Each year, the Memorial Day weekend is thought of as the beginning of summer with barbecues, family gatherings and shopping sprees. But, Memorial Day signifies something much more important. It is a day in which to remember all of those who have died defending freedom in our nation's military conflicts. FULL STORY

The New York State Legislature has voted to override Governor George Pataki's vetoes of the legislature's proposed budget. As a result of the state legislature passing their own budget, schools across Long Island, including Mineola, will be receiving more money in state aid. FULL STORY

The slow and frustrating progress of the spring soccer season for Mineola's U-14 girls' soccer has manifested itself in several ways. Eight weeks after the start of the season The Magic were playing only their second League game on Saturday May 3. The weather delays this spring have caused intense competition for fields to play on. The soccer nets have already come down and the baseball diamonds have been groomed in Wilson Park. To make way for the national pastime, the girls were relegated like poor relations to the field behind the Mineola pool. The village reserves this field for club and tavern teams. There the dust devils danced in all of the bare patches where grass should have grown. The coaches spent the pre-game picking shards of broken glass and the larger rocks off of the field. During the match, everyone watched helplessly as balls careened off of the hard pan that passed for a field and sailed over the chain link fences. The only thing missing in this third world scene was an embedded reporter and the CNN crawl at the bottom of the picture. Complaints about the condition of Field #3 to the new village administration will be forthcoming. FULL STORY

The Mineola High School varsity baseball team was going to need a late season rush to get a spot in the Nassau County playoffs. As of early May, coach Helms Bohringer's Mustangs has a record of 4-5 in Conference A-5. "We've played many close games and unfortunately have been on the wrong side of a few," he said. FULL STORY