Assemblyman Tom Alfano held aloft a copy of Attorney General Elliot Spitzer's report "Pennies for Charity," and blasted telemarketing firms for "ripping off people who are donating to good and worthy causes." FULL STORY

Support for Nassau's Community-Based Programs Will Provide Critical Preventative Services -- Nassau County organizations against child and substance abuse and parent neglect have received more than $31 million in preventative services grants to help reunite families, particularly parents and their children. FULL STORY

The Floral Park Knights of Columbus pin-spillers, last Thursday night at the Sterling Lanes, had a "so-so" outing, by the locals' standards, and the general feeling was: "There's a rebound comin' - so git outa th' way!" FULL STORY