Local voters returned Republican incumbents to their seats in Congress, the Senate and the Assembly on Tuesday. (Editor's Note: Please note that the total number of votes indicated were the latest as of press time.) FULL STORY

Hicksville's NorthWest Civic Association (NWCA) is currently awaiting information on activity, manifests and documents of operation, as well as labor hours logged for freight activity at the Hicksville Freight Yard between Jan. 1965 and Dec. 1997. In September, the association submitted a written request for such information to the Metropolitan Transit Authority Long Island Rail Road (MTA LIRR). FULL STORY

Holy Family's seventh-grade girls basketball team opened its season with back-to-back wins over two teams whose combined record last year was 23-1. FULL STORY

The Hicksville Community Tennis Association recently donated $200 to the Hicksville Hero's Fund at the year-end Domino's Pizza, Tennis and Awards Party. A check was presented to Karin Schroeder of Hicksville Hero's. The party marked the end of a summer of tennis for Hicksville's junior players. FULL STORY