Criminal charges have been filed against five men who worked in the Town of North Hempstead Building Department including former commissioner David Wasserman, former deputy commissioner Joseph Madden, former plan examiner Andrew Acierno, former plumbing inspector Joseph Lomonaco and building inspector Thomas McDonough. FULL STORY

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced last week that the first of five defendants charged in connection with a 16-month probe into allegations of corruption within the North Hempstead Town's building department has pleaded guilty to six felony charges and will be sentenced in December to serve three months in the Nassau County Jail. FULL STORY

As the offensive line goes, so go the Chiefs. The 10-year-old Maroon Chiefs win again, this time 20-6 over the Buccaneers of Inwood on Oct. 14. The offensive line of Gavin Dowd, Teddy Capsis, Lucas Golon, Michael Delio and Andrew Hastings dominated the Inwood defense, opening holes for the running backs and controlling the tempo of the game. FULL STORY