Two years ago as they were sworn in for their first term, a reporter from a local daily wondered aloud about how many of the first class of county legislators would be around for another swearing in two years hence.FULL STORY

He is, these days, a successful lawyer and the squire of Westbury Manor, where he regularly meets with friends and associates for a quick meal and perhaps a hand or two of cards in an otherwise unused room upstairs.FULL STORY

Declaring that the Nassau County Republican Committee is taking "the gender gap head on," Joseph N. Mondello, chairman of that organization, on Thursday announced that two women - Maureen O'Connell, of East Williston, and Kathleen Murray, of Levittown - will carry the party's standard in a special election for the New York State Assembly to be held February 3.FULL STORY

The two-week holiday hiatus might have done damage to the waistlines of the Floral Park Knights of Columbus bowlers but their arms and eyes were as sharp as ever, upon their return to the wars, last Thursday, at the Bellerose Lanes. They tore into the wood with the same gusto they exhibited before the holidays changed the direction of their attention from a bowling ball to a Christmas ball.FULL STORY