Phase two of Plainedge School District's bond issue construction/renovation project, construction of the district's new middle school, began this summer. In preparation for the construction, residents in the Northedge vicinity were notified during the first week of July that construction was about to begin at the former Northedge School. FULL STORY

A body found amidst the charred debris of a Massapequa Park home set ablaze on the morning of Sept. 8 is believed by police to be the remains of the arsonist himself, a 79-year-old Lindenhurst man angered that his son and daughter-in-law would not allow him to see his grandchildren. FULL STORY