With Oyster Bay Cove Mayor Michael Peragine's announcement that he was not seeking re-election (in the April 10 issue of the Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot), the next question was who will run. When asked if he was interested in running for the post of mayor, Oyster Bay Cove Trustee Ronald Schneider said, "No I am not. Actually, Mike and myself and the board bring that up all the time. We are looking for a new recruit but no one person has asked so far, but we are looking for a candidate." FULL STORY

Just as races are announced at Belmont Park Race Track with the call "The horses are running," so too did Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, announce the kickoff for the "Horses of a Different Color" program. The kickoff took place on Tuesday, April 15 at the Nassau County Museum of Art as about 30 to 35 painted fiberglass horses lined the walkway from the parking lot to the terrace entrance to the museum. The program, which will help raise money to preserve open space, and promote sports and tourism for Nassau County, still has openings for sponsors. For $4000, a sponsor commissions an artist of their choosing to paint a horse. The horses will then be placed throughout the county. Mr. Suozzi announced that Frank Castagna of Castagna Realty was sponsoring three horses. On Tuesday, Mr. Castagna added another: he is sponsoring three for the Americana Manhasset and one for Wheatley Plaza. Angela Anton, publisher of Anton Community Newspapers is sponsoring a horse, as are King Kullen, the Carltun restaurant in Eisenhower Park as well as others listed in Mr. Suozzi's column in this newspaper. They have about 26 to 50 sponsors and want to increase the number to 100. Any organization, club, business or private individual is invited to sponsor a horse. FULL STORY

Spring is here, we can taste it- we just couldn't see it under the snow. At the Sagamore Yacht Club annual Spring Dinner Dance, not one, but two couples at our table had just put their boats in the water. We were thinking what lucky early birds they were, ready for the season in early April. Then the snow came, and a week of freezing rain. FULL STORY