Each of Westbury Village's 12,000 residents generate about a pound of solid waste, give or take, daily. Add to that commercial garbage and the incorporated village averages between 9,500 and 12,000 tons a year. FULL STORY

On Aug. 21, the Sheriff Officers Associations (ShOA) Board of Governors rejected an offer they have been fighting to obtain for more than two years. The sheriff's union, which has been without a contract since late 2004, has been fighting to resolve the impasse in contract negotiations and was seeking binding arbitration to do so. FULL STORY

With perfect weather conditions that would rival the Caribbean, 24 of Long Island's top teaching pros visited the Old Westbury Racquet Club Aug. 5 to participate in the club's first Babe Zaharias Pro-Am Tennis Tournament. FULL STORY