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Selden Fire Department honored for EMS practices
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The Selden Fire Department is one of three departments around the country honored by the Congressional Fire Services Institute and the MedicAlert Foundation for best practices in emergency medical services.
Along with departments in Mesa, Ariz., and Center Point, Ala., the Selden department was awarded the Excellence in Fire Service-Based EMS Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., last week.
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Read more »Pineapple Classic debuts to fight cancer
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Teaching others was always a passion for Katie Brennan. After her first year as a teacher in Baltimore, the 24-year-old was looking forward to new classes with even more enthusiasm.
But as the bell rang on the first day of school in September 2011, Brennan was home with her parents in Merrick, going through chemotherapy for lymphoma.
“It was surreal and I thought, ‘This can’t be cancer,’”...
Read more »St. Joseph's College Walkathon supports scholarships, child safety
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Runners stretched their legs in the St. Joseph’s College gymnasium on Sunday as they waited to stand behind the ribbon that kicked off the fifth annual Walkathon.
The Walkathon/5K run was held to raise awareness of the Rose Brucia Educational Foundation, which looks to promote stranger safety across the nation, and the Thomas J. Wendt ’88 Alumni Scholarship, which gives scholarships to incoming...
Read more »Bay Shore athletes bond after losing moms
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Geese flying in formation reminds Betsy Glynn how her team was there when she needed them most.
After her mother Anne, 44, died of colon cancer in January 2010, Betsy’s Bay Shore High School field hockey team stepped up to help her family.
“Geese fly in formation when they’re migrating,” said Glynn, 17, of Brightwaters, repeating a philosophy taught to her by Bay Shore field hockey coach...
Read more »Food bank service center forced to move
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The Nassau Service Center of Long Island Cares Inc., the Hauppauge-based food bank, has relocated to 84 Pine St. in the Village of Freeport, around the corner from its original home at 9 W. Sunrise Hwy.
Robin S. Amato, the group’s director of development and communications, said the center was forced to relocate because of physical problems in the Sunrise Highway facility. She did not describe...
Read more »Poll: Should birds be moved from preserves to protect airplanes?
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Collisions between birds and airplanes have risen 31 percent in the metro area's major airports in the past two years, according to federal government statistics.
Despite calls for improved wildlife management after a bird strike caused the "Miracle on the Hudson" water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009, collisions have climbed nearly 40 percent at Kennedy Airport, according...
Read more »Hofstra students walk all night to battle cancer
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In 1999, Zach Dane’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors gave her six months to live.
She survived for three years.
“Those were the three most exceptional years of my life,” Dane said.
Thirteen years later, Dane, now 21 and a senior at Hofstra University, still thinks about his mother every day.
“Everything I do is for her,” he said.
Dane honors his mother’s...
Read more »Smithtown Youth Bureau hosts workshops for parents, students
The Smithtown Youth Bureau is starting a weekly parenting workshop and hosting a forum for high school students Tuesday in Kings Park.
The workshop, “Systematic Training for Effective Parenting of Children Under Six,” will address topics such as building self-esteem, communicating with young children, discipline and teaching kids to cooperate.
It will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 11:30...
Read more »Bryce Larsen among those at Oysterfest in Mattituck
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Kevin Douglas stepped onto the field of Lieb Family Cellars in Mattituck and said he mistook it for Napa Valley when he saw the selection of wines, cheeses and oysters.
“The North Fork is Long Island’s backyard and it’s great that you don’t have to travel to California for this kind of atmosphere,” said Douglas, of Wantagh. “You just hop on the L.I.E. and it takes you straight to the vineyards.”
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Read more »Brightwaters trustees to hold special budget meeting
The Brightwaters Village board of trustees convened a special meeting Thursday night to amend the 2012-13 budget following a recommendation from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office.
The board voted, 5-0, to pass the $2.3 million budget in early April with a $142,000 surplus. During a general audit of the village, which is ongoing, state auditors “made some observations about...
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