The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education announces to the public and leaders of all community organizations that it will conduct its annual special preliminary budget session at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The meeting will take place at 8 p.m. in the third floor Board Conference Room of Sewanhaka High School, Tulip and Covert Avenues, Floral Park. FULL STORY

Presiding Officer Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) and the majority of the Nassau County Legislature announced this week the appointment of Mark D. Young to the position of director of finance and budgeting and Arimax Financial Advisors, as chief financial advisors to the legislature. Arimax will serve as consultants in developing a short and long-term financial recovery plan for the county. FULL STORY

It looks, to this observer, that the bowling "know-how" of the Floral Park Knights of Columbus pin-spillers has slipped a bit in their effort to pound the Sterling Lane lumber in a fashion that, in weeks past, has fairly screamed: "Git outa th' way -- Here we come!" Nevertheless, their "slipped" condition still gives the pins a good working over and those in the know look for a quick return to the not-too-far-back outings when they were walloping the wood with astounding precision and power. FULL STORY