At the outset of the last Herricks School Board meeting a resident questioned an item on the agenda entitled "Tax Exemption for Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers with 20 Years Active Service." The resolution goes on to state, "The Board of Education hereby adopts Chapter No. 261 of the New York Real Property Tax Laws, to provide an exemption from taxation to the extent of 10 percent of the assessed value of real property to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers who have accrued more than 20 years of active service." FULL STORY

The New Hyde Park members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion gathered on the lawn of New Hyde Park Village Hall on Nov. 11 Veterans Day, on a sunny, but chilly and windy day, to remember its war veterans. FULL STORY

Spring Registration may be done by mail. You can download an application from the web site at www.newhydeparkwildcats.org and mail it in to the address on the top of the application. FULL STORY