The village made the right decision when they approved the building of a CVS at the old Reese Buick site. The Reese building is getting very seedy looking and is deteriorating further as time passes. It was a rare divided vote that gave CVS the OK with the mayor joining the two hometowners Betty Conlon and Linda Fairgrieve. Voting against were Lou Santosus and Maryann Warnecke. We feel that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. We would get rid of an eyesore and stimulate business for the nearby stores. Observing the other CVS stores in the area we don't see any serious traffic problems.

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On a recent morning Ed and Gerry Solosky, the fighters against drugs, enjoyed breakfast at the Jericho Diner. At a nearby table were Vera Barrick, Teddy McCormack and Eileen Higgins.

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Pat and Margaret McDonald drove to Florida and back. Pat, who owns the Shamrock Service Station on Herricks Road, says, "It's just too much driving."

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In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Corpus Christi Church a book was produced containing a history of the parish. Also pictures of 1,300 of the more active members.

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Lud and Ursula Odierna of Williston Park dined at Churrasqueira Bairrada Restaurant.

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Charlie Melvin, vice president of the Leisure Club, is a good customer of Randi Cleaners.

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Always good to see Bill and Billie King around town. Bill, who lives on Garfield Avenue, is the former police commander of the 3rd Precinct. When he retired he was the highest ranking uniformed officer in Nassau County.

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Insiders tell me that the village will turn down the Verizon plan to build nine four-foot phone antennas on top of the 90-foot high LIPA tower at Arlington Street and Betty Lane. The source says that a legal battle will probably ensue.

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There is now a sixth meter person. Ron Rentel joins the team of Stuart Goldstein, Lori McCarron, Frank Syracuse, Stan Stone and Florence Peterson. The crew did a great job of keeping the traffic moving during the long snowy winter.

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While at the Seacrest Diner on Glen Cove Road somebody asked me if the place was ever called the Parkway Diner. It was about 40 years ago before they had a bad fire.

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Thuy Vu of Mineola is a top saleswoman at Prudential Galleria Real Estate in Williston Park.

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Always good to see Matt and Joanne Duffy around town. Matt is a city cop like his brother Gavin. Matt lives in Garden City and Gavin and his wife Irene live on Beebe Road. Joanne Duffy is the daughter of Marge and Izzy Irace of Horton Highway.

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Argie Tsontos lunched at the Jericho. Some may remember her husband Mike, the founder of Tsontos Furs. Mike died while attending a bull fight in Mexico City when he slipped and fell down some steep steps. Mike and Argie used to live on Bruce Terrace in Mineola.

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Ron Geoffrion of Washington Avenue attended a recent Islander game which they lost to the Penguins 4-1. Ron who plays hockey is the nephew of the great Montreal Canadien player of the same name, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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Tom Rudolph of Marcellus Road had a group of his MAA players out practicing the other day. "Future Mets," says Tom who is a city cop and a big fan of New York's National League team.

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Our last report about Phyllis Alfiere of TK Gifts giving a ride to work to Julio Quijada, the new cashier at the Jericho, resulted in Phyllis getting a lot of kidding. "Hey, I hear you are running a taxi service and how about picking me up at 10 a.m.?" joked a lot of her customers.

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Rita Wheeler of Royal Avenue always has such good looking hairdos because she goes to Janbel Salon on Westbury Avenue.

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Our son Richard recently spent five days visiting the Los Angeles offices of Entertainment Weekly of which he is executive editor.