STORY

The Farmingdale Board of Education last Wednesday set the 1999-2000 school tax levy at $61,307,800, rendering a 5.6824 percent and 7.990 percent average increase in the tax rate for Town of Oyster Bay and Town of Babylon property owners, respectively. FULL STORY

The Columbus Lodge No. 2143 Order Sons of Italy in America's softball committee recently announced Long Island companies are becoming aware of the charity softball games the Lions' have participated in, and some have expressed an interest in sponsoring the Golden Lions. FULL STORY