Residents of the Sewanhaka Central High School District are reminded to head out to the polls Tuesday, May 15, to vote on the proposed $141,111,739 spending plan, which is 5.3 percent more than the 2006-2007 budget. The tax levy increase is 1.2 percent higher than last year's budget. FULL STORY

The Stewart Manor Fire Department received a Fire Department EMS unit citation during an awards ceremony April 18 for the valiant efforts the department made at an emergency rescue call in December 2006 for a young woman who had just delivered a child at 24 weeks. The department was officially honored during the recent Nassau County Fire Commission awards ceremony last month. FULL STORY