Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc (FREE), with a location in Old Bethpage, was founded in April 1977 by a group of parents and consumer advocates in response to the need for community residential alternatives to the institutionalization of individuals with mental challenges and developmental disabilities. FULL STORY

Longtime Plainview resident Howard Mann received an Excellence in Transportation award from the New York State Department of Transportation for exceptional achievements in freight planning for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC). FULL STORY