Nassau County Legislator Dave Mejias (D-Farmingdale) proposed the first law of its kind in the country that would require law enforcement to notify school officials when an arrest is made for heroin possession and/or sale. FULL STORY

The Seventh Squad reports the details of an occupied burglary that occurred on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 12:10 p.m. FULL STORY

As a culmination to a physical education unit on floor hockey, students at John H. West Elementary School in the Plainedge School District had a reinforcing lesson on character education and good sportsmanship when Arena Hostess Dina and mascot Sparky the Dragon from the New York Islanders hockey team visited with the school's third through fifth graders. FULL STORY

Ladies, gentleman, and children of all ages were recently entertained in the gymnasium at Schwarting Elementary School in the Plainedge School District when the school's kindergarten students took them on a journey under the big top and performed a variety of circus tricks. FULL STORY