The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has been conducting the Voice of Democracy Contest since its start back in 1947. The contest provides more than $2.5 million annually in awards and scholarships. FULL STORY

The Mineola School District Board of Education held its reorganization meeting last week. Now that school is off for the summer, the halls of the schools in the district may be quiet, but the board will be busy, particularly with trying to get the new Willis Avenue School ready for the start of the next school year in September. FULL STORY

Soccer is a very finicky game. Not just from the playing sense, but from the scoring sense. As everyone knows, a team can win all their games by one goal and appear to be a strong, domineering team. On the other hand, that same team can lose all their games by that same one goal and appear to be in a tailspin. A missing player, a bad bounce, bad weather, a multitude of little things can put your team on the losing side of that 2-1 or 1-0 score. Such seems to be the story for the Breakers. Since their emotional overtime win over the East Meadow Power in Waldbaum Cup game, the Breakers have found themselves on the "wrong" side of that one goal game. While last year's Division 4 ranking afforded the Breakers some relatively "easy" games, Division 3 offers no such respite. Over the last six games of their season, the Breakers have won only one game, tied one and lost four. And while just one team remains undefeated (Oceanside), the rest of the division remains tightly bunched, giving the Breakers a chance to finish in the top half of their division. Here's how the Breakers fared. FULL STORY

Barnwell's Daniel McAree started and pitched three scoreless innings and struck out seven. Daniel has been pitching very well during the playoffs. FULL STORY