After several months of construction, the once cramped confines of the Syosset Public Library children's wing has been transformed into a spacious and cheerful environment. FULL STORY

The Jericho Fire District, long impeded by a town code which limited the number of volunteers it could recruit from outside district boundaries, was freed of these restrictions on July 27 whe Governor George Pataki signed into law a bill sponsored by Senator Carl Marcellino and Assemblyman David Sidikman. FULL STORY

As one of the top money earners on the 1999 Senior PGA Tour, 50-year-old rookie Bruce Fleisher was certainly considered a contender to win the three-day Lightpath Long Island Classic, held August 6-8 at the par-72 Meadow Brook Club in Jericho. But in a solid field that was expected to provide some strong competition, none of the 77 other golfers turned out to a be more dangerous adversary to Fleisher than Fleisher himself. FULL STORY

The A2 women's doubles tennis team of Tony Palfax's Cove Tennis facility in Glen Cove was successful in both its Interclub and North Shore tennis leagues this past summer. FULL STORY