Jennifer Zwilling,17, of Brookville and Kara Houppert, 12, of Webster were named New York's top two youth volunteers for 2008 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. FULL STORY

After exposing abuses in numerous special sanitation districts through a series of audits his office has performed since 2004, County Comptroller Howard Weitzman is leading a crackdown in Nassau. He's proposing serious changes to the current system. FULL STORY

The replacement of tennis courts at the Jericho Middle/High School complex is now under way. Bulldozers, backhoes and dump trucks moved in this past week and ripped out the existing courts over a two-day period. FULL STORY

Syosset Baseball Association recently announced that starting the first week in May, the New York Mets Baseball Academy will be on site to provide weekly clinics for the 5-8 Year Old Divisions. FULL STORY