Both local school districts are proposing increases in expenditures for the fiscal year 2000-2001, with Massapequa recommending a 9.9 percent increase in spending over last year's budget of $90 million, and Plainedge calling for a growth of 7.5 percent over last year's $38 million dollar plan. FULL STORY

The Board of Trustees of the Village of Massapequa Park this week hammered out a fiscal year 2000-2001 budget of approximately $4.8 million that increases property taxes by 4.8 percent. FULL STORY

Runners who will be competing in either the Canon Long Island Marathon or Canon Long Island Half Marathon this year are urged to attend a special pre-Race Clinic to be held at the Bethpage Public Library, on Powell Avenue in Bethpage, on Tuesday evening, May 2, starting promptly at 7:45 p.m. The clinic is being co-hosted by the Nassau County Department of Recreation and Parks and the Greater Long Island Running Club. FULL STORY

Massapequa International Little League prepares for a new season, at the Annual Managers Brunch, Joining to thank all the volunteers for their ongoing efforts with our children was Nassau County Legislator Peter J. Schmitt. FULL STORY