The ceremony, which included a moment of silence at 10:29 a.m., began with a procession of court officers on the courthouse steps facing Old Country Road. FULL STORY

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, several Hicksville residents lost their lives in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. At this difficult time, the Hicksville Illustrated News would like to remember those men and women, their families and loved ones. FULL STORY

The Cantiague Park Senior Men's Golf League held its second "scatter" tournament of the year on Sept. 25. Although it was a great day for golf, only 27 golfers were on hand. Two teams shot a 32 for the round but the team of Karl Zoehfield, Sonny Posillico, Clarence Leder and Jake Ziegler won first place because they parred the first, second and third holes and the other team parred the first and second but they bogied the third. The second place team was Bill Gregory, Jim Anderson, Lew Rezoagli and Jerry Leonard. There was only two strokes between first and last place. Two teams shot 32, three teams shot 33 and two teams shot 34. Both the closest to the pin and the longest drive trophies were won by Lou Neumann. FULL STORY

Hicksville runners and walkers of every age and ability are cordially invited to be part of the 15th annual edition of the Oyster Bay Town Supervisor's Oyster Festival 5 Kilometer Run, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 19 as the kickoff event of this year's Oyster Festival. The run will start at Fireman's Field in Oyster Bay at exactly 9 a.m. FULL STORY