Lobstermen made their plight known and elected officials have begun to respond to their need. On Dec. 6 more than 20 lobstermen who set their traps in the waters of Long Island Sound went to Glen Cove City Hall for a strategy planning session with Mayor Thomas Suozzi. The lobstermen, from Glen Cove, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Bayville, Oyster Bay, Locust Valley, East Norwich and Northport, are trying to cope with an unprecedented and serious threat to their livelihood. FULL STORY

Former Oyster Bay Town Councilman Tom Hogan Jr. has finally got his real estate development project for the former Westbury Drive-In on Brush Hollow Road completed. An attorney with offices in Locust Valley, he has made his money in real estate and recently renovated several of his properties there. FULL STORY

The Sagamore Yacht Club of Oyster Bay recently held its annual sailing awards dinner to honor this year's racing participants and winners. FULL STORY

Senior co-captain Meredith LeRoux (East Norwich, Oyster Bay) of the Tufts University field hockey team has been named to the 1999 Astro Turf/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III All-America Third Team. FULL STORY