Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue joined local officials last week at the Wantagh Senior Center to announce settlements with 13 companies that will pay a total of $217,500 in connection with allegations that they violated the state's "Do Not Call" Telemarketing Law. FULL STORY

Farmingdale School District officials are planning new policies for student identification cards. Currently, all employees and visitors who enter Farmingdale's Schools are required to wear identification. Employees wear a card bearing a photo of the employee as well as their name, and visitors are marked with a "visitor" card. Students are provided with identification cards at the beginning of the school year, but they are carried, not worn. Employees and visitors have been required to wear the card since last year as a safety measure, allowing the district to identify people in the school's buildings as authorized individuals. Students currently only use the card for lunch privileges or if they have to show identification for other purposes. The district is planning and developing new policies for these cards, which, in the future, all students in the district may wear. FULL STORY

The OHG had its annual "Awards Night" at the K of C Lodge in Farmingdale. After a long winter of phone calls and meetings it was great to see everyone. All the teams were well represented. The teams bonded together to greet their new members. After a night of pizza and refreshments, they all talked "First Place." FULL STORY

Stop World Hunger, Inc. is welcoming tennis players to its 22nd year of tennis activities. Since the summer of 1981, more than $67,000 has been raised to help feed and nourish hungry children throughout the world. FULL STORY