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VOLUME SIXTEEN, ISSUE 15
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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 HALF HOLLOW HILLS
The Paramount Spotlight
Colt Pitches Perfect Game Long Islander News photo/Arielle Dollinger
By Andrew Wroblewski info@longislandernews.com
Dwayne “Danglin’” Anglin fills Bob Marley’s shoes as lead singer of The Wailers, appearing at The Paramount with Rusted Root this Friday, May 23.
TheWailers Play‘Legend’ InItsEntirety By Peter Sloggatt psloggatt@longislandernews.com
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Francesca Casalino, pictured in a game earlier this season, pitched her first career perfect on Saturday for Hills West when the Colts defeated Patchogue-Medford 5-0.
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As 9/11 Museum Opens, Hills Remembers Fallen Photo by Jin Lee
When I think of the island of Jamaica, three things come to mind: palm trees, the Jamaican bobsled team and reggae. And when I think of reggae, the name that comes to mind is The Wailers. The band fronted by the godfather of Jamaican music, Bob Marley, until his death in 1981, The Wailers have sold 250 million albums over a 40year career and have been seen live by an impressive 24 million-plus fans. Add 1,500 or so to that total when The Wailers come to Huntington this
Francesca Casalino can now attach the word “perfect” to her name. On Saturday, the Half Hollow Hills West senior pitched her first career perfect game in the opening round of the Suffolk County Class AA softball playoffs. Casalino led the no. 3-seeded Colts (19-3) to a 50 victory over No. 14 Patchogue-Medford (12-8) with her 17 strikeouts – 14 of which came against the first 14 batters she faced. “It was the best pitching performance I have ever seen at the high school level,” Bill Mitaritonna, head coach for Hills West, said. “Her velocity was off the charts and she was hitting every single one of her spots.” Mitaritonna has coached Casalino through all four of her years at the high school level and noted that, as a freshman, Casalino didn’t even pitch. Now, as a senior, Casalino has recorded more than 600 strikeouts with a career ERA under 0.5. “For [Casalino] to go out there and
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From left, Tom Collins, Christopher Panatier and Terry Farrell are three of the 43 victims from the Town of Huntington who lost their lives on 9/11 and now are in the new museum at Ground Zero. As the memorial museum opens this week, their families and friends continue to reflect on the day and their sacrifices.
By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandernews.com
Sometimes, on a fairly regular basis, Phil Tepe visits the gravesite of Terry Farrell. There’s a nice bench there; you can sit there and talk to him for a while, he said. Tepe, ex-chief and commissioner of the Dix Hills Fire Department, remembers former First Assistant Chief Terry Farrell to be “like a bull.” He was “the silent guy;” a doer, who would “just do and then fade into the woodwork.” On Sept. 11, 2001, Farrell’s name became one on lists of those killed in the terrorist attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers. A decorated member of Rescue 4/FDNY, he was in Tower Two when it fell. As of this week, amidst the shining New York City lights shine a few more. The rooms of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, built at Ground Zero, are – for a price – lit and open to the public, officially on Friday. (Continued on page A22)
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