The Jericho Board of Education unanimously adopted the proposed 2009-2010 school district budget at an open meeting on March 19. The $105.2 million budget represents a 3.77 percent budget increase and a tax levy increase of 3.94 percent. FULL STORY

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced this week that an investigation into an international ring of endangered and protected species sales has resulted in the arrests of three Nassau County men who have been charged with illegal black market sales of various species of legally protected turtles indigenous to Long Island. FULL STORY

Head Coach Jonathan Halpern took his second consecutive championship in the third-/fourth-grade boys' basketball division. Assistant Coach Rick Busch guided the team to a thrilling 2 point victory in the final game against a tough Machson squad. FULL STORY