Forty-two year old Teresa Barrera was fatally stabbed in her Garden Street home last Tuesday and her husband, Jose Toxtle, also 42, was arrested and charged with murder. FULL STORY

New York State Assemblyman Rob Walker (R, C, I, WF-Hicksville) joined his Assembly colleagues to promote a contest involving elementary school students that will determine an official New York State Butterfly. FULL STORY

Cross Country running is clearly alive and very well indeed on Long Island, as the 15th annual edition of Long Island Blood Services' (LIBS) Rob's Run at Syosset's Stillwell Woods Park on Nov. 25 brought out a record turnout for the third consecutive year. FULL STORY