Alex V. Mitchell

1 week ago | nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell

It’s been rowing-oar-bust for Long Islanders Olivia Fogarty and Lindsey Rust. The standout maritime athletes were recently inducted into the inaugural Port Rowing Hall of Fame class. “It really made me reflect on my rowing journey and how special Port Rowing has been to me,” Rust, who took bronze at the 2021 under-23 World Championships, told The Post of the program that develops youth crew talent on LI.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell

Trying out for the New York Dragons had me breathing fire. Word has spread around Long Island that the arena football team, which called the venerated Nassau Coliseum home during the 2000s, is making a much-anticipated comeback in the 516 this June.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell

These new critters are really making a splash. The Long Island Aquarium is offering the public a chance to name an adorable batch of siblings, two pairs of boy and girl North American river otters, for a very touching reason. “We picked 4 fruit-themed names for the two girls, in honor of their grandmother, Jelly, who lived at the Aquarium starting in 2008,” spokesperson Darlene Puntillo told The Post of the mammal that passed away from cancer years ago.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell

A laboratory on Long Island has found a breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer that can “intercept” its spread. Now Amy Pollaci, whose father Bill Reindl was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last summer, has new hope with this discovery. “It’s a golden ticket, a second chance,” she told Fox 5 News. Experts at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a way to block threatening biological factors associated with another critical protein called KRAS.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Alex V. Mitchell

The Warriors lost this battle. The Amityville School District on Long Island has been strong-armed into changing its beloved Warriors nickname under a state Board of Regents mandate to rid every school in New York of Native American logos. Last week, the Suffolk County district officially rebranded itself as the Hawks, which is meant to show “a powerful symbol of strength and courage,” according to a release on the news.