As part of the budget process, the mayor and the board of trustees of the Village of Mineola held its budget hearing last week. The mayor and the board has until the end of the month to pass a budget for the 2003-2004 fiscal year and are in the process of finalizing a budget proposal that the board will vote on. FULL STORY

Village clerk Lou DiDomenico, who has worked for the Village of Mineola for over 28 years, has decided he will leave the village and accept a job as the village clerk/treasurer in the Village of Kings Point. FULL STORY

Sophomore Jamie Carter of Williston Park, a 2001 graduate of Mineola High School, led Manhattan with two goals and two assists to help lift the women's lacrosse team to a 13-2 win over Canisius College as Manhattan kicked off its Metro Atlantic Conference season. FULL STORY

Mineola High School's Sports Marketing class recently enjoyed a field trip to the historic Yankee Stadium. Upon entering Yankee Stadium, the class was escorted upstairs to a luxury suite that looks out onto the field. During their stay in the luxury suite, the class learned the cost of renting a suite. Depending upon the size of the luxury suite, the cost is between $300,000 to $500,000 for the baseball season. The students were also shown a video of Yankee History, which included great players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle. In addition to the players, moments of significance included: Yankees became a team 100 years ago, and were called the New York Highlanders: Pinstripes first appeared on Yankee uniforms in 1912; The Highlanders were officially renamed the "Yankees" after moving to the Polo Grounds, which they shared with the New York Giants in 1913; Yankees purchased the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 in 1920; Yankee Stadium opens in 1923; June l, 1925, Lou Gehrig begins his streak of 2,130 consecutive games played; May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig's playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games; July 17, 1941, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends; April 17, 1953, exactly two years after his Yankee debut, Mickey Mantle hits what is recognized as the game's first "tape-measure" home run; George Steinbrenner purchases the Yankees in 1973; Yankees play the first of two seasons at Shea Stadium in 1974; and Oct. 26, 2000, the Yankees win their 26th World Championship be defeating cross-town rival, the New York Mets. FULL STORY