While Beatrice Cook of Floral Park played a geography game with her grandsons, the 37-year village resident realized how little they knew about U.S. state capitals. It was that experience that inspired her to pen a children's book, Journey With the Spider & Snake to Arizona. FULL STORY

Senator Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset), chairman of the state Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, held a joint hearing on Thursday, Jan. 24 with the Senate Transportation Committee, which is chaired by Senator Charles Fuschillo regarding the Long Island Sound Tunnel proposal, dubbed "the Sound Link." FULL STORY