Friday, 20 November 2009 00:00

By Denise Nash

Jill Martin set strict goals for herself, and her dreams are becoming a reality after meeting those goals.

Martin graduated from Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School in 1994 and continued her education at the University of Michigan where she majored in communications and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She landed a job on the The Maury Povich Show, where she worked on-air doing fashion reporting and makeovers.

Friday, 20 November 2009 00:00

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library has just been named a 5-Star Library for the second time by Library Journal, the country’s oldest and most respected publication for the library field.

Based on data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Plainview-Old Bethpage was rated along with 7,268 libraries across the nation. Overall, the LJ Index scores libraries according to four per capita output measures that indicate public service - circulation, visits, program attendance and public Internet use. The top libraries are assigned five, four or three stars.