Moments like this have kept the athletes and their volunteer ''buddies'' on a high ever since Mr. Someck began the Great Neck Games Special Olympics for mentally challenged athletes, four years ago. FULL STORY

''We are about to enhance and enrich our wonderful existing dance program with a resident professional company and with the introduction of open ballet classes,'' says Great Neck Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil. And the excitement is heightened with the addition of the internationally acclaimed Ali Pourfarrokh, who will direct the new ballet company and lead the open classes. FULL STORY

On Friday, May 14, North defeated Mineola 15-10, 15-4 and 15-6. North also defeated Westbury on May 12 with scorers of 15-8, 15-3, 15-5. "We have experience this year with all six starters back from last year's team," commented Coach Nguyen. The seniors are Todd Abramson, Hal Burg, Jeff Kadavi, Robert Monge, Evan Weisbrot and Jonathan Wu. The remaining team members are all juniors and they are: Michael Gondafi, Keven Hakimian, Mohammed Khaghani, Mathew Myles and Vincent Wu. FULL STORY

The Great Neck South varsity baseball team continues to show guts and determination. After a sloppy one-sided loss on Tuesday, May 11 at South Side, the Rebels hosted the middle game of a three game set, on Wednesday, May 12. FULL STORY