At a press conference held late last week, Democrat Joseph Lorintz, a Jericho attorney, civic leader and environmental activist, officially kicked off his campaign for the office of supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay challenging incumbent Supervisor John Venditto. FULL STORY

The Republic Airport Commission presented their annual Noise Contour report for the year 2000 at their Tuesday, June 5 meeting. The report, presented by Henry Young, explained the amount of total operations, paying special attention to landings and takeoffs, as well as types of aircraft used at various hours of the day. In addition, the report featured escalating rates of resident complaints. FULL STORY

The Farmingdale PAL 7th and 8th grade conference A girls lacrosse team, that plays in the LI Sr. Girls Youth Lacrosse League, brought their undefeated record of 7-0 to Saltzman East Memorial on Saturday to play the undefeated Garden City team, with their record of 6-0-1, in a battle of Titans. Both teams have proved to be the best jr. high school age team in the county. FULL STORY

"We're not just glad to be here, we're here to win," uttered Anthony Curran, after the Columbus Lodge #2143 softball team (The Golden Lions) and the Lodge's Ladies Auxiliary accepted an invitation to participate in the 7th Annual Ronald McDonald House Sports Festival. This year's festival will be held on Saturday, June 16 at Cantaigue Park in Hicksville. FULL STORY