Keyword: 50th Anniversary
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More than 1,000 people packed the Cradle of Aviation lobby on Saturday to witness the descent of a one-third-scale model of the lunar excursion module, timed to the exact moment that the craft touched down on the moon 50 years earlier
Thousands on L.I. celebrate Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
At around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, the lobby of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City — packed with more than 1,000 people of all ages — was largely quiet except for the iconic beeps, or … more
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Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke, speaking, with, seated from left, Flight Director Milt Windler, Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise, Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Flight Director Gerry Griffin and Apollo 7 Astronaut Walter Cunningham at the Cradle of Aviation museum on June 6.
Fifty years later, Apollo participants tell their Moon-landing stories
As far as challenges go, Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt likened the U.S. effort to put a man on the Moon as roughly the engineering equivalent of building the Panama Canal or … more
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Meredith Chesler, back left, joined her team, including, at right, Lynn Brown and Lyn Dobrin, in a competitive game of (un)Scrabble at Literacy Nassau’s 50th anniversary gala at Chateau Briand in Carle Place last Thursday.
Freeport-based Literacy Nassau celebrates 50th anniversary
No doubt, Literacy Nassau’s annual gala is different than most such dinners. There’s plenty of food and drink, but no DJ blasting music and no dancing. For much (though not all) of the night, attendees don’t converse and network. Rather, they’re lost in play. more
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Classic Albums Live band members celebrate one of the most iconic albums in rock 'n roll history on their current tour.
'They're guaranteed to raise a smile'
Hear the iconic album performed close to the original version in an authentic recreation. more
Malvernite Ben Mevorach is director of news and programming for 1010 WINS.
At 1010 WINS, it’s all Ben, all the time
Ben Mevorach, 54, has been residing in Malverne for the past 25 years, yet still manages to keep a low profile despite his position as director of news and programming for 1010 WINS, the most listened to all news radio station in the United States. more
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50 years at Jones Beach
He is scanning the Atlantic, as he has for three months almost every summer since John F. Kennedy was president. Lee Hahn may be in between bites of a chicken sandwich. He may be loudly channeling Elvis. If the ocean is calm, he may have drifted into the observant-daydreaming state lifeguards master. If there are waves, he may be having a hard time sitting still, envying the off-hour guards on surfboards out past the break, catching rides while he can only watch. more
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Franklin Executive Director Catherine Hottendorf, left, and Community Relations Manager Helen White greeted guests at the Woodmere Club.
A grand and golden evening
Franklin Hospital rolled out the red carpet — literally — for the hundreds of guests who came to the Woodmere Club on Oct. 5 to celebrate the North Valley Stream medical center’s golden anniversary. more
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Franklin Hospital, at right, as it appeared in the early 1980s. The lumber yard, to the left, was bought by the hospital and torn down to add a nursing home. The hospital also once tried to purchase the James A. Dever School, top of photo, and surrounding property in the rear so it could expand.
A half century of curing and caring
As early as 1948, there were visions of opening a hospital in Valley Stream. Fifteen years later, that dream became a reality when Franklin General Hospital opened its doors. more
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