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Junior Lucia Biscardi helped West Hempstead clinch the Conference ABC-VI softball championship last week. She was one of five pitchers to win at least one game for the Rams.

Rams take conference title

After a rough 2009 season, it has been a banner year for West Hempstead on the softball field. more

Andrew McClure | 5/12/10

A casino deserves serious consideration

Last week, freshman Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano laid it on the line for county residents. He told us that the county is facing a $286 million deficit, the largest in its history. more

Al D'Amato | 5/6/10

County exec betting on Nassau’s future?

After some seven years of studies, community meetings, press conferences and tens of millions of dollars spent on planning and consultants, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum remains an aging concrete behemoth surrounded by 77 acres of cracking asphalt. It is a glaring eyesore in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. more

5/6/10

Daniel Minto leads the Rams in kills and blocks.

Rams serve up eighth win

While there’s no doubt lacrosse, baseball, softball, and track and field grab most of the spring high school sports headlines, boys’ volleyball is alive and well at West Hempstead. more

Andrew McClure | 5/5/10

Saving Spaceship Earth — with science

“I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe.” — R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970 more

Scott Brinton | 4/23/10

West Hempstead shortstop Roberto Reyes fires the ball to first to record an out during the Rams' 11-4 defeat to Manhasset last Friday.

Bumps in the road for Rams

At West Hempstead, the baseball program has been stellar for the past two seasons. The Rams picked up a league title in 2008, and followed up with a 13-win season a year ago. more

Andrew McClure | 4/14/10

West Hempstead senior Michelle Zur will see time at catcher and the outfield and spark the offense from either the leadoff or No. 2 spot.

Offense a key for West Hempstead

After struggling to score runs during last year’s 5-11 finish, West Hempstead softball coach Chris Van Kovics wants to put more pressure on defenses with an aggressive approach. more

Tony Bellissimo | 4/7/10

Picket signs such as this were used by West Hempstead educators to protest the school board's impasse declaration in deadlocked contract negotiations.

West Hempstead teachers' contract talks stalled

There was tension in the air as some 200 West Hempstead teachers poured into the West Hempstead High School auditorium the night of March 16, where, just two days earlier, there had been … more

Lee Landor | 3/25/10

Shame on town board for raises

To the Editor: At the recent Hempstead Town Board meeting, I attended to express my opinion on the salary increases they gave themselves. The manner and timing of the increases was disingenuous at best, showing a lack of regard for the poor economy. more

3/3/10

West Hempstead's Daniel Minto releases a shot over South Side's Julius Jones during last Friday's Nassau Class A quarterfinal game at Hofstra.

Cyclones squeeze past Rams

The third time against South Side was almost a charm for West Hempstead. The sixth-seeded Rams threw their best punch in last Friday’s Nassau Class A boys’ basketball quarterfinal playoff game at Hofstra, but it wasn’t enough to deliver a knockout. more

Tony Bellissimo | 2/24/10

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