Hoping to improve safety for children who ride bicycles, the Village of Mineola, Cross Street School PTA, Mineola Bicycle Fitness and Mower and the Mineola Auxiliary Police held the first bicycle skills and safety day on Saturday at the village hall parking lot. FULL STORY

When the late Nicholas Mortensen was active in the politics of the Village of Mineola, he talked about the Town of North Hempstead having councilmatic districts. FULL STORY

The Mineola High School junior varsity football team has battled opponents and luck through its first four games of the season. The Mustangs have one win and three losses after four games. The win came over North Shore by a 14-7 score. The losses have been 20-8 to East Rockaway, 22-0 to Clarke and 32-8 to Roosevelt. Head coach Mark Miller has 28 boys. There are 12 sophomores and 16 freshmen. "We are young and inexperienced with a number of first-year players. The boys have played hard in all four games and we've been competitive. As always, mistakes have hurt us in all of our defeats," said Miller. In the Mustangs' win over North Shore, the key play came in the second half when Mineola had a 14-7 lead, but, North Shore was driving and inside the Mustangs 10-yard line. But, sophomore Jimmy Logan caused a fumble, which was recovered by freshman Andrew Gross and North Shore was stopped. In that game, Mineola's points came on an 18-yard run by sophomore Nelson Lopes, a four-yard touchdown pass from freshman Jon Hock to freshman Rob Maloney, and sophomore Tiago Rodrigues scored a safety. In the season-opening loss to East Rockaway, Jon Hock hit Rob Maloney with a 17-yard touchdown pass. Those two hooked-up on the two-point conversion as well. In the loss to Roosevelt, Mineola got an exciting 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from freshman Mike Vasconcelos, while Nelson Lopes reached Jimmy Logan with a pass on the two-point conversion. Coach Miller listed the players who are keying the offense and defense. They are as follows: FULL STORY

Coming off a season in which they finished first in LIJSL Division 5, the Shooting Stars had every reason to feel good about themselves. An undefeated season, combined with the fact that all of the players from the spring team would be coming back for the fall season, and this team was definitely primed for another sensational season. While the teams that faced the Shooting Stars during the season recognized an impressive team, so did the LIJSL. So impressed was the LIJSL with their accomplishments during the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 seasons, that they moved the team to Division 3. While a move to a higher division could be expected, the move up two divisions was surprising. FULL STORY