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A black Elmont High School girls basketball player was suspended following a scuffle with a white Kennedy High School player during a game on Feb. 7 — despite the other player starting the fight.

Shoppers try on new styles at Belmont Park Village in Elmont. . Credit: Morgan Campbell At the village, products are from the previous season and are marked up to 65% off.

In 2023, over 48,000 people attended the race at Belmont Park in Elmont to watch the results, which had an attendance capacity of 50,000 due to construction at neighboring UBS Arena.

Why is the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs? The event hasn't been run in Elmont for the past two years due to renovations at Belmont Park, which is projected to cost north of $400 million.

Still, Solages, a life-long Elmont resident, is “cautiously optimistic” that the community center, one even larger than the 10,000-square-foot facility originally promised, will become a reality.