Stephanie Catherine Kaiser died on Feb. 13 in Phoenix, Arizona at 63. Kaiser was a passionate fighter for justice with a deep love of the natural world. She was born in Nassau County, New York, …
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2/24/22
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Kenneth Ward, who spent 29 years at Valley Stream South High School’s varsity baseball head coach and also served as the school’s Athletic Director for 17 years, died Dec. 26 following a brief illness. He was 68.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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1/6/22
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Because of her affable nature, Cindy Knoll was everybody’s best friend. She was perhaps best known for getting people to passionately support a good cause. She was an influential member of the …
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By Andrew Garcia
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9/16/21
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“He was the single most influential teacher I’ve ever worked with,” said David Seinfeld, former principal at Sanford H. Calhoun High School. “There are few people like Joe Corea."
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By Jordan Vallone
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7/15/21
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Ruth Kirsch, a life-long book lover who helped create the North Merrick Library decades ago, passed away on April 3, 2021. She was 95 years old.
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5/6/21
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Marcia Gould was to Merrick what actor Kevin Bacon is to Hollywood.
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By Kate Nalepinski
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4/15/21
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Judge Paul Feinman, a Merrick native, John F. Kennedy High School graduate and the first openly gay member of the state’s highest court, died on March 31 of a blood disorder. He was 61. …
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By Andrew Garcia
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4/8/21
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The radio scanner that blared from inside Kim Sheridan’s childhood home in Merrick was so constant, she said, she assumed everyone else had one in their house, too. It would alert her father, …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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3/9/21
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