Both the Village of Baxter Estates and the Village of Port Washington North have contested village elections this year, which will take place on Tuesday, March 16. Both villages have five-member boards, and this year the positions of mayor and two trustees are up for election. In both villages, too, the incumbents are being challenged. FULL STORY

School board members Sandy Ehrlich and Dean Nardone expressed concern over the lack of community support they're receiving for the "unofficial" board decision to build a state-of-the-art middle school. FULL STORY

PYA will offer three levels of baseball: an instructional program for youngsters ages 5-7; minor league for ages 8-9; major league for ages 10-12 (all ages are the child's age as of July 31). FULL STORY

About one o'clock Sunday, the seventh of March, your reporters drove down to the waterfront. Waves were crashing against the bulkhead and the dock. The sky was blue with clouds speckled all over the sky. FULL STORY