Rallying to outscore host Kennedy by five points in the second quarter of last Friday's Conference AA-III boys' basketball game wasn't enough for East Meadow to mount a comeback. The Cougars had jumped out to a 15-point lead in the first quarter that the Jets would never overcome as they fell, 49-37. more

I imagined the liberal lion, Senator Ted Kennedy, rolling over in his grave at the thought that his old Senate seat could actually go to a Republican. more

Assembling a relay team involves more than finding four fast swimmers. Members of a strong medley relay feed off and know how to push one another. more

Trailing Kennedy by two games in the Conference AA-II girls’ basketball standings and by seven points after just 65 seconds in their first of two meetings on the season Jan. 14, Calhoun couldn’t have responded better to first-year coach Dave Radtke’s timeout. more

One Kennedy High School senior studied whether endophytic bacteria injected into poplars would allow the trees to grow in inhospitable rocky and sandy soil. The research, conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Suffolk County, could one day help solve both the world fuel and hunger crises. more

Fireworks have exploded and the ball has dropped once again; 2010 has officially begun. This New Year, we are entering an entirely new decade. Who knows what to expect during the next 10 years? Past decades each seem to have distinctly stood out with specific connotations and names for themselves. The 1960s are commonly remembered as the hippie years, when young people listened to new forms of music and felt free and rebellious. A number of years later, the 1990s came along, and technology advanced to a whole new level, introducing us to the first DVD player and cell phones with built-in visual displays. more

Kennedy took control of its 57-29 victory over Mepham last Friday night early in the first quarter thanks to a strong inside game that dominated the boards. more

In her freshman year at Kennedy High School in 2007, Bellmorite Stefanie Busgang suddenly started to lose her memory. The then 14-year-old couldn't remember how she got from one room to the next. "I was sitting in one place, and I'd be wondering how I got there," she recalled. more

The annual Sprig Gardner Tournament turned out to be a win-win-win situation for all three wrestling teams in the Bellmore school district. more

Six Kennedy High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are among 34,000 high school seniors (out of more than 1.5 million) to be recognized for their exceptional academic promise as evidenced by their performance on the 2008 PSAT / National Merit Qualifying Test. Above are, back row, from left, Barri Bruno, Kenneth Dolitsky, Daniel Reisner and Jeremy Roberts; front row, from left, Logan Sorrentino and Stephanie Weiner. more