Floral Park, NY

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• Jake Laine pitches Syosset to 1-0 playoff win

  North Shore will face No. 2 Wantagh in a quarterfinal Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Hofstra. GIRLS LACROSSESouth Side 13, Floral Park 8: Michaela Lynch had five goals and three assists and Liz Hoeffner had three goals and two assists for No. 6 South Side (13-3) in   Read more »

• Hard road to the hardwood for Glen Cove teen

  most successful season in decades for the Big Red boys' basketball team was nearing its end. Glen Cove was playing Floral Park in the first round of the Nassau Class A playoffs and trailed by 10 points with six minutes remaining.But Beebe was about to give   Read more »

• Baldini, Hickman lead Floral Park into Class A final

  Park's girls basketball team are used to playing rival North Shore but aren't used to beating the Vikings. They swept Floral Park in conference play the past five seasons and beat the Knights in last year's Nassau Class A semifinal.But Baldini was ready for   Read more »

• Educator Evelyn McLarney dies at 69

  her decision in a final note distributed by her husband, Francis, at her funeral Feb. 14 at Church of the Holy Spirit in New Hyde Park ."I know that many of you, dearest friends, were taken by surprise by my illness and passing and will certainly have many   Read more »

• Lorraine Hickman, Valerie Fox lead Floral Park in Class A quarterfinal

  the first minute of the fourth to bring the Vikings within 30-28, but Fox hit a deep two from the far corner to put Floral Park (14-5) back up by four.After another Seaford basket, Hickman made it 36-32 on a power move in the post and later hit a free throw   Read more »

Around the web

• Glen Oaks in Queens Keeps the Old, Adds New

  Kaya Laterman Residents of Glen Oaks, Floral Park and Bellerose, three neighborhoods in eastern Queens near the border of Long Island, are going old school and high tech, both at the same time. To preserve the old: The Department of City Planning is now in   from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• Living In | Floral Park, Queens: Floral Park, Queens – Urban in Name (and Taxes) Only

  the three representative properties accompanying this article are recent sales rather than current listings.) The Commute Floral Park, at the easternmost end of the city, has no direct subway service, but residents can catch a bus to the subway. The Q43 and   from The New York Times Read more »

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade Returns to Mineola in 2013

  with Irish American Society President Pat Kerins in the center. This year the Grand Marshal is Patrick J. Sexton from Floral Park and his Aides are Maureen Clark from Mineola, Louise McCann, Ed Friel from Westbury and Patrick J. Smith from Floral Park. Courtesy   from Mineola Patch Read more »