Throughout the history of civilization, people have been thrilled by speed. The chariot races in Rome, the Indianapolis 500 and the New York City Marathon are all ways that society has been entertained and thrilled by the need for speed. FULL STORY

Island Trees Memorial Middle School student Jesse Kinch, a seventh-grader and Levittown resident, was chosen by promoters to be the opening act for Ryan Star of the hit CBS television show Rockstar Supernova. The show took place on Thanksgiving night at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale. Kinch's band included Rick on keyboards, Randy Coven on bass and John Macaluso on drums. Kinch and the band played several songs from the Rockstar Supernova show and a couple of originals. The highlight of the night was when Kinch was performing Star's hit Back of Your Car, Ryan began to film him with his camcorder, eventually joining him on stage for the remainder of the song. FULL STORY

The Island Trees Boys' Varsity Basketball team finished its non-league schedule with a 3-2 record. Both losses came in the finals of the Levittown Tournament in which they lost to a very good MacArthur team who will do well in the AA Conference, and to a Great Neck South team in their tournament. To get into both finals, they defeated Clarke in the Levittown Tournament and Plainview JFK in the Great Neck South Tournament. Their only non-league game which was not played as part of a tournament was against Massapequa, who they opened our season with. The score in this impressive win was 76-68 and it was led by seniors Dan Hart and Will Lopez and junior Justin Heisig. FULL STORY