In an unprecedented move, New York State's Senate and Assembly voted to change the statewide school budget vote day from May 20 to June 3. The legislature took the action the week of April 28, overriding the Governor's veto, to allow more time to restore education State Aid that was cut from the State budget. FULL STORY

This past Saturday night under the stadium lights, the long tradition of a Manhasset - Garden City lacrosse rivalry continued. Garden City entered the game unbeaten this season, while Manhasset came in with one loss to powerhouse Farmingdale, and undefeated in league play. The last time these two faced off, Garden City won the Nassau County Championship in what many observers thought was a referee-tainted game. FULL STORY

The Schreiber High School Sailing Program got off to a good start on Tuesday, April 29 with a chalk talk at the high school moderated by local sailor Jerry Morea. This first session was planned to be an "on-the-water" lesson, but because of inclement weather, the 16 students remained on land and learned about navigation. The students were given the opportunity to plot cross bearings taken of the Empire State Building and the Wakefield Water Tower from a location in Port Washington. Using a nautical chart of lower Manhattan and New York Harbor out to western Long Island Sound, the students were able to pinpoint the exact location from which the bearings were taken. The presentation was spiced with "real live" stories and experiences, which impressed upon the students the importance of the need to sail in these waters with a chart. Unfortunately, Bill Brakman and his crew of volunteers who were waiting on the dock at the Manhasset Bay YC could not give these sailors their first "hands on" spring sailing experience. But with many days planned for sailing on Manhasset Bay before the end of school in June, these students can rest assured that they will have ample opportunity to sail on our bay. Many thanks are due to Peter Blasucci, owner of Deluxe Taxi, who generously offered to transport the students and teachers from Schreiber HS to the waterfront and back each week during the spring season. The High School Sailing Program is supported by the Manhasset Bay Sailing Foundation, whose mission is to support and encourage interest in local high school sailing teams, assist in coaching, teaching and training, provide high school sailing teams with launching, docking and other facilities for organized practice sessions, provide sponsorship in the Mid Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association (MASSA) for local high school sailing clubs. The Foundation has established a scholarship fund that will eventually award a monetary grant to local individuals, starting college, who have participated in local MASSA programs and who demonstrate sailing ability, sportsmanship, maturity and promise. FULL STORY