Jason Molinet
RSSNorthport Mayor George Doll showed his range as grand marshall of the annual Northport Memorial Day parade Monday morning. He led the procession from Laurel Avenue down Main Street riding a mammoth white horse.
Following close behind were military veterans dating to World War II, several age groups of the Boys and Girls Scouts, Northport High School marching band and fire trucks from Eatons Neck and Northport http://patch.com/A-tBz7
Greenport Tall Ships festival Memorial Day weekend.
Playoffs!
Northport boys lacrosse ran wild over West Babylon in a first-round playoff Thursday at Veterans Park, scoring the game’s first eight goals en route to a 17-6 win.
The eighth-seeded Tigers (11-6) dominated faceoffs, looked explosive with the ball and turned away No. 9 West Babylon attacks. It was a near-perfect performance http://patch.com/A-tw1y
18-Year-Old Wins Election
In a dramatic and historic statement by voters, an 18-year-old high school senior was elected to the Syosset School District’s Board of Education Tuesday night.
Calling himself “A fresh voice for the 21st century,” teenager Joshua Lafazan earned a seat on the board, joining Christopher DiFilippo and Alan Resnick. Lafazan won with a remarkable tally of 4,739 ballots or 82 percent of the vote http://patch.com/A-twxB
Farmingdale, N.Y. – Three days after a plane crash claimed the lives of two Farmingdale Stateaviation students, the wreck’s lone survivor joined his classmates Saturday at the school’s 93rd commencement ceremony.
Evan Kisseloff, 21, of Oceanside, N.Y. survived a Wednesday night crash in Sterling, Pa. The plane reportedly stalled on takeoff from Spring Hill Airport – bound for Republic Airport – and crashed.
Amazingly Kisseloff, who was largely unharmed from the crash, marched with an estimated 600 fellow Farmingdale State students Saturday at Nold Hall. Kisseloff received a Bachelor of Science with honors in Aviation Administration http://patch.com/A-tmN8
Louis Acompora was a freshman at Northport High School when he died while playing the sport he loved. A goalie on the freshman lacrosse team, Acompora was struck in the chest with a ball and suffered commotio cordis, a rare form of cardiac arrest.
It’s been more than 12 years since a 14-year-old lacrosse player from Northport became the face an entire safety movement.
Northport lacrosse has not forgotten Louis Acompora. The 11th Louis J. Acompora Memorial Lacrosse Jamboree, featuring youth and high school games, is Saturday at Veterans Park in East Northport http://patch.com/A-s9ZZ
A mix of alumni, local leaders and school officials gathered around a 91-year-old oak tree Thursday, opened a 25-year-old time capsule and reflected on the first 100 years of Farmingdale State College.
It was 100 years ago this week that Titanic set sail for the first – and last – time, Fenway Park ushered in a new era of Boston baseball and the Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute was chartered http://patch.com/A-sx8t
As well-dressed children lined up to make a mad dash for plastic eggs at Sunday’s annual Easter Egg Hunt in Northport Village Park, everyone knew the moment was nearly at hand once a special guest pulled up.
“Easter Bunny! Easter Bunny!” the young crowd chanted as a costumed bunny and chick pulled up at the gazebo in a red convertible http://patch.com/A-sqVT
Rich Czeczotka is a very big piece to someone’s football puzzle. But where does he fit?
The Glenn senior quarterbacked the Knights to an 11-1 season and the Long Island Class IV championship in the fall. With National Signing Day arriving Wednesday, Czeczotka had hoped to have his future mapped out.
Teammates Nick Wagner and Kevin Malloy each celebrated Signing Day by announcing commitments to Football Bowl Subdivision schools. Wagner, an All-State receiver, will be a preferred walk-on at Stony Brook University. Malloy, also a preferred walk-on, will play tight end at Albany http://patch.com/A-q7CG.
The view from my backyard. There will be no gardening today. Northport’s first snowfall of 2012. http://patch.com/A-qsJf
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