Ten years ago it would be difficult to find many Island residents who knew what lacrosse was. In just a decade, the sport — typecast as a prep school pastime — has come into its own on the Island.
The Amanda Knox-Meredith Kercher murder case made international headlines since it first hit news wires in September 2007. From its inception the case resembled an episode of “Locked Up Abroad,” complete with an international cast and bizarre motives. Knox, along with her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were ultimately convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in December of 2009.