Ellen Firer has has been appointed as media head for the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. FULL STORY

A study recently conducted by the Plainview Water District shows that water usage by residents has decreased significantly since 1980, even though the number of services provided by the water district has increased during that same time span. FULL STORY

The Town of Oyster Bay, and especially Town Councilman Len Symons of Plainview, have been active supporters of the annual 10 Kilometer Run for ASPIRE for many years, and Bob Windorf of the Greater Long Island Running Club is only in his first year as co-director of the run, but they share one thing in common -- neither had ever seen what actually goes on at the ASPIRE office or at the Joyce Prosthetics Center that manufactures the artificial limbs used by the ASPIRE athletes. FULL STORY

Runners from the Plainview-Old Bethpage area are invited to test themselves in the second edition of the Kings Park 15 Kilometer Run, to be held on Sunday, March 21, with the entire net proceeds to be dedicated to the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation. FULL STORY