Senator Michael Balboni and members of the Senate unveiled a plan to boost the ranks of firefighter and ambulance volunteers by offering free college tuition to new recruits. FULL STORY

New York State Assemblyman Tom Alfano joined scores of people from West Hempstead, Franklin Square, Elmont and southwest Nassau County in a special march, hosted by the Israel Emergency Fund this past week. The groups marched along Broadway to raise funds for victims of terrorist violence in the Middle East. Alfano and Councilman Jim Darcy joined Israel Emergency Fund Associate Director Jacob Haller and a half dozen rabbis in the event. FULL STORY

The Protestant and Roman Catholic Campus Ministries of Long Island is sponsoring their annual 10-mile Good Friday Hunger Pilgrimage on Friday, April 13. FULL STORY