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For anyone who has not served in combat, it’s impossible to understand the horrors of war. We can try to imagine them, however. We can imagine . . .
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11/10/16
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East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/14/16
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Longtime Merrick Fire Department member and former Honorary Chief of Department Robert DeMars Jr. died on June 18 in his hometown of Merrick. He was 72 years old. He is survived by his wife, Grace, his mother, Ellen DeMars, and many nieces and nephews.
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By Stephany Reyes
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7/6/16
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Old Westbury Gardens transforms itself for a festive "Midsummer Night."
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6/22/16
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On the hot, sunny Friday before Memorial Day, 40 children from the Jewish Early Learning Center Preschool and Camp marched on Merrick Avenue with homemade flags in hand to surprise a veteran.
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By Stephany Reyes
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6/20/16
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Standing on what New York Islanders fans knew as the ice level of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Peter Wang — a design director for Gensler, a Manhattan-based architectural firm — …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/6/16
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A cold, heavy rain couldn’t stop hundreds of veterans and supporters from gathering on April 2 at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale to remember the Vietnam War five decades earlier.
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By Stephany Reyes
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4/6/16
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By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But Gibson could play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/17/16
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Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” played from speakers in the ballroom of Leonard’s La Dolce Vita as veterans from across Nassau County gathered for the ninth American Legion’s annual Military Ball and Post Commanders Night on Feb. 20.
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By Stephany Reyes
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2/25/16
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Throughout the holidays, veterans from across Merrick and Bellmore lent a helping hand to Marine Cpl. Kevin Vaughan, a North Merrick resident and graduate of Mepham High School in Bellmore, who was injured in 2011 in Afghanistan.
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By Stephany Reyes
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1/11/16
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