The Turn Around New Cassel/Westbury Drug Fighters recently held a ceremony in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. And while in their songs and prayers they proudly stood for the struggle against racial persecution, they also took a stand for another kind of freedom, the freedom to safely walk down your block, the freedom for kids to not be accosted by drug dealers on their way home from school and the freedom to forget to activate your house security alarm. FULL STORY

The Village of Westbury Board of Trustees voted last week to table a proposed law that would require property owners and merchants in the village to adhere to slightly stricter guidelines for store signs and awnings. FULL STORY

Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin (D-Westbury), a former Nassau County track and field star, was honored to greet the participating athletes at the Eighth Annual Friendship Games, held at Nassau Community College on Jan. 18. FULL STORY

For once the groundhogs were all in agreement, spring is almost here. And if spring is almost here, baseball can't be far behind. Indeed, the Westbury Amateur Baseball Association is gearing up now for the 1999 season. FULL STORY