New Hyde Park Trustee Robert Lofaro was the master-of-ceremonies at last week's New Hyde Park Village Party's meeting to identify the candidates for the March 20 village election. FULL STORY

Herricks High auditorium was packed with students at the last Herricks Board of Education meeting to address the item on the agenda dealing with "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" and how it applies to the high school newspaper. FULL STORY

Recently, I sat down with the New Hyde Park Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Coach, Mr. Barbieri to talk about his team. The captains for the 00-01 season are Mike Duff and Jimmy Campbell. The team has eight returning players and have a record of 1-2. Coach Barbieri said: "The team has outstanding overall effort, they hustle, the boys rebound well and know the system." FULL STORY