Sea Cliff voters are going to the polls on March 20 to elect their choice for mayor and two trustees. This year, voters will consider candidates on the slates of three political parties. Last year's election wound up in court, after election irregularities were alleged. The outcome of that election was not set aside by the court although the court acknowledged that the election procedures were not perfect. This year's election is showing signs of controversy as the nascent New Village Party and their legal counsel have raised objections to the placement of candidate names on the coming election's ballot. FULL STORY

The proposed 2001-2002 budget for the Glen Cove School District was introduced during the Feb. 26 school board meeting in middle school. The $50,814,900 tentative spending plan reflects a 7.67 percent increase in expenditures, a fluctuating state aid figure, (current year is $7.3 million), and a $3.5 million increase in the tax levy. FULL STORY

The North Shore High School Men's Winter Track team became the Conference VI Champions on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2001. The team scored 109 points to beat Oyster Bay who scored 94 points. The meet was held at SUNY Farmingdale. FULL STORY

Peter Freitag skates Nassau County PeeWee Cubs Ice Hockey Travel Team to the Marlboro Winter Championship. With the score tied in the semifinal game against the Hetland Panthers, Freitag, of Glen Cove, scored to give the "Cubs" the lead for a 4-3 win. Freitag scored the first goal in the championship game against the Twin City Hawks and continued with a second goal to give the Nassau County PeeWee Cubs the Marlboro Winter Championship. Peter has expanded his hockey career in the 2000-01 season to include being one of the youngest ice hockey referees in USA Hockey. FULL STORY