As Bing Crosby's version of White Christmas blared on every radio, TV and CD, after 33 years of waiting, a white Christmas finally came true. (The last white Christmas in this area was in 1969.) FULL STORY

Billy Finke, of Garden City Park, one of St. Mary's High School's star hockey players will represent Nassau County in the 7th Annual Vytra Cup Ice Hockey Tournament on Jan. 11, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Finke will play defense for the Nassau team, and with fellow Nassau teammates will compete against their Suffolk rivals for the championship title, as well as victory in the Skills Competition in puck control, rapid fire, fastest skater, hardest shot and goalie breakaways. FULL STORY