The Long Beach Professional Fire Fighters union, Local 287, have been asking their community to help them “Fill the Boot” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
On the weekends of July 14 and …
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9/6/12
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Michael Kerr, the city’s former fire commissioner — who resigned in 2006 amid scrutiny of his personal pension reports — was reappointed to the position on Aug. 28.
Kerr, the president of …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/5/12
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The East Rockaway Fire Department recognized Honorary Commissioner John Van Houten and Honorary Chief Pete Dixon for their 50 years of service to the department in a special celebration held on …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/1/12
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As Dave Yolinsky headed home to Long Beach at around 2 p.m. on Monday, he saw what looked like a large crushed box wedged underneath a tractor-trailer stopped at the intersection of Sunrise Highway …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/25/12
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Five people were injured, one seriously, in a house fire in the early morning of July 17 at 98 Woods Ave.
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By Judy Rattner
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7/18/12
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The end of the school year is upon us. Now that graduations, Moving Up Day ceremonies, locker and desk cleanouts and all those other June rituals are winding down, those lazy days of summer beckon.
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6/21/12
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The Lynbrook Village Board of Trustees handed out several awards and citations at their meeting on June 18, honoring local heroes, girls who know how to defend themselves and exemplary …
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By Brian Croce
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6/20/12
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Dozens of Hempstead residents lost their homes to a five-alarm fire that raged last Sunday at 590 Fulton Ave., causing extensive damage and forcing the entire building to be evacuated. Twenty-nine people and one Hempstead Village police officer were taken to local hospitals and were treated for smoke inhalation. A Baldwin firefighter was treated for cardiac issues.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/19/12
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Long Beach firefighters battled a “labor intensive” fire at the former Vito’s restaurant in the West End on Wednesday.
Long Beach Fire Chief Richard Corbett said the department received an …
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By Vanessa Canner
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5/30/12
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On May 17, the Lynbrook Fire Department held its annual installation dinner at the Chateau Briand in Westbury, honoring outgoing Chief Michael Hynes of Engine Company No. 1.The LFD’s new fire …
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5/30/12
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