On your mark, get set, go! Members of Cub Scout Pack 31 in Rockville Centre showed off their hot rods and competed against one another for a spot in next month’s district meet during the annual … more

Girl Scouts from troops 820 and 837 gathered around one of their own. They sat in a semi-circle as Catrina Casella, 13, read a children’s book version of a history of Rockville Centre that she … more

Rockville Centre’s Tiger Scout den of first graders spent Saturday morning doing their part for the NYS Coast Cleanup at Hempstead Lake State Park. The fathers and the boys were saddened and … more

Five Rockville Centre Girl Scouts recently earned their Gold Awards, the highest honor in the Girl Scouts. Deandra Denton, Emily Edwards, Alexandra Kosakoff, Brooke Williams and Kyra Wills-Umdenstock … more

Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito presented an official Town of Hempstead Certificate of Recognition to Eagle Scouts Jack O’Brien and Christopher O’Brien during the Eagle Scout Court … more

Colin Robinson, a boy scout from Troop 214, has been working to complete his Eagle Scout project. Robinson, 15, a Baldwin resident, is working towards helping St. Christopher’s School for the Death … more

A man stole a cash box from a Girl Scout cookie sale in Rockville Centre, say Nassau County Police. On March 9 at 5:45 p.m., Michael Avelli, 34, of Deer Park allegedly took a cash box from a cookie … more

Island Park Boy Scout Troop 312 has been an active part of the community for many years. They have carried the colors proudly at many community events, helped clean up the beachfront and the … more

I’m seeing good news on all fronts this week, primarily because I choose to. This is a quest: I am seeking the comfort of upbeat stories. more

Chaz Murray, 54, grew up in Merrick bounding through the woods near his home. He became a Boy Scout and went on to camp in the wild. He moved away when he turned 24 and returned seven years ago. On Sunday, he said he was horrified to see the derelict state into which Merrick’s forests off the Meadowbrook Parkway have fallen. Murray, a New York City paramedic, was one of 52 volunteers who came to the woods between Sunrise Highway and Meadowbrook Road in Merrick to clean up debris that had washed from farther north into the forest via the Meadow Brook or had been strewn there by vandals. He said he learned about the cleanup by reading the Merrick Herald Life. more