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Ex-Long Island Fire Captain receives Fire Service Award

Former Captain Gerard Brown, a 50-year volunteer member of the Baldwin Fire Department on Long Island, was named the recipient of FASNY’S Fire Service Community Achievement Award. more

By Ben Fiebert | 9/3/23

Baldwin loses a champion

As a native Baldwinite, Joseph Scannell was inseparable from the community he grew up in, attending its schools, becoming involved in scouting and representing the Town of Hempstead hamlet as a Nassau County legislator. Scannell died of Huntington’s disease on May 13. He was 59. more

By Karina Kovac | 5/23/22

Sanitary District No. 2 workers have removed 23 graffiti scrawlings and illegal stickers in the past few weeks.

Baldwin sanitation workers clean up 23 instances of graffiti

Within the past few weeks, Baldwin sanitation workers teamed up with the Chamber of Commerce to remove 23 instances of graffiti and vandalism around Baldwin, South Hempstead and Roosevelt. To … more

By Bridget Downes | 11/29/19

Retired FDNY, Baldwin firefighter remembered

Remembered by friends for his commitment to firefighting and athletic excellence, Thomas Fennelly, a lifelong Baldwin firefighter and a retired member of the FDNY, died on Aug. 5. He was 67. … more

By Bridget Downes | 8/29/19

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray hands Fred Kopf his award for outstanding service.

Hempstead honors Baldwin firefighter veteran

A Baldwin firefighter was one of 31 individuals honored last month by the Town of Hempstead for outstanding service. Fred Kopf, of Ladder Co. No. 2, rescued a man from a burning building July 4. … more

11/5/15

Residents can properly dispose of their prescription medications on May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during a Shed the Meds event in Baldwin. Pictured, from left, are three representatives from the groups organizing the event, Robert Muir, CEO of Town of Hempstead Employee Federal Credit Union; Jerry Brown, chairman of Sanitary District No. 2; and Claudia Rotondo, executive director of Baldwin Council Against Drug Abuse.

Dangers loom in the medicine cabinet

“On Long Island, it’s humongously epidemic.” That’s how Claudia Rotondo, executive director of the Baldwin Council Against Drug Abuse, characterized prescription drug abuse in the area. more

By Brian Croce | 4/29/15

Sanitary District No. 2 employees worked long hours in Sandy’s aftermath, picking up mountains of refuse from people’s flooded homes.

Sandy aftermath: A long month for Sani2

In Jerry Brown’s 15 years as a commissioner of the Town of Hempstead’s Sanitary District 2, nothing has rivaled Sandy’s devastation. On the night of the storm, the commissioners and … more

By Brian Croce | 10/29/14

A large cormorant had the misfortune to swallow a fish hook and a length of line recently and ended up dangling above the water in Silver Lake Park. The Baldwin Fire Department was summoned, and Lt. Sean Randazzo and firefighter Tom Ryley went out over the lake in a cherry picker to free the bird.

Bird on a wire

An unusual call brought the Baldwin Fire Department’s Ladder 2 out to Silver Lake Park, off Fox Hurst Road, recently. The problem? A local cormorant swallowed a fish hook and the line attached to it and ended up hanging helpless from a tree. more

By Chris Connolly | 8/7/13

Gaining some fresh perspective by getting out of town

Living in New York state and not traveling outside the region on a periodic basis leaves me disconnected from the rest of the world. A very wise person once told me that to understand what is happening in our lives, we must leave home from time to time. more

4/11/13

CUrran, left, was joined by Gary Dawson, an expert from FEMA, as well as reps from Sani2, the NCPD, a claims specialist, and Legislator Joe Scannell.

Curran meeting brings information to needy

A community meeting last Friday night at Baldwin Middle School united two groups that can’t always find each other: people with questions and people with answers. more

By Chris Connolly | 11/21/12

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