Vietnam War veteran William Taylor, an Inwood native who now lives in Oceanside, has received some “long overdue recognition” for service to his country.
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By Kepherd Daniel
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8/6/23
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I’m known as a surly crank. I’m blunt but honest, satirical yet sympathetic. I can be both acerbic and considerate.
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By Mark Nolan
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4/20/23
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Five Towns native Jeff Wallach published “Mr. Wizard,” a fiction novel which encompasses many places that may be familiar to Five Towners, in 2020, and will publish its sequel, “Everyone Here is From Somewhere Else” noting Long Island locales, in March.
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By Lisa Margaria
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2/11/22
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A Vietnam Prisoner of War bracelet that was bought in the early 1970s to honor the servicemen that were captured and found in a box of memories will be returned to the family of Donald Randner who survived his imprisonment but died of lung cancer in 2005.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/25/20
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The loudest voice in the Jewish Reform movement is now, sadly, silent.
Al Vorspan, who was jailed with several other Reform rabbis in 1964 in Augustine, Fla., after responding to a clarion call from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to join the civil rights protest, died on Feb. 16 in upstate New Paltz. The former Hewlett resident was 95.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/21/19
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Lawrence Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 Commander Syd Mandelbaum and Major Chris Komisarjervsky, of Atlantic Beach, were honored by Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) at the Cradle of Aviation during the United States Vietnam War Commemoration in Garden City for their service during that conflict.
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7/5/18
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Tony Richardson was a high school senior in Alabama. The Army brat and the youngest of seven children didn’t know anything but living somewhere for a brief time, packing up and moving to where his father was stationed.
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By Tyler Marko
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11/16/17
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Members of the Lawrence Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 are taking this time of year to reflect on their service, as well as devising ways to help other veterans, young and old, get the help they deserve.
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By Tyler Marko
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11/9/17
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"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States . . . They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen." — President Trump
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10/6/17
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Have you heard of Ida Tarbell? In 1903 she wrote a series of pieces for McClure’s magazine about the monopolistic practices of the Standard Oil Company under the ownership of John D. Rockefeller. As a result of her investigative reporting . . .
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3/16/17
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