Massapequa students got an extra dose of back-to-school excitement this week, as they returned to buildings and classrooms transformed by ongoing bond-funded renovations. FULL STORY

Seven more crows have been found to be infected with the West Nile Virus (WNV) in the Massapequas, out of a total of 15 new infected birds discovered in Nassau County, county officials announced this week. FULL STORY

Twenty-year-old Andre Lapar of Glen Cove led a field of nearly a thousand individual entrants and 109 teams in the 13th annual edition of the Seacrest-Tobay Triathlon held in Oyster Bay on Sunday morning, Aug. 20. FULL STORY

Local runners turned out in force for the 4th annual edition of the Salomon Smith Barney Express 5 Kilometer Run, held in Eisenhower Park on Monday evening, Aug. 28, and local runners were especially prominent in the list of award winners. FULL STORY