The Farmingdale Beautification Committee, a group of local residents and business members interested in beautifying the Village of Farmingdale, is once again hosting their Adopt-A-Tree-Well Program throughout the village. This time, the committee is looking to beautify the community not only for its residents, but also for visitors who will soon be passing through the village on their way to the US Open which will be taking place at Bethpage State Park this spring. FULL STORY

Students at Farmingdale High School are asking local residents to answer their call for a cure on Tuesday, Feb. 5 and help them raise funds for children with cystic fibrosis. Between 6 and 9 p.m., students will gather at the high school and make phone calls to residents in the community, asking them to join the battle against cystic fibrosis by making any contribution possible. FULL STORY

Several members of the Sons of Italy-Columbus Lodge #2143 and New York Yankee Almuni Roy White are teaming up on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to raise money for the widows' and victims' families on Feb. 13 at Leonard's of Great Neck from 7 p.m. till 11 p.m. Presented by the Roy White Foundation, the event will include an evening with stars of various New York area sports teams. FULL STORY

The success of the December 2001 Ho Ho Ho Holiday Run enabled the Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) to be very generous to three most deserving causes, and at the club's Jan. 15 meeting checks were presented in the amount of $3,000 to the Bretton Bowl Fund for the needy families of Bethpage, in the amount of $2,500 to the Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education, and in the amount of $1,000 to Long Island Track & Field for use in LITF's youth programs. FULL STORY