Elmont

Now, saying Desormeaux didn't use up much of the horse, he appears confident for the June 7 Belmont in Elmont, N.Y. "We should have enough horse to get the job done," he said.

Big Brown nets Preakness rout, sets sights on the Triple Crown 2008

A youthful woman with a gleaming smile, the author told me she was born in Brooklyn in 1953 and wrote constantly while growing up in Elmont, a hamlet on Long Island.

Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Alice McDermott Talks About Her "Long Run" in Fiction as Charming Billy Becomes a Play Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

Mr. DeMille grew up in a working-class Italian family in the Long Island town of Elmont; his uncle made wine at home that he often "mixed with cream soda and other things," Mr. DeMille said.

Nelson DeMille Lettie Teague 2011

Now, Woolley, broken leg and all, will load Mine That Bird into his big white van and continue on the third leg of their improbable journey to Elmont, N.Y., a long way was from New Mexico, where the road trip began.

Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra worthy of rivalry 2009

Castronuova grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Elmont, N.Y., near Queens, the oldest of four.

'Biggest Loser' trainer Castronuova comes out swinging 2011

A youthful woman with a gleaming smile, the author told me she was born in Brooklyn in 1953 and wrote constantly while growing up in Elmont, a hamlet on Long Island.

Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Alice McDermott Talks About Her "Long Run" in Fiction as Charming Billy Becomes a Play Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

The night's alleged arson streak ended at a house in Elmont, in Nassau County.

Firebomb Suspect Is Charged Tamer El-Ghobashy 2012

Back in 2003, fewer than two-thirds of Elmont students earned a coveted Regents diploma, meaning they met New York state's more rigorous, college-prep requirements.

Kati Haycock: Good Schools for All: A National Imperative Kati Haycock 2010

After calling races at county fairs, he began trekking from track to track — "I had 27 addresses in seven years and stopped counting" — but now lives 200 yards from Belmont, the famed Elmont, N.Y. track where Durkin calls races.

Kentucky Derby announcer OK when far away from horses 2009

Norfork and Elmont are but two examples of what is possible when we provide great schools for poor kids.

Kati Haycock: Good Schools for All: A National Imperative Kati Haycock 2010