The Village of Mineola has a budget for the 2003-2004 fiscal year as Mayor Jack M. Martins and trustees Larry Werther and Steve Franzini passed it with a 3-2 majority. The two negative votes came from trustees Lou Santosus and Linda Fairgrieve. FULL STORY

After a long, cold and snowy winter, it was looking good for an April 12 opening day. But old men winter wasn't done on Monday, April 7, he gave us another six inches of snow. FULL STORY

A few weeks ago on the first Sunday afternoon in April, two up and coming PGA Tour veterans stood over the biggest putts of their professional life. One of them produced final round fireworks before suffering a crushing blow. Few of us knew who he was until Jim Nantz, CBS golf anchor, said, "Len Mattiace, from his hometown of Mineola, New York ... ." Are you kidding me, Mineola. A professional golfer from our own backyard in a playoff at the most prestigious tournament in golf? Sure enough, Mattiace, born and raised in the Nassau perimeter, is proud to trace the roots of his success to Long Island Links. Following his runner-up finish at the Masters, Len Mattiace spent an afternoon swapping stories about his childhood turf with Anton News. FULL STORY