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Shannon Welcome, 17, will join the Central Connecticut State College in New Britain, Conn. swim team.

Early college decisions announced by athletes

Five Freeport High School seniors signed their national letters of intent earlier this month to continue playing sports in college. A National Letter of Intent is a letter a student athlete submits … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/31/19

Rockville Centre resident Jay Brown is restoring a military Humvee, which have become available for public use in recent years.

Rockville Centre pilot gives military Humvee a new life

When Rockville Centre resident Jay Brown realized his hobby of assembling and flying radio-controlled jets was keeping him away from his family for too long, he decided to take on a new project that he could do in the driveway. more

By Ben Strack | 7/19/18

At an April 26 meeting of the city council, the Young-Simmons American Legion Post donated a Gold Star flag to the city, to be hung in City Hall.

New wall to honor Veterans coming to City Hall

At a City Council meeting last month, the director of Veterans Affairs for the City of Glen Cove, Tony Jimenez, announced that City Hall’s wall of honor, which features photographs of locals who … more

6/7/18

Cmdr. Coy Richardson, left and 1st Vice Cmdr. David Cockerel right, saluted Bonnie Barbosa, Gerard Barbosa’s daughter, after presenting her with special posthumous recognition for her father’s contributions to the military, and to American Legion William Clinton Story Post 342.

Freeport American Legion honors East Meadow comrade

Gerard “Jerry” Barbosa, of East Meadow, who survived Japanese warplane attacks while stationed on the USS Raleigh as a gunner’s mate at Pearl Harbor, and the D-Day landings later in … more

By Nadya Nataly and Stephany Reyes | 12/14/17

Midshipman Ben Phelps, center, hung out with Lincoln Parsons, left, and Chaplain Albert Klipfel of Freeport American Legion Post 342.

Midshipmen sail into Freeport

Dressed in his summer whites, U.S. Naval Academy midshipman Kyle McCullough, 21, of Freeport, made his way through the crowd on the Esplanade off Woodcleft Avenue, also known as the Nautical … more

By Nadya Nataly | 8/17/17

Army Col. Maribeth Affeldt-Smith was among the hundreds who participated in the ninth annual Long Beach Waterfront Warriors Welcome Parade along West Beech Street on July 16.

Long Beach honors wounded veterans

About 60 service members and their families visited Long Beach this week with their families, as hundreds of residents flocked to the boardwalk for a Sunday morning race and later to West Beech … more

7/28/17

Stephanie Rossetti, who was the first female grand marshal in East Meadow’s Memorial Day Parade history, received a citation from the Town of Hempstead for her service.

Remembering South Korea

Second in a two-part series about East Meadow’s women veterans. When Stephanie Rossetti was stationed at Command Post Tango, a U.S. military base in South Korea, in August 1976, a somber feeling lingered throughout the base after news spread two U.S. soldiers had been murdered by North Korean soldiers. more

By Stephany Reyes | 7/13/17

Members of the U.S. military and Irish Defense Forces marched in a parade in Ireland on March 30 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Patrick Gallagher’s death. Gallagher, who called Lynbrook his home in America, died while serving in the Vietnam War.

Family of man born in Ireland, killed in Vietnam, wants U.S. Navy ship named in his honor

Pauline Gallagher was 3 when her brother Patrick, a hero of the United States military who once made Lynbrook his home, was shot and killed in combat. more

By Mike Smollins | 5/4/17

Army Sgt. Shanasia Lowe with her daughter, Lido School pre-kindergartener Jai'liyah Gaines, after she surprised her.

Military mom surprises son and daughter

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Army Sgt. Shanasia Lowe, who has been stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, made the most out of a four-hour stay in New York to surprise her children. … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/28/17

Lynbrook, East Rockaway (March 23 to 29)

Remembering my mom To the Editor: Thank you for publishing the obituary for my mother, Elaine Garrison. We’re very proud of all she accomplished and contributed to Lynbrook and the number of … more

3/22/17

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