As a Nassau County Zone Leader for the Democratic Party within the Syosset area, Jason Goldstein is responsible for garnering support for local officials and their policies, familiarizing residents with candidates running for election and collecting enough signatures to ensure that these candidates get on the ballot. The position is respected, and the work that corresponds with it can be arduous, time-consuming, grass-roots work. And it's all the more impressive when one considers that Goldstein couldn't even vote five years ago. FULL STORY

Taking a modern approach to the life-saving business, this summer the Syosset Volunteer Fire Department has become one of the first of its kind in Nassau County to carry automatic external defibrillators and other emergency medical equipment on all of its vehicles, according to fire department officials. FULL STORY