Residents of the Hicksville community have joined forces to help a neighbor - and friend - in need. And they are seeking support. A fundraiser dinner will take place Saturday to raise money for Tricia Neitzel, a lifelong Hicksville resident who is battling stage IV lung cancer; Neitzel is not a smoker. FULL STORY

A new state law went into effect last month protecting drivers from predatory towing practices such as hiding no-parking signs and paying kick-backs to parking lot owners to tow cars from their lots. State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and Oyster Bay Town Clerk Steve Labriola announced the new law, which was sponsored by Fuschillo and Weisenberg. FULL STORY

There were children playing football throughout the country on Sunday, but none of those games could have been more exciting than the one played at John Walker Field between the 9-year-old Hicksville Crusaders and the Bellmore Braves. FULL STORY