Long Island bar owners and local law enforcement officials gathered for the first time last Thursday in the Garden City Hotel's nightclub known as Blu to announce the formation of Bar Owners Against Drunk Driving (B.A.D.D.), an organization created to ensure safer highways during holidays and throughout the year. FULL STORY

Jericho resident Marilyn Levinson was always interested in writing and started writing as a child. Her first children's book was published in 1986 and the fifth, Rufus and Magic Run Amok, will be available this fall. FULL STORY

Hali Tilzer, Jericho High School's all-division varsity softball pitcher, finished this season as the Jayhawk's all-time 'winningest' pitcher. Her total of 26 wins places her as the school's leader in victories. FULL STORY

Woodbury resident Andrew Paolillo, a freshman pitcher at Fordham University, was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team last week. FULL STORY