On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street in Hempstead, to consider the adoption of setting aside a certain parkin FULL STORY

Several Voice Displeasure With VA Prescription Drug Proposal -- Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy held a seminar on Monday at Hofstra University for veterans with guests speaking about veterans' affairs. When it came time for a question and answer period, several veterans in attendance voiced their concern about a recent Veterans Affairs (VA) proposal that would increase the copayment some veterans make for outpatient prescriptions from $2 for each 30-day supply of medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of a nonservice-connected condition to $7. FULL STORY

This season, the varsity volleyball team at Elmont was given little chance of making the playoffs. The team was too young, too inexperienced. That is, until playoff time rolled around and the Lady Spartans sat atop the standings in Conference III. FULL STORY