Although August is usually a laid back month, many Port residents were aroused to a panic on August 21 when Newsday reported that a New York State Department of Health (NYS-DOH) study "found that women living near landfills were at an elevated risk for two kinds of cancer" - leukemia and bladder cancer. FULL STORY

The formal hearing on the 1999 PWPD budget will be held on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m at Police Headquarters. FULL STORY

With almost 100 powerboats participating in it, the fifth annual running of the Manhasset Bay Gold Cup Poker Run, hosted by Guy LaMotta and held on Aug. 22, continued to attract the finest machinery the boating industry has to offer, along with thrill-seeking captains that go along with them. FULL STORY

The 1998 Morgan Cup Regatta was held at MBYC on Saturday, Aug. 29. Three races sailed. Wind: west 5-10 knots. Blue Jays. Six teams (six boats) competed, two from each of three clubs: Indian Harbor, MBYC and Seawanhaka. FULL STORY