At the Glen Cove Board of Education meeting of Monday, Nov. 24, a group of middle school parents sat patiently through presentations to the board, reports to the board and board routine business and discussions to get to the moment that board President Janet Bates-Wilkins spoke the words, "Any comments from the public on non-agenda items?" FULL STORY

In the beginning of the season making the playoffs for these girls was a dream. As the season progressed the dream of making the playoffs was coming true. In the last game against Sewhanaka the dream became reality. The girls varsity volleyball team had an outstanding season finishing with an amazing 12-3 record. The girls won their division for the first time in fourteen years. FULL STORY

Junior Kristalynn Kempton, North Shore's one-woman swim team, qualified for two events at the state level this year and went on to place in both. She was eighth in New York in the 100 breaststroke and 10th for public school competitors in the freestyle. This is her third trip to the States. Kristalynn has swum as an independent since eighth grade because North Shore has no swim team. She trains year-round with the national team of the Long Island Aquatic Club under Coach Dave Ferris and has medalled at the (USS) Junior Olympics, Senior Metropolitans, Eastern Zones as well as the YMCA New York State Championships. Swimming as a North Shore Viking, she has been All County in at least one event all four years and All Long Island in the 100 breaststroke as a sophomore and junior. This year, she also earned All American consideration for her time in the breaststroke. Kristalynn began swimming at the Glen Cove YMCA Nursery School program and, like so many North Shore young people, swam her way through the district's summer swim program at Tappan Beach. Then-director Barbara Holzkamp recommended that she join a swim team, and swimming has been her passion since. She practices before and after school and still finds time to play the violin and maintain grades that allowed for her induction into the National Honor Society. Her goal is to achieve a national time cut and to swim for a good college team. North Shore teacher Kevin Mercier was her swim meet coach for two years; her mother, Amy Kempton, became her coach this year. FULL STORY