The Franklin Square community came out in force on Jan. 13 to pay tribute to Larry Prendergast, who served as executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for 34 years and was a regular at …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/23/19
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Tony-winning actress, Carol Channing died at age 97 on Tuesday at her home in Rancho Mirago, Calif. on Jan. 15.
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1/17/19
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Former NYPD Sergeant Thomas Kennedy of Anti-Crime in the 7th Precinct in New York City died in his sleep on Jan. 8 of natural causes at age 91. He died at Eger Harbor House, Inc., an assisted …
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By Nadya Nataly
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1/17/19
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It was love at first sight. Norman Easy and Nixtia Arits were standing in front of the Mona Lisa, the famed portrait by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, at the Louvre Museum in Paris when they met 15 years ago. Dec. 29 would have been the Freeport couple’s 11th wedding anniversary, but they never got the chance to celebrate it.
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By Nadya Nataly
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1/17/19
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Ryan O’Shea, who graduated from South Side High School last June, died on Jan. 11 after he was hit by a train at Rockville Centre’s Long Island Rail Road station. He was 18.
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By Ben Strack
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1/17/19
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Kimiko Schroder, a niece of Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray, died on Jan. 6 at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, Calif., after an eight-year battle with cancer. She was 12.
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By Ben Strack
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1/16/19
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On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter and longtime Long Beach resident John Moschella was living in East Atlantic Beach when he watched the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center unfold …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/11/19
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Richard Greene sat down at his kitchen table, a small pile of books in front of him. He and his wife, Ramona Bobe-Greene, had planned to record their journeys in them after she recovered from a …
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By Mike Conn
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1/10/19
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Longtime Lynbrook and Manhattan resident Nicholas Biondi died on Dec. 28. He was 82.
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1/9/19
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Maryann Cahill, the wife of late Valley Stream Mayor Ed Cahill, who was known by friends for her gregarious nature and kind heart, died on Dec. 10. She was 82.
“She always told you like it …
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12/26/18
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