The Plainedge School Board recently appointed Robert Amster, previously English academic supervisor at the high school, as the building's new principal. Amster replaced Principal Carol Reece, who retired. FULL STORY

This summer, over 500 Massapequans descended on Marjorie Post Park to decry the county's proposal to sell off 12 acres of vacant land on Old Sunrise Highway to a developer. Instead, residents demanded that the property be used for much-needed multi-purpose athletic fields for the thousands of children in Massapequa enrolled in baseball, soccer, football and lacrosse. FULL STORY