The People for the Purchase of Alva T. Stanforth, the local grass-roots organization that has been working since early January to absorb the moth-balled school building into the Elmont School District, is now offering to act as mediator in the dispute that has erupted between Elmont's school board and the board of education at Sewanhaka. FULL STORY

Last January, as New York Sports Ventures took control of a sagging New York Islanders hockey franchise, the anticipation was that a new sports complex for them to play in would be operational by the start of the 2001 hockey season. FULL STORY

Swim-A-Cross Complete: Red Cross Is Waiting for Pledges FULL STORY