The Rockville Centre Fire Department is once again taking part in the United Sates Marine Corps Reserve's “Toys for Tots” Holiday Toy Drive. more

Twice during my 30-year career as an officer in the Naval Reserve I was mobilized, and it was a tremendous boost to my morale to know that my family was in the good hands of our friends and … more

Visitors to Masone Beach in Island Park will soon encounter a new piece of technology on the dock as a recent agreement was signed between the United States Geological Survey and the New York State … more

July 15 was a big day for President Obama. Not only did BP miraculously cap the oil spill — albeit temporarily — but Goldman Sachs settled with the SEC and Congress approved all 2,300 pages of a historic financial overhaul bill. more

Part one of a two-part series. Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery. That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health. more

I trust you haven’t forgotten the famous slogan Gov. Hugh Carey used during New York’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s: “The days of wine and roses are over.” Unfortunately, the … more

Army Reserve Spc. Daniel Arshadnia, a Lawrence High School graduate, won a gold medal in the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on March 2. Arshadnia, a Food Service … more

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million. more

Calling for legislative relief, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has said that many Long Island school districts — including Rockville Centre — have “overfunded” their Employee Benefits and Accrued Liability Reserve funds. He says districts should be able to use that extra money that they can’t now touch, for tax relief. The EBALR is used to pay eligible school district employees for accrued sick and leave time when they retire. DiNapoli has said that Rockville Centre is overfunded by $1,669, 278. But Robert Bartels, Rockville Centre’s assistant superintendent for business, along with the district’s external auditors, might beg to differ. more

The East Rockaway school district stands to lose more than $500,000 in state aid for the 2010-11 school year if Gov. David Paterson’s proposed statewide cuts to close a burgeoning state deficit become a reality. more