A pitchers’ duel in Nassau Conference AA-I softball is more the rule than the exception, and Monday it was Mepham’s ToniMarie Valeriano and Long Beach’s Ashley Martin making quick work of opposing hitters.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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4/16/13
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Fresh off a three-game sweep of Herricks last week that saw its offense pound out 25 runs, Kennedy upped its winning streak on the baseball diamond to four last Monday with an 8-4 victory at Long Beach.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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4/16/13
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A year after winning 14 games and reaching the Nassau Class B boys’ lacrosse semifinals, Long Beach has busted out of the gate with four straight victories including back-to-back come-from-behind versions.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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4/11/13
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The New York State Commission of Correction recently released a report on the suicide of Bartholomew Ryan, a 32-year-old East Meadow resident and an Iraq war veteran who hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at the Nassau County Correctional Facility in February 2012, less than 24 hours after he was incarcerated.
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By David Weingrad
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4/10/13
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Long Beach coach Rachel Ray is looking for big things from a team that returned intact after winning 11 games and reaching the Nassau Class B girls’ lacrosse semifinals last spring.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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4/1/13
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Hurricane Sandy led to one of Long Island’s worst environmental disasters ever, if not the worst.
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2/28/13
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Long Beach had a solid performance in the Nassau County boys’ swimming championships, finishing first among Division C schools and fifth overall thanks in part to state qualifiers Nicholas Stoski and Max Willard.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/27/13
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Fourteen Herald Community Newspaper executives, editors and reporters bundled up in heavy coats and woolen hats and boarded the Capt. Lou VII in Freeport to take a two-hour tour of the waterways south of the village in search of harbor seals last Friday.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/26/13
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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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Long Beach senior Steven Sewkumar wasn’t going to be denied the big prize this time. After finishing runner-up for a Nassau County wrestling championship last winter, Sewkumar brought home the 113-pound title by taking a 6-5 decision over East Meadow’s Adam Smith in the finals Tuesday night at Hofstra.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/13/13
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