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Vol. 36 No. 25
JUNE 19 - 25, 2025
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L.B. therapist was once a star gymnast do flips.” In her first year on the varsity team, Peters placed third in Sarah Peters had a number the overall in the Suffolk Counof scholarship opportunities in ty championship and qualified gymnastics waiting for her. for the state championships. Then she suffered a debilitating She began getting verbal offers ankle injury, forcing her to for college scholarships. In 2012, her senior year, she rethink her life plans. That injury tur ned out to be a was performing her floor exercise, and on the springboard to a takeoff for one of new career path. her flips, she rolled Pe t e r s, 3 0 , o f her ankle and tore Long Beach, grew ligaments, effectiveup in Smithtown ly ending her high with a frater nal school — and, she twin sister, Carly. figured, her hopedTheir parents for college — athletenrolled them in a SARAh PETERS ic career. variety of sports to Physical therapist The scholarship see what they liked offers were rescindand, after trying both soccer and dance, Sarah ed, so Peters opted to attend fell in love with gymnastics. SUNY Cortland to study eleCarly became an accomplished mentary education. Making her golfer, and later joined the way around the campus with crutches was challenging for LPGA. Children typically start gym- her, so she decided to take a nastics at around age 3. Peters medical leave for the fall semeswas about 10 years behind ter of her freshman year. She other gymnasts, trying to make took prerequisite classes at Sufthe Smithtown East High folk County Community ColSchool team when she was 15. lege and began a physical therShe practiced flips and other a p y p r o g r a m , w h i c h s h e enjoyed. When she returned to tricks on her front lawn. “I just didn’t have any fear,” Cortland in January 2013, she she recalled. “I would just switched her major to exercise throw my body in the air and Continued on page 10
By SARA loDESPoTo
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Caps off to the next chapter Members of Long Beach High School’s class of 2025 celebrated their accomplishments and what’s to come at their graduation on June 12. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Just in time for beach season, some boardwalk enhancements By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
The Long Beach boardwalk and the city’s beaches are its crown jewels. People come from near and far to enjoy summer days on the boards, on the sand and in the ocean. In an effort to upgrade and beautify the area, the city has implemented additions with both residents and visitors in mind. Some of them are easy to spot, and some may not immediately catch your eye. The newest are beach-themed mile-marker signs on the boardwalk. “We’ve always been looking at better things to do on the beach,” City Manager Dan Creighton
said. “We think that, having the boardwalk be not just a destination, but actually point to some of the places within the city, is a good thing to have.” There are now five signs on the boardwalk at National Boulevard, sponsored by Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, four of them giving directions and distances to several key locations along the 2.1-mile span. The city and Mount Sinai partnered last year as well on signs showing information on ocean conditions, weather, the UV index and more. “Between (last year’s signs) and the mile markers, it’s a good opportunity to show partnerContinued on page 13
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just fell in love with the rehab process.