Working off a $100,000 grant from the New York State Department of Economic Development, the New Cassel Technical Learning Center recently graduated its second class in a pilot study directed at enhancing the technological capability of the area's youth, while putting 45 new computers into the New Cassel community. FULL STORY

Answering to the concerns of Nassau County residents and watchdog groups, Jerald C. Newman, president and CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation, said that rather than interfere with the hospital's mission to provide healthcare to the poor and uninsured, Nassau County Medical Center's new public benefit corporation status would improve services. FULL STORY

Charles Waters' Karate and Fitness at 122 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park received a very special invitation from Samara Nelson of Bellmore. Samara, a student at Charles Waters' Karate and Fitness invited her karate teacher to meet her second grade teacher. FULL STORY