Relatives of Captain Kathy Mazza joined local officials Sept. 8 to plant flowers and shrubs in a memorial park in Farmingdale that was developed in honor of the Port Authority police captain. FULL STORY

The Wantagh Baptist Church will be relocating to 25 Hempstead Turnpike, the site of the former Perkins Restaurant and Bakery. After gutting the Farmingdale building and starting from scratch, the church is getting closer to having a service held at the new facility on Saturday evenings. An opening date is yet to be determined. FULL STORY

On September 5, OTH finally completed their regular season schedule, albeit somewhat later than planned with all the makeup games. Darien continued their improved play, defeating Changing Times by the score of 17-5. The victory gave Darien its 5th win in the last six games as they gear up for the year-end Charity Tournament. Tom T Ball, the heart & soul of Darien and playing with one good arm, went 4-5 with 4 RBIs. Joe "one spike, one sneaker" Manning, made a fashion statement while collecting 3 hits and 4 RBIs. Next week he will wear his other matching footwear. Joe Cipolla and Bobby Schubert rounded out the offense with 3 hits each. The comeback team of 2003, Synergy, continued their terrific season with a 15-5 win over a struggling Mers team. Synergy started slowly but finally got rolling in the 3rd when Al Devine smacked the first of his 2 triples in his 3 hit night. John Penza also contributed 3 clutch hits at key moments of the game. Synergy put Mers away completely in the 7th, scoring 7 runs, including a tremendous HR over the left center field fence by Tommy Vanasco. A solid pitching performance by rookie Dennis Oehl was backed up by key plays by Billy Fitzpatrick, Tom Vanasco and Joe Lutz. Barco continued their winning ways as well, overcoming a 10-5 deficit, edging out Moby 11-10. Barco was led by Dennis Ryan's 4-4 which included 2 doubles and a triple along with 3 RBIs. He also scored the winning run by tagging up from 2nd on Kevin Moloney's deep fly. Also contributing to their offense was a hot Dave Ringer (4-4), Bill Stack (3-3 2 RBIs) and Jeff Elie's (3-3). Another key hit was Tony Falcone's 2 RBI triple in their 5 run 6th. Other game results were Bar Boy over O'Sheas; Bethpage PT over Singletons and the J-2/M&T Tuesday game rained out. FULL STORY

The Farmingdale Wolves boys U-12 travel soccer team turned on the power to capture second place at the 2003 East Meadow American Ref-Fuel Tournament, held recently at Eisenhower Park. With teamwork and skills that were nothing short of electrifying, the boys earned a record of 4 wins and 1 loss - including three shutouts. During the two-day tournament, the Wolves allowed only 3 goals - and scored 13 - over the five games. FULL STORY