Although Nassau County has not held a public meeting since June regarding County Executive Tom Suozzi's somewhat controversial Nassau Hub proposal, the county's team of consultants has been scrutinizing the project's more technical aspects, such as land use, transportation design issues and ridership demand modeling. FULL STORY

Westbury resident Peter T. Cavallaro, a 15-year-old sophomore at Chaminade High School, recently published his first novel, The Wonderful Travels of Drake. Peter was inspired to write this book by the works of one of his favorite authors, J.R.R. Tolkien, particularly known for The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. FULL STORY