Senator Michael Balboni said this year's state budget would include a significant increase in state aid for towns and villages in his district with the goal of helping municipalities to control local property tax growth. FULL STORY

The Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA), New York's leading civil service employee's union, is calling upon the county to end what they refer to as "decades of decay at the Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC)." Union officials refer to conditions at the Westbury-based facility, which operates under the county's Department of Social Services, as "unacceptable" and took Nassau Legislators on a tour March 28. FULL STORY

Finishing first in the regular season was no guarantee of playoff success in the Floral Park Screaming Eagles roller hockey league. In fact, all three regular-season division winners came up empty in the playoffs. FULL STORY

Attention high school seniors! The Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) is currently accepting applications for ten available scholarships. FULL STORY