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Former East Rockaway Mayor Charles (“Charlie”) Formont died suddenly on October 21. Formont, who was known as Charlie, was a village trustee from 1987 to 1995 and served two terms as mayor from 1995 to 2003. A lifelong village resident, he was a member of the East Rockaway Fire Department and Rescue Squad for 49 years.
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Mary Malloy
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10/27/09
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Shawn Gallivan, 22, of Point Lookout has been arrested and charged with hitting pedestrian David King, 53, of Long Beach, with his car and leaving the scene without reporting it to police on East …
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by Joe Kellard
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10/22/09
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A home in the canals section of Long Beach caught fire last week after winds sparked an electrical-based blaze.
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Joe Kellard
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10/15/09
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Nassau County’s 5th Police Precinct is a complicated swath of the South Shore. Stretching from the Queens border to West Hempstead and from the southern reaches of Floral Park to South Valley Stream, the area is a mix of everything from thickly commercial to sleepy residential.
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Matt Hampton
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10/8/09
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Eight years after he perished at age 31 during the attacks of Sept. 11, former South Side Cyclone Joe Hunter, a New York City firefighter and a South Hempstead volunteer, was remembered by the school’s football team: Lineman Gavin Ahern, one of the team’s captains, was chosen to wear Hunter’s jersey, No. 50, at a moving pregame ceremony last Saturday.
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Judy Rattner
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10/8/09
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A 57-year old Rockville Centre resident, identified as “Baby” John Alevis, was among 19 men arrested on Oct. 1 on federal felony charges in connection with what authorities described as a gambling, sports betting and loan sharking ring with ties to organized crime, that operated in New York City and Westchester.
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Judy Rattner
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10/8/09
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The Rockville Centre Fire Department will host an Open House at each of its five neighborhood firehouses this Sunday, Oct. 4 in observance of Fire Prevention Week.
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10/1/09
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In the minutes before the wedding of her dreams last Saturday afternoon, as she waited for her chauffeur, Mary Carlson made final preparations. Then, at last, her ride arrived, and with her veil on, …
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Mike Caputo
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10/1/09
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The Brooklyn Avenue Firehouse is getting a makeover — a decidedly scary one. Members of the Valley Stream Fire Department are nearing completion of the second annual haunted house, which opens next weekend and runs through the end of October.
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Andrew Hackmack
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9/24/09
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The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has been a part of our social and political system for more than 30 years. Over the past 10 years, however, many of you have come to know ACORN not as a community organization, but as a political arm of the Working Families Party.
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Alfonse D'Amato
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9/24/09
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