For many teens, summer vacation means sleeping late and combing the beaches of Long Island. However, some of Mineola's young citizens have found a different way to occupy their time during a five-week stretch from July to August - working with youngsters by providing leadership as well as someone to look up to. FULL STORY

After 32 years within the Mineola School District, high school Assistant Principal Mike Terc decided to depart and embark on a new chapter of his life - retirement. FULL STORY

Last week the Mineola Athletic Association hosted the 2001 New York State Little League Championship series, which was held at the Willis Avenue Field complex. At this time I would like to thank and commend the employees of the Mineola Department of Public Works (Superintendent Tom Rini, Asst. Superintendent Ron Ciesinski, Giacomo Ciccone, Rob Arena, Peter Saia, Giovanni Cavezza, Amilcar Lopes, Leonardo DeRisi, Frank Temperino, Sean McCrave, Jose Carvalho, Bill Klein, Dennis McCrave and Alex Ramahlete) for all their hard work, dedication and effort put into the baseball complex at Willis Avenue. You men did a great job! FULL STORY