This Week in Pictures

This weeks top stories:

: Thirteen seniors from Great Neck High schools were named Wednesday as semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These students can now compete for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $32 million, offered in the spring of 2013.

:  of Great Neck hosted a small congregation of residents Tuesday during a commemorative Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony on Saddle Rock's 9/11 Memorial Bridge.

: A quick-thinking employee helped stop a fire at Tuesday at the Shell gas station on Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

: Navy Lt. Nathan Barton's career took off after graduating from U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

: At a dockside ceremony, a large crowd, U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood and other dignitaries welcomed the Academy's newest training vessel from Cape Canaveral, Fla., were it was used to retrieve solid rocket boosters for Space Shuttle missions. The boat will enter drydock for renovations before being used at the school for training.

: "Your Big Break" seeking contestants from Long Island for talent contest to be staged at the Great neck Arts Center.

: Blazers move to 2-0 on the season with 7-0 victory against Roslyn Saturday.

: Great Neck pays tribute to victims of Sept. 11 on Tuesday.

: , who has worked as editor of Huntington Patch since May of 2011, was named editor of Great Neck Patch.