We talked with Craig Johnson, our representative to the Nassau County Legislature, on the bleachers at Schreiber High, Johnson's alma mater. "I try to get to two or three games a year, Johnson said. "I wanted to play football," he said, "but my mother wouldn't let me." (His mother, Barbara Johnson, was the well-respected county legislator from our district for many years prior to her death in 2000.) The setting was appropriate for a legislator with deep roots in the community. Johnson commented, "I love representing this district. I grew up here. This is where my roots are." FULL STORY

A native of Roslyn, Mitchell Winn has lived on the North Shore his entire life. Now this Roslyn Heights resident is running on the Republican Party ticket for the 11th District seat in the Nassau County Legislature, the one currently held by Craig Johnson. FULL STORY

On a spectacularly beautiful fall day last Saturday, October 11th, the Port Washington YC sponsored their 6th Annual Volvo Leukemia Cup. And what a success it was! This was truly a community event that sailors and non-sailors alike supported a regatta to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The regatta has a long history of raising money to fight this disease, which is the number one cause of death among children, and strikes ten times as many adults. The first ever Leukemia Cup Regatta was held at the Pine Harbor YC in Alabama in 1988 to raise funds in memory of a member of the club who lost his life to leukemia, and $5,000 in donations were donated to the Society. In 1993, the Eastport YC in Annapolis, MD, pioneered the concept of competition among boats and crews to raise funds for the fight against leukemia. That year, the EYC handled all sailing and water-related logistics, and the Society coordinated all land-based fundraising and event activities, a management model that proved so successful, it has been used in all subsequent regattas. Enthusiasm spread across the country after Gary Jobson, ESPN commentator and noted sailing expert presented the idea to the Society's 1993 Annual Leadership Conference. Jobson serves as the national chairman of the Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta, and is still working with the Society to help organize other regattas on a national, regional and local level. Ironically, Jobson is now battling leukemia and is undergoing treatment for the disease. FULL STORY