Alex V. Mitchell
Features Reporter at New York Post
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2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell
This will have you spit out your “cawffee.”It’s a dead giveaway that someone isn’t from Long Island if they bungle how to pronounce local communities – but it turns out even 516 and 631 lifers are doing it wrong. Teams like the New York Islanders and Long Island Ducks even post videos of out-of-town players brutally mincing Wantagh, Patchogue and other Native-American names.
Long Island neighborhood named New York’s best place to live gives locals new swagger: ‘Why not us?’
2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell
Massapequa Park has got that swagger. The Long Island enclave is basking in the glow of earning the title of New York’s best place to live in a US News & World Report ranking — with locals saying “why not us?”It’s some welcome attention after some unwanted association with the Gilgo Beach serial murder suspect and an ongoing fight to keep the local school’s “Chiefs” name and logo in the face of a state ban on Native American imagery.
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2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell
It’s the most important pep rally on Long Island. The town of Massapequa is pulling out all the stops to preserve its Chiefs team nickname — with the backing of President Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon — including holding a festival Saturday at the high school’s parking lot to fundraise for a homegrown legal battle against the state and its 2023 ban on Native American team names and logos.
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3 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell
Chaminade High School students prayed for hours at the gravesite of a long-forgotten alum who heroically died after the D-Day invasion of Normandy during a recent trip to France. Officials at the Long Island Catholic school had just found out about the tragic death of 1935 graduate John J. McDonald a week before an annual spring trip to the country.
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3 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell
Heartbreak struck the varsity eight Port Rowing boat two years ago. “We missed out on qualifying for nationals — we missed it by 0.158 seconds,” senior four-seat man Tilden Vaezi told The Post. Vaezi and the other seven members of his racing shell took their narrow miss to heart — especially on behalf of the 2023 seniors — and bought into upping their game for the North Shore club, which is composed of about 100 young athletes. Vaezi’s four boat made it to nationals last year, finishing 20th.
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RT @nypost: Long Island students travel to Normandy, honor long-forgotten alum who died in D-Day invasion https://t.co/QqSYmBJYPp https://t…
"We have teams that clutch their pearls and get nervous over a little bit of wake — and that’s just a Tuesday to us,” said coach Pat Clary, who has a sarcastic “best water in America” flag in the boathouse. Read Port Rowing's journey to nationals with a program high 46 athletes https://t.co/7i8c4VldWG
LI Port Rowing team, hardened by ‘tough’ waters of Hempstead Harbor, set for nationals https://t.co/TRNsPpeXdW https://t.co/6nuZdKRguK