In a matter of hours on Jan. 27, a chaotic fire, which started at Jadwiga’s Polish American Deli on West Lincoln Avenue, swept through the heart of the village’s business district, …
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By Juan Lasso and Angelina Zingariell
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3/1/24
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A Bronx man was put in custody after trying to set fire to a Chase Bank in Valley Stream, according to police.
Detectives arrived to a fire in the vestibule of the 930 Rosedale Avenue building …
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By Juan Lasso
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2/22/24
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In the early-morning hours of Jan. 27, a fire, which originated at the Jadwiga’s Polish American Deli on West Lincoln Avenue, ravaged a row of neighboring businesses on Rockaway Avenue.
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By Juan Lasso
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2/16/24
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A massive fire, that first broke out at a deli on Lincoln Boulevard at around 5:30 this morning, has destroyed or damaged a spate of Rockaway businesses.
Stacks of black smoke could be seen …
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By Juan Lasso
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1/27/24
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A $1 million investment by the Village of Valley Stream in its fire department for a new multipurpose training facility was celebrated during its opening by dignitaries and fire department personnel.
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By Rei Wolfsohn
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1/12/24
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Fire Prevention Month may have come and gone, but let’s take a moment to reflect on the dedicated efforts fire departments across the country, and right here at home, took to educate the public …
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By Juan Lasso
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11/17/23
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Flooding is a fact of life for many South Shore residents. Whether it’s heavy rain and flash flooding, as we saw last month, or the larger storms that have reached our shores on a seemingly annual basis in recent years . . .
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By Andrew R. Garbarino
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10/26/23
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It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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“Who could stop the fire?”
For Valley Stream residents in 1898, that question no doubt weighed heavily on their minds as they watched Bergman’s Bakery, on Rockaway Avenue, go …
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By Juan Lasso
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8/20/23
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As the Independence Day festivities went on, the Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department fire crew were on the move answering not only to automatic fire alarms and ambulance calls, but a spate …
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By Juan Lasso
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7/16/23
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