The year that Helen Gebhard was born, the United States began construction on the Panama Canal. The New York City subway system opened on October 27, and the first New Year’s Eve celebration was held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York.
On December 26, 2009, Gebhard celebrated her 105th birthday among friends and family at Sunrise of North Lynbrook on December 26, 2009. “I am crying, but I think they’re tears of joy,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/7/10
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While 2009 proved to be a difficult year for school districts across Nassau County, East Meadow finds itself facing a challenging 2010. Like other districts around Long Island and …
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Mike Caputo
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1/6/10
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While taking a thinly veiled swipe at the previous, Democratically controlled county government, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray touted her administration's fiscal and environmental accomplishments in her inaugural speech on Tuesday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/5/10
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A large audience at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City on Monday witnessed the official transfer of power on the Nassau County Legislature.
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Mike Caputo
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1/4/10
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Top stories in East Meadow during 2010: November and December.
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1/2/10
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“This is very cool… and quite an honor,” new Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said as a hundreds applauded and chanted his name on New Year’s Day. Mangano was sworn in as the eighth county executive in the auditorium of his alma mater, Bethpage High School.
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Andrew Hackmack
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1/1/10
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In April, Sal Pellegrino had to be assisted into Verde’s of Westbury, where VFW Post No. 2736 was celebrating its 57th anniversary. Pellegrino, 80, had suffered a stroke on March 28, and his …
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12/30/09
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The first blizzard of the season dumped more than a foot of snow in our area Saturday night to Sunday morning, with high winds and heavy, drifting snow accumulating over night. The …
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Herald Staff
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12/23/09
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Tiki Barber has joined the effort to let all the children play. The retired Giants star running back announced a partnership with the Let All the Children Play Foundation, a …
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Mike Caputo
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12/23/09
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, a Democrat from Long Beach, and Lenny Rosado were joined at a news conference last week by state and local officials to remind Long Islanders that Leandra's Law took effect on Friday, making drunken driving with a child a felony offense in New York.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/21/09
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