Elections for Hicksville Fire District took place Tuesday. William "Spike" Thunell defeated John Keyer 745 to 590 for the five-year term being vacated by Commissioner William McKee. FULL STORY

Second Squad detectives report the arrest of a Hicksville woman for criminal possession of stolen property and possession of a forged Instrument stemming from an investigation that occurred in Hicksville in February 2007. FULL STORY

Cross Country running is clearly alive and very well indeed on Long Island, as the 15th annual edition of Long Island Blood Services' (LIBS) Rob's Run at Syosset's Stillwell Woods Park on Nov. 25 brought out a record turnout for the third consecutive year. FULL STORY