Muttontown Preserve Presents Guided Autumn Hike on November 15

The Muttontown Preserve will host a guided “Autumn Hike” on Sunday, Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The hike will cover woodland trails, meadows, upland woods and wetlands.

Former Newsday Reporter Writes Book on Long Island Sports

Irving Long Alludes to Mineola in His New Book

You can take the journalist out of Mineola, but you can’t take Mineola out of the journalist.

Former Newsday political reporter is retired and now runs his family’s farm in North Carolina, but he recently spent some time in Mineola, where he used to live, to work on a book about Long Island sports history.

Doubles Partners Complete Historic Run

For the past three years, Samantha Richman and Marissa Bernstein have been doubles partners for the girls’ varsity tennis squad at Roslyn High School.

Roslyn Fencer Sarah Pak Wins National Acclaim

Sarah Pak, a resident of Roslyn, holds a number of national fencing titles. She is national champion 2009 for the Junior Sabre team, and winner of the 2009 North American Cup under 17, bronze medalist of Cadet World Cup in Poland, 2009. Sarah is ranked number 3 in U.S.

Amputee Champion Ironman Triathlete to Be Featured Speaker

The featured speaker at the Tuesday evening, Nov. 17 meeting of the Greater Long Island Running Club will be Sarah Reinertsen, amputee champion athlete, Ironman Triathlete and spokeswoman for the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, starting promptly at 8 p.m. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.

Nassau County Doubles Tennis Champions

The Roslyn High School Tennis Doubles Team of Paige Mintz and Melissa Edelblum became Nassau County Champion winners on Oct. 11 in a competition that garnered Roslyn High School its first doubles title in team history.  

Coach Victoria Schnittger decided to pair the two, her best singles players, for the championships.   Paige and Melissa had to battle it out with third-seeded Roslyn doubles team Marissa Bernstein and Samantha Richman, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.  

According to Athletic Director Joanna Commander, it was the only loss all season for the doubles team of Marissa and Samantha.  

All four students were All-State and will compete in the New York State Tennis Championships in Syracuse on Nov. 6-9.

Mustang Golf Has New Enthusiasm

Chang and Calabro Breathe New Life to the Program

It has been some time since Mineola varsity golf coach Al Weidlein has had something special on his hands. While golf has received unfettered support from the athletic administration of the Mineola School District, building a successful squad is a challenge in a community without facilities.  Playing against schools such as Herricks, Hicksville, East Meadow, Locust Valley, Cold Spring Harbor and Roslyn, the Mustangs face competition from schools that regularly play on prestigious, private courses. This year, though, coach Weidlein has two individuals who may be among the best to wear the Mustang red and black upon the green.

Big Parade Marks Homecoming ’09

RHS Bulldogs Tangle With Great Neck South

The annual Roslyn High School Homecoming celebration will take place next weekend on Saturday, Oct. 24.  

The community is invited to enjoy the Homecoming Parade beginning at noon.  Participants will begin lining up in front of Roslyn High School at 11:45 am.  The parade will go through the Village of Roslyn and conclude at the high school.

Seniors From Former Travel Team Dot High School Rosters

Eight years ago, a group of committed parents patched together a lower division travel team with players from various communities where a passion for soccer was the common denominator. Bonding over time, year by year the team added a player or two (mainly through attrition) while in the process rising in the ranks from Division 5 to Division 1 and ultimately beyond and out of state. Today, these young men are among the best public and private school soccer players in Nassau County. Formerly known collectively as the Atomics, these teenagers are lighting up the daily box scores in Long Island Newsday. By the end of this season, a fabulous year of playoff intensity and post-season awards will be bestowed upon these talented players.

‘Black Beast’ at Great Neck AutoFest

The 1909 Alco-6 Racer, the famed car also known as la Bete Noir or the Black Beast, will be featured at the 25th Annual Great Neck Plaza Annual AutoFest and Street Festival to be held on Sunday, Oct. 11, from noon – 5 p.m.  The Alco-6 Black Beast Racer gained prominence for its consecutive victories in the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races held on the Long Island Motor Parkway and for participating in the first Indy 500 Race held in 1911.