Two Incumbent Trustees Being Challenged -- The Elmont School Board is a seven-member board but has been divided this past year as the board majority is made up of Pamela Byer, Elsy Mecklembourg-Guibert, Aubrey Phillips and Carol Parker-Duncanson, while Lorraine Ferrigno, Frank Ragona and Michael Jaime make up the minority of the board. The election Tuesday, May 20, could shift the balance of the board as Phillips and Mecklembourg-Guibert are both running for re-election and are being challenged by Anthony Maffea and Deniece Walker. FULL STORY

For the second straight year, some mothers in West Hempstead spent Mother's Day morning in the parking lot of the Courtesy Hotel rallying to close the controversial hotel. FULL STORY