Committed to restoring a sense of visual charm throughout Syosset's neighborhoods and gathering places, one-year-old organization Residents for a More Beautiful Syosset is halfway finished with its first major project - rejuvenating the downtown park where Jackson Avenue and Underhill Boulevard intersect. FULL STORY

According to exasperated business owners in Woodbury, when Jericho Turnpike is under construction, the difference between a free-flowing thoroughfare and a nightmarish traffic standstill is quite literally night and day. FULL STORY

The race for the four-team playoffs appears to be focusing on four teams. Conti Auto Body, led by the overpowering pitching of Matthew Rosen and Jim Murphy, jumped to a two-game lead when they defeated runner-up Duo Restaurant 7-3. Rosen aided his own cause by blasting a two-run home run over the right center field fence. FULL STORY

David Redman of Brookville successfully completed the 1999 edition of the Long Island Endurance 50 Mile Run, which was conducted over the roads of the Towns of Oyster Bay and Huntington last Saturday morning, May 15. Redman completed the tough 50-mile course in eight hours, 47 minutes, 16 seconds, good for 15th place out of the 40 endurance athletes who successfully completed the run. FULL STORY