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County officials voted to rename an Oceanside park after late former resident Luis Alvarez, center, who appeared before Congress in his dying days to fight for victims like him who contracted illnesses because of their work at ground zero after 9/11.

Lawmakers name Oceanside park in Luis Alvarez's honor

Nassau County officials are seeking to name an Oceanside park in honor of late former NYPD Det. Luis Alvarez, who died in June of cancer related to his work at ground zero and served as an activist urging federal officials to replenish the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. more

By Mike Smollins | 9/5/19

A Night for Lou Alvarez in Oceanside

The community gathers to honor Lou Alvarez at the Schoolhouse Green on Sept. 13 at 6:15 p.m. more

9/4/19

Late Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez, center, flanked by members of the NYPD, fought for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to be restored. President Trump signed a bill to replenish the funding by $10.2 billion over the next 10 years on Monday.

9/11 Victims Compensation Fund that late Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez fought for is restored

Oceanside resident and NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez didn’t live to see the extension of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund he spent his final days fighting for, but his remarks on Capitol Hill before a Congressional committee weeks before his death helped keep hope alive. more

By Mike Smollins | 8/1/19

Let undocumented immigrants drive legally

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed the aptly named Green Light Law, which will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. This isn’t a new law. If anything, it takes New York back to the more trusting years before Sept. 11, 2001. more

7/10/19

Members of the NYPD carried out the casket of late Det. Luis Alvarez after his funeral Mass on Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, Queens. Alvarez, an advocate for those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses, died on June 29 of cancer correlated to his work at ground zero.

Hundreds attend funeral for late NYPD officer and Oceanside resident Luis Alvarez

Hundreds of uniformed NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters lined Ditmars Boulevard outside of Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, Queens Wednesday morning to pay their respects during late NYPD detective Luis Alvarez's funeral. Inside the church, Alvarez's son, David, approached the altar and tried to put his late father's courage into words. more

By Mike Smollins | 7/3/19

Luis Alvarez, center, flanked by members of the NYPD, testified before Congress in a televised appearance at Capitol Hill on June 11.

Oceanside resident, former NYPD officer Luis Alvarez succumbs to 9/11-related illness

An Oceanside man who advocated for those who developed illnesses linked to working at ground zero in the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, died Saturday of cancer related to his own work at the World Trade Center. more

By Mike Smollins | 7/2/19

We will fight to keep Roe v. Wade the law of the land

In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years. more

By Kathleen Rice and JoAnn Smith | 6/21/19

Friends and family members said they remembered Geraghty for her passion for helping people with physical and mental disabilities. A fundraiser to raise money for a scholarship in her memory is scheduled for May 30 at Kitty O’Hara’s in Baldwin.

Fundraiser to benefit memorial scholarship for Oceanside High School alumna

In the aftermath of Kaitlin Geraghty’s death last December, the 2014 Oceanside High School graduate’s friends and family have banded together to create a scholarship fund in her name. On May 30, a fundraiser at Kitty O’Hara’s in Baldwin will raise money for the memorial scholarship, which will be awarded to a senior graduating from OHS in 2020. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/23/19

Oceanside, Island Park school officials react to NYSED memo prohibiting education dollars for guns

Apparently reacting to media reports in August that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos might allow schools to use federal education dollars to train and arm teachers, New York’s education … more

By Peter Belfiore | 9/25/18

The first job I ever loved

I can still picture the last day of my fourth and final summer as a Fresh Air Fund counselor at Camp Hayden Marks, on the 2,000-acre Sharpe Reservation in upstate Fishkill, 28 years ago. The campers . . . more

7/12/18

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