Keyword: Person of the year
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Whether it’s a Parent Teacher Association meeting, an Oceanside SAFE Coalition meeting, a school board meeting or one of myriad other engagements, Sandie Schoell always shows up ready to help … more
Luis Alvarez “marched to his own beat” and liked to stay under the radar, recalled his oldest brother, Phil Alvarez. more
The Oceanside/Island Park Herald is currently seeking nominations for its annual Person of the Year, to be published in our Year in Review issue on Dec. 28. The Person of the Year is recognized with … more
Some know him as a firefighter, others as a Boy Scout leader, and to others he’s simply a good friend. Each December, he sits in a bulky red velvet suit and delights local children as Santa Claus. Others know Gene Vandermosten as the kind gentleman who cooks a mean roast beef at community events. more
She is the go-to person in our community,” Tommy Asher says of his neighbor and friend Terry Burton Reichel. “There has not been one event, one benefit that she has not orchestrated or has been intimately involved with that has not been a success. I have never heard her say no to something that was going to better an individual or our community as a whole.” more
Anthony Iovino says that all of his good ideas come to him in bars. So it was with the Oceanside Summer Gazebo Reading Program, which is held every Monday night during the warmer months at School … more
With so many people doing so much good in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there was no way the Herald could single out just one Person of the Year. So we didn’t. more
Joe Satriano’s life changed forever when his wife of 29 years, Susan, died of breast cancer in October 2005. Satriano, 59, an Oceanside resident, had retired four years early from Roslyn High … more
Thank you very much for the incredible honor of being named the Merrick Herald’s Person of the Year. more
Is your friend the Mother Teresa of the neighborhood? Did your pastor organize a food drive to help people in the community? The Herald is looking to find the most outstanding people in the … more
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