Literacy Nassau (formerly Literacy Volunteers of America - Nassau County) tapped finance executive Richard A. Mills of Plainview to join the 39-year old organization as a director of its board. He will serve his first three-year term ending in June 2010. FULL STORY

Long Island gets its drinking water from a system of aquifers-huge underground layers of sand and gravel that contain trillions of gallons of fresh water. Long Island is one of the few areas in the region that obtains its water solely from aquifers, as opposed to open surface reservoirs. FULL STORY