At its May 16 election, Susan Bergtraum was re-elected to the East Williston School Board, turning back a challenge from Jeffrey Saporta. Ms. Bergtraum received 1,075 votes to Mr. Saporta's total of 791. Another school board incumbent, Richard Horowitz, was re-elected without opposition, gaining 1,028 votes. FULL STORY

At the most recent hearing on the proposal by Sprint Spectrum to build three antennas to a cellular tower in Roslyn, that company continued to explain its rejection of an alternate site that would be further away from residential properties in East Hills. FULL STORY

The year 1955 was a year of firsts: The Perry Como Show, Captain Kangaroo and Lawrence Welk all debuted on television; Ford introduced the first Thunderbird, Lee Merriweather was crowned Miss America and the Bethpage Women's Golf Club (BWGC) was born. FULL STORY

Allison Heimler, a third grade student in Ms. Goldblatt's class in the East Hills School placed first in her category at the 2000 Nassau County Figure Skating Championships at Cantiague Park on May 7. FULL STORY