The Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs is coordinating a free Information and Assistance Fair May 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held at the Sunrise Mall. Representatives from many different agencies will be available to answer questions, provide information and assist with the completion of any necessary applications for benefits or entitlement programs. This fair is the fifth one in the series of ongoing Senior Outreach Service (SOS) programs scheduled for 2004 that are designed to provide a single point of entry for senior citizens and their caregivers to health and human services information in a friendly community location. FULL STORY

Making decisions about whether to continue education after high school doesn't begin when a youngsters is a junior. Indeed, students and their parents should begin planning for higher education as early as eighth grade. FULL STORY