With his "Walk 4 Kids" only several weeks away, Richard Fenster of Carle Place is drumming up support for the Leukemia Society of America by throwing several benefits in the local area. He wants to help terminally ill and disabled kids by walking from his home in Carle Place to Orlando, Florida starting Sept. 12. FULL STORY

There is a special place in Eisenhower Park dedicated to veterans alive and deceased from all branches of the military, who serve or have served in peacetime or wartime. The Walls of Honor, which surrounds Veteran's Plaza at the park, lists the names of hundreds of veterans, and every year since 1996 the Nassau County Veterans Monument Fund, has unveiled over 500 names etched on stainless steel panels mounted on granite walls. FULL STORY

Two weeks ago, neither Mark Stone of Plainview nor Mark St. John of Peekskill had ever swung a golf club before - unless, said Stone, you count miniature golf or computer golf. FULL STORY

On Tuesday, August 3 at the Lightpath Long Island Classic, Senior PGA Tour veterans Jim Albus and Walter Morgan won the Gillette Tour Challenge, a unique tournament featuring five two-man teams competing for six holes in an alternate-shot format. FULL STORY