Town of North Hempstead Supervisor May W. Newburger announced last week that she will not seek a sixth term in November. "It's time," she said in an interview on Friday, April 25. "I have the same feeling I had in Albany." She was referring to her decision not to run for a fifth term in the New York State Assembly. It was after she stepped down from the Assembly that she ran successfully for the North Hempstead Town Board. When the North Hempstead supervisor Ben Zwirn chose to run for Nassau County Executive, Ms. Newburger succeeded him as supervisor. FULL STORY

Along with the usual flurry of activity to prepare the awakening springtime parks after a hard winter, the Great Neck Park District, its commissioners and staff, are embarking on an ambitious and intensive game plan to develop, with the full involvement of the public, a strategic long-range plan for the future of the park system. Chairman Robert Lincoln in announcing the undertaking at the April 24 board meeting said, "We want to make sure that we are meeting the changing needs of the community...we want to hear from the frequent users of the park, but we also want to hear from the infrequent users. What we put in place now to meet our mission statement will affect our park system for many years to come. We need to really know what the community needs are." FULL STORY

On March 25, Leron Buchris, Elizabeth Koo, Danielle Becker, Alana Rogol and Rebecca Wallach, members of the Great Neck South High School Girls Varsity Basketball team, were honored by the Nassau County Girls Basketball Coaches Association. Coach Thomas Umpstatter, having coached the girls to a very successful season, joined the girls for the awards dinner. At the banquet, which was held at the Crest Hollow Country Club, plaques were handed out to the girls for a successful 2002-03 season. FULL STORY

"Water, Water Everywhere" was the theme of the Troop Ten weekend campout of March 28. After keeping dry in their tents during a rainy overnight at Hickory Run State Park in Pennsylvania, the scouts and leaders embarked in rubber rafts for white water rafting down the Lehigh River. The trip started out in calm waters, but with the river two feet over flood level due to heavy rains and spring thaw, the pace quickly picked up, and the intrepid group soon found themselves in "Class III" rapids, with cross-currents, fast water and large irregular waves. Under expert guidance, and plenty of hard paddling, the group navigated the entire 12 mile route, and docked soaked but safely at their destination point. FULL STORY