As legislators continue to hash over County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta's proposed budget for 1999, local mayors are pressing their representatives to support a proposal to share sales tax revenues with incorporated areas in Nassau. FULL STORY

Nine Nassau businesses, including the Home Depot store on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, have been charged by District Attorney Denis Dillon with violating a local law that prohibits the sale of box cutters to minors and also regulates the manner in which they are displayed. FULL STORY

The Carle Place School District and its Board of Education dedicated its new softball/baseball and tennis courts to Anthony "Sonny" Marano and Coach Neil Vincelette, respectively. FULL STORY