Local resident Barbara Hammershoy woke up early on the morning of Jan. 21 to an annoying headache and the smell of fumes. Both she, a math teacher in the Levittown School District and her son, a student at East Broadway, had the day off and when she attempted to go back to bed after her husband left for work, her son Adam decided to join her. After calling her oil company and being told not to worry about the fumes, she attempted to go back to sleep but 8-year-old Adam kept nudging her to wake up. Luckily, waking up his mother wasn't the only thing Adam was persistent about that day. FULL STORY

On the morning of January 23, the local community, together with elected officials and store executives, welcomed the newest Pathmark Supermarket at 3901 Hempstead Turnpike in Bethpage, the former site of the Pergament Home Center. The store decided to relocate from its former home in the Nassau Mall, which closed its doors the night of Jan. 22, after having been there for over three decades. FULL STORY

As Nick Mormando so fondly tells the story, it was February 4, 1954 when he purchased North and South Levittown Lanes. Levittown was sprouting up all around the bowling center: each just 16 lanes with pin-boys, now 36 lanes, computerized scoring, food service counters, bars and all the amenities people have come to expect in bowling. FULL STORY