Rev. Thomas E. Hammond, pastor of Manhasset's Lutheran Church since September of 1984, has recently announced to the congregation his plans for retirement as pastor of the congregation. Rev. Hammond came to the Manhasset congregation after serving Grace Lutheran Church in Astoria, Queens, for the previous 17 years. Prior to that he was doing postgraduate study at Union Theological Seminary in a joint degree program in psychiatry and religion. FULL STORY

The St. Mary's building campaign, "Coming Together to Do Christ's Work," is divided into two phases. Last week workmen were scrambling to meet the August 2003 deadline for Phase One. FULL STORY

On Sunday, Aug. 24, the Long Island Lizards won their second Major League Lacrosse Championship in 3 years. The Lizards beat the Baltimore Bayhawks 15-14 in a thrilling overtime victory in front of 7000+ fans at Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA. Manhasset players John Gagliardi, Tim Goettelmann, Conor Denihan, Nick Murtha and Matt O'Kelly helped lead the Lizards to victory. FULL STORY

Terry McLaughlin, and his crew, Phil Gow, Geoff Moore, and Allan Megarry have won the 2003 Knickerbocker Cup, hosted by the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, Port Washington, NY, held from August 27-31. The last day of racing on Sunday, August 31st, brought challenging conditions for the four teams who advanced to the semi-finals and finals in this international match racing event. Because of a dying northerly on Saturday forcing the Race Committee to call it a day before the full round robin was completed, those flights were raced early Sunday morning in light wind, again coming out of the north. As the day wore on, the wind became lighter, and for the semi-finals and finals the wind was a paltry 4 knots. The four teams who advanced to the semi-finals were: Terry McLaughlin, Canada, Andy Green, Great Britain, Mattias Rahm, Sweden and Mason Woodworth, USA. As the high point team after the full round robin, McLaughlin chose Woodworth to race against in the semis, beating him 2-1 in the best of three series. The first match between McLaughlin and Woodworth looked like a photo finish at the end, except that Woodworth had to complete a penalty turn at the finish line, giving line honors to McLaughlin. Woodworth beat McLaughlin easily in the second match, but McLaughlin came on strong to win the third match, winning the right to go after the winner of the Green-Rahm matches. Andy Green easily disposed of Rahm, 2-0 in their semi-final duel. It was the McLaughlin team against Andy Green and his crew for first and second place, with McLaughlin beating Green 2-0, in the best of three matches. Rahm and Woodworth were paired to determine third and fourth place, with Rahm beating Woodworth 2-1. Top four: 1. Terry McLaughlin, Canada 2. Andy Green, Great Britain, 3. Mattias Rahm, Sweden and 4. Mason Woodworth, USA. FULL STORY