Four years after beginning what has become known as Nassau County's premiere downtown revitalization project, Gary Hudes and other members of the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce sat down with a municipal planning consultant from the firm of Siccardi and Schiff and began to try and assess the amount of money that has been re-invested in Bedford Avenue in Bellmore since their effort got under way. FULL STORY

It was the day on which the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing slipped away from its latest contender by only the slimmest of margins. FULL STORY