The Jericho Board of Education unanimously adopted the proposed 2005-2006 school district budget at a special open meeting on March 21. The $83.3 million budget represents a 7.4 percent increase over last year. Proposed expenditures were reduced by approximately $1.2 million in a serious effort to limit the budget increase. FULL STORY

Nassau County Presiding Officer Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) named Laura Schultz one of 17 honorees recently recognized for their accomplishments at the Nassau County Legislature's "Women: Trailblazers of the New Millennium" awards. The Nassau County Legislature's Women Trailblazers awards ceremony highlights and recognizes the extraordinary work of women throughout the county. FULL STORY

The Somerset Mortgage "Heat" (47) and the Robin Hood Country Day School "Pistons" (44) faced off for the fifth-grade champion game this past Sunday at the Jericho High School gym. The teams faced each other two times before with a split in the series; the loss was the only one for the Heat all season and it came in the first game. From there the Heat went on a 10-game winning streak culminating with a championship win! FULL STORY

Syosset High School will welcome back alumni Brian Pinkow, class of 1998, at a wheelchair basketball game between the Nassau Kings and a team of Syosset High School faculty and staff in the high school gym this Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. FULL STORY