Clarke senior Gary Tamney broke a tackle against Seaford, but it wasn’t enough, as the undefeated Vikings downed the Rams in a Nassau Conference IV semifinal game at Hofstra, 47-20, on Nov. 12. … more

Slowly but steadily, paper ballots are being counted in an effort to determine who will serve as Nassau County executive next year. As of Wednesday night, incumbent Tom Suozzi trailed his Republican challenger, Ed Mangano, by 219 votes. more

This year’s election brought about a change in Nassau County government, but the status of the Lighthouse project remains static and unclear. Ironically, Election Day fell exactly a month … more

A new monument has been added to the veterans memorial area at Eisenhower Park thanks to the efforts of a Valley Stream man. Salvatore Spinicchia, a Marine Corps veteran from World War II and the Korean War, funded the project. more

Even energetic, gorgeous, talented and sexy people have to rest sometime — and that's just what the cast of Broadway’s “Burn the Floor” did recently at the Malverne home of two of their … more

A free H1N1 vaccination program was announced on Monday by the NuHealth System, the public benefit corporation that operates the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. more

I've recently written a series of articles chronicling what it's like to be arrested for drunk driving in Nassau County. Though I've had the participation of the district attorney's office, Nassau County police and a number of defense attorneys, as well as input from many readers, one voice has been noticeably absent. Until now. more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

When given a second chance, the Clarke football team has made the best out of it. Only one week removed from an 18-point home loss to Roosevelt in the regular-season finale, the Rams upset the … more

Senior Salonee Shah, 17, is the first student at W. Tresper Clarke High School to be named a regional finalist in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.Shah and two … more