Charles O'Shea, chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors, announced that the year 2001 assessment grievance period when taxpayers may protest their 2001-02 property assessments will run from Monday, Jan. 2 through March 1, 2001. Nassau taxpayers may protest their assessments at the Nassau County Office building at 240 Old Country Road in Mineola during daytime hours, Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For added convenience taxpayers may file in the evening between the hours of 7 and 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 31 and on Wednesday, Feb. 7 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. FULL STORY

The Floral Park Knights of Columbus bowlers continued to dish out punishment to the hapless Sterling Bowl wood, warming to the task, more and more, as each Thursday night rolls around. FULL STORY