New York Secretary of State Randy A. Daniels recently traveled to Roslyn to present an Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) check of $150,000 to Town of North Hempstead Councilmen Wayne Wink and Tom Dwyer. FULL STORY

At the request of the Roslyn School District Board of Education, BJLJ Engineers, a Mineola-based firm has recently conducted a comprehensive building survey of each school in the district. FULL STORY

They are young, smart and talented and they are leaving Long Island in droves. In order to keep post-graduate students in town, Long Island Business News, in coordination with Hofstra University, is holding its first annual Golf Outing on Monday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Garden City Country Club. Proceeds from this outing will go toward the Long Island Business News Hofstra Scholarship Fund, in which a masters-level student will receive a financial award toward tuition. The goal is to keep the best and brightest college graduates in a local educational institution like Hofstra in the hopes that after graduation, they remain in the Long Island workforce. FULL STORY

Mike Crowley wants to do something meaningful for his friend James Ceglia, serving with the 69th Fighting Banshees in Iraq. Mr. Crowley is seeking sponsors for his 110-mile walk from Oyster Bay to Montauk, starting on April 25. FULL STORY