Photo By: Courtesy of the Espina Family—Luke Espina, with his medals, won the 2008 New York State championship on the parallel bars.
 
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True grit spurs championship comeback
Story By: EMILY PORTOGHESE, Staff Writer
 
 08 May 2008
 Two surgeries to repair a compound fracture in his arm may have kept Luke Espina from competing in the New York State Boys Gymnastics championship last year, but his resilience helped him bounce back quickly from injury and become the 2008 state Leve...  

  
 Worried about Concerned Parents
Story By: JEFFREY BESSEN, Editor
  
 
 08 May 2008
 A community-minded organization that at one time awarded scholarships to graduating high school students, but endorses board of educations (BOE) candidates, is in the eye of a civic squall. Concerned Parents of East Islip, headed by Pat Flamio, a ...  

 Compromise idea stalled in space
Story By: JEFFREY BESSEN, Editor
  
 
 08 May 2008
 A potential compromise idea has been floated regarding the purchase of a historical house on Union Avenue by the Islip Public Library and its proposed plans to construct an addition to its existing parking lot. Residents who oppose the library’s p...  



  




























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