Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi honored five members of the Nassau County Police Department for their bravery in connection with a shootout that occurred after a robbery attempt at a CVS store in Franklin Square. FULL STORY

Former Elmont resident, author Michelina Pagano, who wrote Grace of the Clouds and The Magic Paint Box returned to her alma mater, Sewanhaka High School, on Tuesday Oct. 21 to help celebrate "Teen Read Week" [Oct. 19-Oct. 15] at the school. She has been invited by school librarian Nili Resnick, who, with reading club director, Dr. Linda Opyr, has asked the novelist to meet with Sewanhaka's Reading Club to discuss her most recent book, Grace of the Clouds. FULL STORY