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Fifth-grade students at the Clear Stream Avenue School got as close to a baseball game experience as they could on June 17, when the school set up a pint-sized version of Citi Field in its gymnasium. … more
Oceanside lost one of its special citizens when Denise Gallardo succumbed to cancer in April at age 31, but her friends at Rescue Company No. 1 will never forget her. How could they, when she touched so many of their lives in simple and profound ways? Her friends gathered to honor her at CitiField on August 17, when the Mets hosted Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Night. more
Known as a fire balling, curve ball strikeout artist when he was a major league pitcher, Dwight Gooden, known as “Dr. K” during his heyday struck a chord with the youngsters during a visit to Camp Hillel in Lawrence on July 11. K is the scorecard symbol for a strikeout. more
The Lynbrook Little League hosted their ninth annual New York Mets Spirit Awards ceremony at Citi Field on May 27. more
The Long Island Volunteer Center, an affiliate of Points of Light’s HandsOn Network, secured a $50,000 grant from the Major League Baseball Players Trust to help restore the damage done by … more
Sean McCarthy called his close friend Michael Chandler on April 9 to chat about the Mets’ opening day and to catch up. The two lifelong friends and diehard Mets fans grew up in the West End, and … more
East Meadow High School alumni and former New York Met Frank Viola is “resting comfortably” after successful open-heart surgery on April 2, according to the New York Mets. more
The snow may continue to fall — who knows, maybe till Easter this wacky winter — but baseball fans are following the first reports from spring training and counting the weeks until Opening Day. more
Mary Lou Murray, the wife of former Rockville Centre Mayor Gene Murray and the mother of the current mayor, Francis Murray, died on Monday. She was 84. Murray was known for always being by her … more
When you decide what to write in a column, there are many subjects that you could cover. There’s only one problem. more
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