Community activist Charles Nanton, of West Hempstead, has been named Adult Volunteer of the Year by the U.S. Tennis Association.
Nanton, a retired police officer, is the president of the Lakeview …
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5/25/11
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This year, the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps held its officers' installation dinner in honor of Carole Scheer, a friend and colleague of the Corps who died in September.
Scheer joined the VAC …
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5/11/11
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Citizen’s Bank honored a dozen Prom Boutique Planning Committee volunteers last week, including one from West Hempstead, by declaring them “Citizens Bank Citizen of the Week” for …
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5/11/11
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The East Rockaway Fire Department held their Annual Reorganization meeting On April 19. The new Chief of Department, Peter C Chojnacki, was sworn in to office at the Liberty Hose Company # 2 firehouse on Clark Street.
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Mary Malloy
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5/5/11
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Beyond the almost constantly buzzing staff of doctors, nurses and technicians at Franklin Hospital in North Valley Stream, there is a group of workers who are just as committed to the 43,000 emergency-room patients and nearly 12,000 admitted patients who pass through the facility every year. But there’s one difference: the paycheck. For the 250 volunteers, there is none.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/14/11
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“Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization, including government, will fully succeed without the active participation of each of us,” President Bill Clinton once said.
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4/7/11
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Just in time to coincide with National Volunteer Week, the Rockville Centre Fire Department will open its doors to village residents, hosting an open house. Part of a statewide program called Recruit NY, the aim is to attract and recruit new volunteers to the fire service, either as firefighters or EMS personnel.
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4/6/11
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It will take her 73 days, but 24-year-old Rachel Freeman is determined to ride her bicycle from one coast to the other this summer. The Malverne resident plans to participate in the Bike & Build …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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3/30/11
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The chief elections for the Rockville Centre Fire Department are scheduled for April 7. Members of the department will vote for Chief of Department (John Busching), 1st Assistant Chief (John Thorp) and 2nd Assistant Chief (Robert Seaman and Brian Cook are both running for the position).
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3/20/11
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The Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps. held a fundraiser last weekend, selling flowers for Valentine’s Day.
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2/16/11
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