No. 12 Calhoun came away with an upset 59-37 win against No. 5 Valley Stream Central last Friday night, and will move on to the quarterfinal round of the Nassau Class AA boys’ basketball tournament.
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By Joe Galotti
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2/18/14
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Each class at Wellington C. Mepham High School did battle for a cause last week, as an annual spirit event became a fundraiser for a cancer charity.
Battle of the Classes, which was organized by seniors in Chris Parren and Kerry Dennis’s Participation in Government class, was held in the Brookside School gymnasium on Nov. 14. The evening, filled with physical activity and Pirate pride, doubled as a fundraiser, with $3,815 collected for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/22/13
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The Brooklyn Dodgers famously made “wait till next year” the optimistic yet doomed catchphrase of losing teams everywhere, simultaneously signaling hope for victory in the future and certainty that victory will never come. But for the Calhoun High School girls’ cross-country team, “next year” looks like it really could be right around the corner.
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By Brian Racow
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11/15/13
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Trailing third-seeded MacArthur by two goals early in the second half of a Nassau Class AA girls’ soccer semifinal playoff game, No. 2 Calhoun found itself needing all hands (and feet, and heads) on deck to overcome the deficit.
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By Steve Siniski
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11/5/13
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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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With consecutive appearances in the Nassau Class AA girls’ soccer championship game, Calhoun has evolved from a perennial playoff team to legitimate title contender under coach Lori Biscardi.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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9/17/13
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Many parents of Camp Avenue School’s incoming second-grade students are of one mind about the size of their children’s classes: they are far too big.
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By Brian Racow
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7/3/13
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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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Pitching and defense took third-seeded Mepham (14-6 overall) as far as it could in the third and deciding game of the Nassau Class AA semifinals against No. 2 MacArthur — the defending County champions — last Friday.
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By Steve Siniski
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5/21/13
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