As of Dec. 19, 2005 Jay S. Caputo is the newly appointed inspector, commanding officer of the 6th Precinct, replacing Officer Maguire who served as commander for a mere six months before being promoted to deputy chief, detective division. There were many changes around the beginning of the year, Caputo said, occasioned by a spate of retirements at the upper level. FULL STORY

The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset (LWV) is joining a statewide league initiative to do an in-depth study of the way in which public education in New York State is funded. At the kickoff meeting in January, the speaker was Lorraine Deller, executive director of the Nassau/Suffolk School Boards Association. FULL STORY

The Manhasset HS boys' varsity basketball team won its third overtime game of the year on Saturday at Manhasset High School in the first round of the Nassau County "A" playoffs against a determined 13th seed Valley Stream North (VSN). FULL STORY

Now in its 10th year, the Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars towards breast cancer research and in 2004, launched its Outreach Program, which helps members of the Manhasset community who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer and those who are undergoing treatment for the disease. FULL STORY