A series of explosions followed by a raging fire at the LILCO substation in Glenwood Landing tripped a circuit breaker in Carle Place and left more than 14,000 homes and businesses in central Nassau without power Wednesday afternoon. FULL STORY

The Westbury School District, forever swimming upstream when it comes to state aid for education, will receive $7,856,898 in school aid for 1998-99, an increase of nearly 17 percent over last year, under the state budget plan adopted by the legislature last Wednesday. FULL STORY

It was star power versus firepower at the 74th running of the $500,000 Grade II Wood Memorial, at the Aqueduct Race Track Saturday, with the temperamental Coronado's Quest besting superstar trainer Bob Baffert with a sizzling victory on a terrifically fast track. FULL STORY