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Peter Holmsted, left, honored by Town of Hempstead Clerk Mark Bonilla.

Holm's Citgo owner honored for fundraising

Peter Holmstead, owner of Holm's Citgo Service Station on Merrick Avenue, recently received a visit from Town of Hempstead Clerk Mark Bonilla, who presented him with a certificate of recognition for his fundraising efforts benefiting Merrick American Legion Post 1282. more

7/29/10

Holms Citgo donating to troops, vets

From July 16 through Aug. 15, Holms Citgo station on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick will donate 1 cent from every sale to Merrick American Legion Post 1282. more

7/2/10

Merokean Tom Riordan, left, was recently named to the State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame by Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.

Merokean named to Senate Veterans Hall of Fame

Senator Charles Fuschillo Jr. announced on June 4 that Merrick resident Robert Tom Riordan, a Marine Corps veteran, has been named to the New York State Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame. The program recognizes veterans from across the state for either extraordinary efforts in combat or in work performed after discharge from the service. more

6/4/10

As always, veterans led the Merricks' annual Memorial Day parade.

The Merricks remember the fallen

As is the annual tradition, the Merricks marked Memorial Day on Monday with a community parade that stretched from Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Merrick (formerly Broadcast Plaza) to the War Monument in North Merrick, and residents by the hundreds turned out for the event. more

Scott Brinton | 5/31/10

Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, third from left, met on Friday with veterans, from left, Tom Riordan, Frank Colon Jr. and Vincent Montera to discuss a new property-tax exemption for veterans.

Legislator fighting for veterans tax exemption

Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg is pushing for a 15 percent property-tax exemption for all veterans who served during the Cold War Era -- the period between the end of World War II and Nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell. more

Scott Brinton | 5/28/10

American Legion offering Phil Williams Memorial Scholarship

Merrick American Legion Post 1282 will award a $1,000 Philip L. Williams Memorial Scholarship to a deserving high school senior who best exemplifies Williams’s qualities and core values, including patriotism, family, community and a strong work ethic. Williams died last year of cancer. more

Scott Brinton | 5/7/10

Philip Williams was commander of Merrick American Legion Post 1282. He died last week of cancer.

Legion commander dies at 66

Philip Williams, a longtime resident of Merrick and commander of American Legion Post 1282, was mourned by hundreds of his family members, friends and fellow veterans during a funeral Mass at Curé of Ars Roman Catholic Church in Merrick on Monday. Williams died last week after a four-week battle with cancer. He was 66. more

by Scott Brinton | 12/3/09

Anthony J. Santino, a member of Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282, was among the roughly 40 participants in the Merricks' annual Veterans Day ceremony at the War Memorial on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick on Wednesday.

Merricks salute our veterans

Veterans, elected leaders, firefighters and Boy Scouts circled around the Town of Hempstead Showmobile parked at the Merrick War Memorial in North Merrick on Wednesday to salute America's veterans. more

Scott Brinton | 11/11/09

Have you hugged a veteran today?

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as "The Great War." more

Mary Malloy | 11/5/09

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