Robbie’s Run, which commemorates 9-year-old Robbie Levine of Merrick, who died of heart failure in 2005 while rounding the bases during a Little League practice, attracted more than 1,700 participants between the annual event’s 5K, mile- and half-mile races through Merrick streets and fields on Sunday. As part of the festivities, Joseph Rocco, president of the Merrick-North Little League announced that the league was naming its front baseball field at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick as the “Forever 9: Robbie Levine Foundation Field."
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By Scott Brinton
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5/1/13
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It didn’t feel quite like spring training in Florida, but it didn’t feel like opening day in Minnesota either. With cloudy skies and slightly below normal temperatures, the Valley Stream Little League opened its 55th season at Firemen’s Field last Saturday morning.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/17/13
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Rockville Centre residents know that Spring has arrived when the Little Leaguers go marching up Maple Avenue on April 6. This year’s parade also took on a military flair as the League invited all …
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4/10/13
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A coalition of Little Leagues from the South Shore communities ravaged by Hurricane Sandy banded together to raise funds to offset the losses absorbed by the leagues due to the storm. Leagues from …
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3/12/13
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Despite suffering major losses caused by Hurricane Sandy in October, members of the East Rockaway Little League were big winners last Saturday as a bevy of new equipment was donated to the …
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By Brian Croce
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2/27/13
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A well-known local restaurant will host a March 9 fundraiser for the Oceanside little league, which took a large hit from Hurricane Sandy, league officials say.
While the impact of the storm can …
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1/25/13
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When the Franklin Square Little League Junior Boys’ bus pulled into Franklin Square on Sunday, the boys thought they were headed to grab pizza for an early dinner. They expected to have one last …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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8/22/12
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Children in impoverished areas of the Dominican Republic — who comprise about 60 percent of the country’s population –– might call a rock wrapped in a stocking and held together with a rubber band a baseball.
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/15/12
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After the Franklin Square Little League Junior Boys team fell to Rhode Island 19-9 on Aug. 9, the players had one chance to redeem themselves for an Eastern Regional championship. The team shook off …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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8/15/12
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The 13 and 14-year-old Junior boys Franklin Square Little League won the New York State Little League Baseball Championship. The team went undefeated in the District 29, Section 5 and New York State …
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8/8/12
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