This February, in honor of Black History Month, Equal sweetner is paying tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen in Hempstead Town and across Long Island, African-American fighter pilots who confronted segregation in American Society while combating the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The company is sponsoring an oral histories program that preserves for posterity their memories at the American Airpower Museum in New York. FULL STORY

Nassau County Legislators Peter J. Schmitt and Salvatore B. Pontillo recently requested Jane Kenny, the new Region II director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise to a higher standard the cleanup plan the agency has proposed for the Liberty Superfund Site in Farmingdale. FULL STORY

Farmingdale High School English teacher Tom Londino fed a furnace for close to a year. A few weeks ago, Landino put that furnace - his body - to the test when he competed in the Janus Ironman Triathlon in Panama City, Florida. FULL STORY

On Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Stuart Thomas Manor, one of the most successful fundraisers in recent memory was held to benefit the Long Island Champion Dalers football team. FULL STORY