In the true spirit of the holiday season, various community groups gathered together last Friday night to help one another to help others. The Levittown Department Engine Company 3, for the 14th year, collected donations to buy food for the culinary arts students at Levittown Memorial Education Center to prepare for senior citizens in the community, who in turn donated toys for the Adopt-A-Family program. FULL STORY

Since election night the winners of the three Town of Hempstead council seats have changed several times. The most recent reports declare Democrats Dorothy Goosby, Rita Kestenbaum, and N. Scott Banks as the three top vote receivers but the board of elections will not release any official numbers until Nov. 27 when they are required to send the certified numbers to the state. FULL STORY

The Division Avenue High School Athletic Department and baseball coaching staff have announced that Dan Cronin, a Division senior has just signed a national letter of intent to play for St. John's University next baseball season. FULL STORY