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Many from the Rockville Centre community are mourning the loss of Lester Wilensky, 85, who died on Dec. 18 from complications of a fall. The highly decorated World War II veteran was active in a …
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12/22/10
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any from the Rockville Centre community are mourning the loss of Lester Wilensky, 85, who died on Dec. 18 from complications of a fall. The highly decorated World War II veteran was active in a number of veterans organizations including American Legion Post 303 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a Knight of Pythias. His contributions on the battlefield and as a civilian earned him the respect and admiration of family, friends and colleagues, and permanent recognition in the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame.
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12/22/10
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East Meadow’s own Gerard Barbosa was one of four Pearl Harbor survivors in attendance during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary on Tuesday at the American …
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by Mike Caputo
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12/8/10
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West Hempstead and its American Legion Cathedral Post 1087 lost a great comrade last month when former post commander and World War II veteran James E. Gibbons died on Nov. 3.
During his 41-year …
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Lee Landor
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12/8/10
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Santa checks his list twice in Valley Stream
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The American Legion Post 854 Ladies Auxiliary hosted a Breakfast with Santa the morning of Dec. 5 at the legion hall on Roosevelt Avenue.
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12/8/10
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Second of two parts.
On Aug. 28, 1963, Booker T. Gibson made his way to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “It was hot. In August, it was hot,” Gibson said during a recent interview, stressing the word “hot.”
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Scott Brinton
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12/7/10
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Parents were invited to come on in to District 13’s four elementary schools Nov. 22-24 for the annual American Education Week celebration.
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Andrew Hackmack
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12/1/10
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By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But, man, could Gibson play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves.
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Scott Brinton
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11/30/10
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Disabled veterans from the St. Albans VA Hospital in Queens visited the Malverne American Legion Hall last Saturday to join members of Post 44 and the Ladies Auxiliary Unit 44 for a day of food and …
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11/24/10
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Students, parents, residents and Valley Stream Central High School District officials came together to commemorate the National Education Association’s 89th annual American Education Week with a breakfast and open house at each of the district’s four schools from Nov. 16-19. This year’s theme, “Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility,” was talked about as each school showed off what makes it special.
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Clarissa Hamlin and Andrew Hackmack
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11/24/10
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