Whether smoking a good cigar, being at the beach or with his family, Joseph Kenn Jr. always tried to enjoy his life to the fullest. more

The old saying, “A bad day of golf beats a good day at work,” was heard at the Inwood Country Club, where the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club held the fifth annual Frank DeCicco Memorial Golf Outing on July 16, and by the way the 72 participants slapped palms, shook hands and embraced — as family and good friends do — the adage was evident. The event honors the memory of Frank DeCicco Sr., a longtime Buccaneer booster. more

A Five Towns youth institution is trying to make a comeback. Founded in 1956, the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club has been a staple of youth sports, offering children with an opportunity to play football or cheer during the fall, and play basketball during the winter; because of low enrollment numbers the organization hasn’t been able to run a football program since 2015. This year, the Buccaneers hope that changes. more

Safety concerns, on Long Island and across the nation, and changing demographics in the Five Towns have led to a decline in football participation locally. While three local soccer leagues are flourishing, the 60-year-old Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club has suspended its football and cheerleading programs this fall. more

The Lawrence-based Inwood Buccaneer Athletic Club held its annual Inwood Buccaneer Day at Lawrence High School last Sunday. The event is to showcase the club’s seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 and 12 year-olds football teams and its cheerleaders. more

Lou D’Agostino, who starred on the Lawrence High School varsity football team and won the 1990 Thorp Award as the best player in Nassau County, is now serving as the director of football operations for the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club, the organization that gave him his start in the sport. more

The Number Six School is sold The Lawrence School District Board of Education announced their were two remaining bidders seeking to purchase the Number Six School in Woodmere. The board approved an agreement to sell the 6.67-acre site that includes the 80,170-square foot building to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach for $8.5 million. Lawrence is also expected to realize an annual savings of more than $550,000 in transportation costs. In March, the community approved the sale. In 2012, a referendum to sell the property to Bronx-based Simone for a Mt. Sinai Hospital medical center failed. more

The Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club held its annual Buccaneer Day, a kick off for its fall season of football and cheerleading, at Lawrence High school on Sept. 7. more

Frank DeCicco Sr., the man who for many was the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club, and was an example of what civic duty is all about, died at home in Lawrence last Sunday. He was 72. more

Eighth grade boys from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Hawks and the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club played a basketball game as part of a fundraiser and tribute to Giovanni Cipriano at HAFTR in Lawrence on Nov. 6. more