Throughout the season in practice, Long Beach’s girls’ volleyball team simulated playing in a fifth and decisive set with a coveted Nassau County title on the line. On Thursday night, premonition became reality.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/8/13
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Top-seeded Long Beach continued a flawless run through the Nassau Class A girls’ volleyball playoff tournament with a 25-19, 25-13, 25-20 sweep of No. 4 Manhasset in a semifinal matchup at home on Monday afternoon.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/6/13
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The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished.
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10/3/13
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Exhibits and more...
After ModernisM 2013: ‘AM’A showcase of work by five contemporary artists. The exhibit features Nina Chanel Abney, Justin Craun, Wendell Gladstone, Erik Parks and …
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9/18/13
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For many of us who live on the South Shore, warm weather is boating season
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5/30/13
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Lynbrook outscored Long Beach at even strength in their Nassau Class B boys’ lacrosse playoff quarterfinal matchup at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium on May 16, but the Marines were a perfect 4-for-4 in man-up situations and also scored shorthanded on the way to an 8-4 victory.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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5/21/13
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The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark.
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5/16/13
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Seventh-seeded Long Beach entered the Nassau Class AA softball playoffs struggling on offense and mired in a three-game losing streak, but came out swinging in last Friday’s opening-round matchup against No.10 Hicksville and scored four runs on six hits in the first three innings.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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5/14/13
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President Obama’s fourth State of the Union address may have sounded magical, but don’t be fooled by the pie in the sky.
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2/21/13
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Freeport eliminated Long Beach from the Nassau Class AA girls’ basketball playoffs for a second straight season, winning a turnover-marred 37-23 opening-round matchup last Friday at Long Beach Middle School.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/19/13
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