The Clinton Martin Park Recreational Center in New Hyde Park was packed and abuzz with jubilation as hundreds of people filed in to witness the swearing-in ceremonies of the Town of North Hempstead supervisor, Jon Kaiman, Town Clerk Michelle Schimel and Councilmembers Angelo Ferrara and Robert Trioiano and Lee Seeman last Monday afternoon. FULL STORY

The Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees, at its last meeting of the 2005 year, Dec. 21, adopted landmark legislation establishing an inclusionary affordable housing program that became effective Jan. 1, 2006. Adoption of this historic legislation also ended a temporary moratorium on the construction/conversion of multiple dwellings that had been in place in the village since March 2005 in order to study the feasibility of providing a workforce housing program, which included planning studies and environmental impact assessments conducted by the village's planning/environmental consultants, Saccardi & Schiff of White Plains, NY. FULL STORY

Officially announced on Thursday, Jan. 5, the prestigious Don Hansen Football Gazette released the NCAA Division III East All-Region Team, which features four United States Merchant Marine Academy Football Mariners. FULL STORY

Even with the Old Westbury Panthers in deep foul trouble, with only one eligible player left, the Mariners could not pull it out in double-overtime, losing their first conference game of the season, 78-76. FULL STORY