Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) and her Democratic colleagues asked Nassau County citizens to support a petition drive calling for a strong fiscal oversight board to scrutinize the county executive's budgets. FULL STORY

Amidst recent reports detailing the negative impact methyl tertiary butyl ether (M.T.B.E.) , a chemical added to gasoline, can have on groundwater, the Board of Commissioners for the Plainview Water District recently announced that no levels of M.T.B.E. have been found in any of the district's supply wells. However, the board emphasized that the continued utilization of M.T.B.E. in reformulated gasoline, which contains additives to improve air quality and reduce vehicle emissions, should be a concern of all water purveyors throughout the country. According to Commissioner Joel Kessler, water providers are concerned about M.T.B.E. because it is extremely difficult to remove M.T.B.E. with traditional methods of air stripping and GAC filtration, once the compound contaminates groundwater. FULL STORY

"Take a Step...Save a Life" at Cancer Care of Long Island's second annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk, Sunday, Sept. 26, Jones Beach, Zach's Bay, Parking Field #5, 11:30 a.m. This walk is being sponsored by the KeySpan Foundation. FULL STORY

The Committee for the 18th Annual Friends of Mercy Golf and Tennis Classic to benefit Mercy Medical Center... FULL STORY