After responding to information gathered from officers on patrol and complaints received from community members, The Nassau County Police Fifth Precinct Problem Oriented Policing Unit, check into eight locations suspected of selling liquor or cigarettes to underage minors. The result was the issuance of tickets to five of the establishments. FULL STORY

Letters, voices, coupons and outrage that were heard from Elmont, Franklin Square and West Hempstead were heard loud and clear in Albany as Assemblyman Tom Alfano announced today that the Legislative Task Force on Reapportionment released a new plan that would reinstate his assembly seat. "The district is back, the people spoke and the people won," said Alfano in a celebratory mood when he heard the Task Force's announcement. The one change for Alfano will be that his district will have a new number assigned to it. The current 22nd district will become the new 21st assembly district. FULL STORY

Runners who will be competing in either the Canon Long Island Marathon or Canon Long Island Half Marathon this year are urged to attend a special pre-race clinic to be held at the Bethpage Public Library, on Powell Avenue in Bethpage, on Tuesday evening, April 30, starting promptly at 7:45 p.m. The clinic is being co-hosted by the Nassau County Department of Recreation, Parks and Support Services and the Greater Long Island Running Club. FULL STORY