When the East Rockaway Junior-Senior High varsity football team stepped onto the new artificial-turf field at the school’s revamped athletic complex last Saturday, it marked the end of a years-long campaign to improve the facility.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/4/21
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East Rockaway came together to celebrate Homecoming on Saturday.
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10/21/21
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The Lynbrook community came out in full force to celebrate Homecoming Saturday.
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10/21/21
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The late Alicemarie Bresnihan was a mother figure to many.
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By Julia Swerdin
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10/21/21
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I was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K . . .
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9/30/21
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After passage of a $28.9 million bond in 2017, Lynbrook High School’s new wing was recently completed after a year and a half of construction.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/30/21
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Lynbrook senior Olivia Vuotto said she never thought about playing football, but jumped at the chance to become a kicker for the varsity team when head coach Stephen LoCicero approached her. Now she’s making history one kick at a time as the only girl to ever score points for the Owls on the gridiron.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/23/21
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The Lynbrook Owls commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a day of reflection and remembrance on Saturday, which included the high school’s first varsity football game of the season. There was a patriotic theme throughout the festivities, which included a fundraiser that netted more than $2,500 for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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By Julia Swerdin
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9/17/21
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Three months and three weeks after Massapequa, Garden City, Manhasset and Wantagh captured Nassau football championships, all 53 programs in the county started preparing for a new season Aug. 23.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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9/10/21
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When talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago.
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By Robert A. Scott
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9/9/21
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