Arthur Kroll was elected fire commissioner of the Jericho Fire Department on Tuesday. Kroll received 162 votes, Michael Ehrenpreis received 45 and Victor Klein, who withdrew his name but still remained on the ballot, received 22 votes. FULL STORY

Syosset and Woodbury residents re-elected Dennis Henderickson fire commissioner of the Syosset Fire District on Tuesday. He received 709 votes to Stuart Zucker's 562 votes. These tallies represent the second highest vote total in Syosset in modern record keeping days. FULL STORY

Syosset Baseball Association recently announced that the New York Mets Baseball Academy Camp has set the dates for their camp to be in Syosset this upcoming August 2006 camp season. FULL STORY

The Jericho School District will dedicate a new high school varsity swim record board in memory of First Lieutenant Matthew D. Lynch on Thursday, December 22, at 4:30 p.m. in the swimming pool area. Lynch, a 1997 Jericho High School graduate and officer in the United States Marine Corps, was killed in the line of duty on October 31, 2004, in Iraq. FULL STORY