County Executive Thomas Gulotta's fiscal year 2000 budget proposal came under close scrutiny from top Republican and Democratic officials alike last week, after he unveiled a plan that uses a property tax increase and tobacco settlement money to close Nassau's over-$100 million dollar deficit. FULL STORY

The U.S. Census Bureau has sent a letter to Village Administrator Robert L. Schoelle, Jr., informing the Village that it is looking for people looking for temporary employment as office workers and census takers. Recently, the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census' Local Census Office (at 107 Charles Lindberg Boulevard) hosted a seminar for the public about the upcoming census. According to the Bureau, "Census 2000 will be the largest peacetime effort in the history of the United States." FULL STORY

In my best grammar, I must report that the Knights of Columbus bowlers "did like always," as they pummeled the pins in the usual Council 2345 fashion, last Thursday, at their new home -- the Sterling Lanes. FULL STORY