DEC to Work with State, County DOH in Cleanup -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), working cooperatively with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDH), recently entered into a voluntary cleanup agreement with CAWSL Enterprises, Inc. and AMI Johnson, LLC to investigate and, if necessary, to remediate the Johnson and Hoffman Manufacturing Site located at 40 Voice Road in Carle Place. FULL STORY

Fourteen-year-old Westbury resident Courtney Henley remembers it like it was yesterday. Her parents sat her and her younger brother Brandon down on the couch and told them daddy has a disease. FULL STORY

5K and 10-Mile Run to Benefit Spinal Cord Injury Programs -- The Long Island Spinal Cord Resource Center (LISCIRC), a project of the Testaverde Fund for Spinal Cord Injury, announced its second annual Race for Spinal Victory - a 5K walk/run and a more challenging 10-mile run to take place on April 30 at Jones Beach. Proceeds of the event will go to fund spinal cord injury research and to support LISCIRC whose focus is on community and family outreach and spinal cord injury education programs. FULL STORY