In an extra work session scheduled the previous night, the Board of Education (BOE) met to discuss details of the high school building plan, and to try to further reduce the five remaining facilities options, which concern grades K-8. On both issues the school board made some headway. They agreed to ask the architect to alter the original h.s. plan by eliminating costly relocations of the library media center and other centers but still adding the classrooms needed. Secondly, they voted to eliminate option 1 from further consideration. Option 1 called for continuing the current configuration of K-5 in four elementary schools, and one 6-8 middle school; it did not utilize the Salem school. There are now four remaining options; all include reopening Salem. FULL STORY

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To the long list of legendary names enshrined in Cooperstown we must now add a dozen more, as the Port Washington Whitecaps left their mark on the sleepy upstate town for the second straight summer. FULL STORY

On a beautiful Sunday morning, with the sun so brilliant that it made the water look as if diamonds were sprinkled over the bay, The Mill Pond Model YC held their annual George Bersuch "Picnic" Regatta, to remember their longtime member who is now deceased. This regatta was first sailed in 1978. Eight model sailboats raced in "M" Marblehead class boats, which are 50 inches long and carry 800 square inches of sail. The winner of the George Bersuch memorial Trophy was Roy Langbord, who has won this regatta for four consecutive years. The second and third place winners were, respectively: Lech Arciszewski and Ralph Pappas. The Mill Pond Model YC holds races every Saturday and Sunday, and all are welcome to come and enjoy watching the sailors as they navigate their sailboats around the racecourse with their hand-held remote controls. FULL STORY