Brandon Silveria has made educating today's high school students on the dangers of drinking and driving his lifetime goal. Unfortunately, his previous goals, which included playing football and attending Boston College on a rowing scholarship, were destroyed at the age of 17 when the California native drank at a party and got behind the wheel. FULL STORY

Nassau County Legislator Edward Mangano (17th L.D.-Bethpage) recently announced that he will be taking on the popular "Talk of the Town" program originally established by former Assemblyman Marc Herbst more than eight years ago. FULL STORY

Registration for the Hicksville Crusaders Football and Cheerleading for the 2003 season will take place at Levittown Hall on Monday, March 3 and Monday, April 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Practice is set to begin the first week of August. FULL STORY

ProHEALTH Care Associates, a comprehensive, state-of-the-art, multi-specialty Long Island medical practice with offices in Lake Success, Glen Cove and Smithtown, is accepting applications for its annual junior tennis awards in memory of tennis legend Vitas Gerulaitis. ProHEALTH physicians are the team doctors for the U.S Open Tennis Championships, New York Jets, New York Islanders, and the New York Dragons. FULL STORY