After years of planning and months of hard work by hundreds of volunteers, construction of the Jevoah's Witnesses Westbury Kingdom Hall is nearly completed. FULL STORY

After the appointment of North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Doreen Banks to be Nassau County Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and General Services by County Executive Thomas Suozzi, the North Hempstead Town Board chose Thomas K. Dwyer to replace her on the board. At a press conference on Jan. 17, May Newburger, North Hempstead town supervisor, introduced Mr. Dwyer and announced other significant North Hempstead appointments. Matthew J. Miner will replace Arthur Gianelli as director of operations; Bonnie Chaiken is the new town attorney and counsel to the Solid Waste Management Authority; Helen Chen is town comptroller; David Wasserman is commissioner of buildings and commissioner of planning and Gil Anderson is commissioner of public works. FULL STORY

Collegiate Baseball magazine, based in Tucson, AR, has named Old Westbury right handed pitcher Adam Gomez and left fielder Ramon Diaz to its list of top small college talent. Selections by the influential national magazine are based on outstanding 2001 performances and voting by coaches nationwide. FULL STORY