The Hicksville Board of Fire Commissioners, at its first meeting of 2005, voted 5 to 0 in favor of extending voting hours for the December fire commissioner elections. The change means that residents will now be able to vote from 4 to 9 p.m. Prior to the change, voting in Hicksville was from 6 to 9 p.m. FULL STORY

At a press conference Jan. 18, Nassau County District Attorney (DA) Denis Dillon and Harvey Levinson, chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors, announced plans to utilize the prosecutorial and investigative resources of the DA's office to assist Nassau County's town and city governments in the prosecution of illegal housing. FULL STORY

In only their second season together as a team, Hicksville's 10-year-old Crusaders excelled. This is mostly a group of second-year players sprinkled with some third- and fourth-year players who all practice hard and it's beginning to pay off. FULL STORY