The work on the Christeen Oyster Sloop is one-third complete and the funding for the restoration is half way there. It has taken from total 10,000 to 12,000 man hours to restore the ship. The entire project will hopefully be complete in time for the 1999 Oyster Festival. FULL STORY

Choosing the label of disorganization over corruption, the five members of the Syosset Board of Fire Commissioners have blamed most of its fire district's past budget anomalies and inconsistencies, recently detected by a state comptroller's audit, on poor documentation and internal procedures. FULL STORY

The girls in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich PAL have finished their fall season. This year the purple team, Team #1, sponsored by Townsend Embroidery finished their 16 game season undefeated. The coaching team of Coach Chris Feldman and Assistant Coach Derick Oliver couldn't be more proud of their girls. FULL STORY

In a hard fought season, the Friends Academy Boys Varsity Soccer team captured the Conference B-5 League Championship. Captained by seniors John Reid and Justin Triolo, the team also qualified for the conference playoffs with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties. Competitive to the last second, Friends lost in overtime, 2 to 1, to first seed Roslyn. FULL STORY