Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz, authors of Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome (Harcourt), will share their thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, lifelong friendship and experiences growing up with Down syndrome at a special community forum on Thursday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mid-Island Y Jewish Community Center, 45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview. FULL STORY

Plainview Carrier Russell Huber must have a detective's sense for those in trouble - and not long ago, he proved it. Huber had been off on a recent Friday and Saturday, but when he returned to work on Monday, he noticed an elderly customer had not taken in his mail from either day. "He's an older gentleman, who usually waits for me at the door," said Huber. FULL STORY