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It was raining and windy — yet 17-year-old Peri Finkelstein, a West Hempstead resident with muscular dystrophy, traveled to Miami on Jan. 28 with one goal: to walk a mile in the Miami Half Marathon.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/8/17
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Mets third baseman David Wright was holding an impromptu news conference amid a crush of reporters around noon on Monday when the 5- to 7-year-old campers started to cheer his name repeatedly, followed by three thunderous claps.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/9/16
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The second through eighth grade boys at Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence practiced their swings and boned up on their baseball knowledge as New York Mets pitcher Logan Verrett and batterymate, catcher Travis d’Arnaud, visited with the campers for about two hours on Aug. 8.
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By Diana Colapietro
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8/9/16
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Kelly Talty, 14, of Wantagh, was 3 weeks old when her father, New York Police Department officer Paul Talty, died responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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7/13/16
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Late Sunday night and early Monday morning, my sons Joseph, 17, and Michael, 12, and I stayed late at Citi Field, watching our Mets lose the World Series. We’re all bummed.
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11/5/15
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Thousands of Long Islanders were overjoyed to see New York Mets captain David Wright smiling and drinking champagne with his teammates at Wrigley Field on Oct. 21, after the “Amazins” swept the Chicago Cubs to capture the National League Championship and clinch a World Series berth. For Adam Rubin, who grew up in Bellmore and is now the lead Mets beat writer for espnnewyork.com, that moment was special in a deeper way.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/15
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Mets fever is sweeping the region as the hard-luck team plays its first World Series since 2000, and local fans are in a state of exhilaration. The cheering at Charlie Meaney’s Restaurant in Valley Stream was deafening after the last win over the Cubs, and fans from around the county gathered in Mineola on Monday for a rally that featured Mets legend Doc Gooden and a blue-and-orange-lit dome of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building.
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By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com
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10/28/15
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New York Mets baseball in late October. It’s something that fans of the team haven’t experienced in nearly a decade, and it was the reason why people of all ages could be seen sporting Mets apparel around town this week in support of the boys in blue and orange as they prepared to take on the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, which began on Tuesday.
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By David Weingrad
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10/28/15
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That catchy “Let’s Go Mets” chant is rarely heard this late in October. With the Mets making their first World Series in 15 years, local fans are ecstatic, and hoping for the team’s first championship since 1986.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/27/15
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom stopped by Merrick’s Coleman Country Day Camp to give the children a few pointers on July 23.
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By Brian Racow
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7/29/15
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