New York State Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Michael Balboni has resigned his post. On Jan. 23, Mr. Balboni told the Great Neck Record that he chose to step down from public life to head the New York operations of Navigators Global, a firm billed as a "bipartisan, full-service government relations and strategic communications consulting firm." FULL STORY

Local government officials on the North Shore have set a meeting to alert the public about what they perceive as threats to local control and more importantly, local assets from state and county governments that are reeling from huge budgetary deficits. FULL STORY

The Great Neck Park District's skate school at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink at the Parkwood Sports Complex will be offering a Holiday Figure Skating Camp from Monday, Feb. 16 through Friday, Feb. 20 from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. FULL STORY

A one-day, early-bird registration for Nassau County's two campgrounds, Battle Row in Old Bethpage and Nickerson Beach in Lido, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7. FULL STORY