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Navy veteran Joseph Santillo raised the flag at the Inwood VFW Post 1582 Veterans Day ceremony in 2011.

World War II veteran Joseph Santillo dies at 95

Lifelong Inwood resident Joseph Santillo, a World War II veteran and retired Nassau County police officer for 36 years died on Oct. 16. Santillo was 95. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 10/27/22

Three Memorial Day parades will take place in the Five Towns on May 29 and May 30. Above, the 2019 Lawrence-Cedarhurst parade and the Aviation High School Air Force JROTC.

Five Towns Memorial Day parades on Sunday and Monday

The Five Towns will be graced by three Memorial Day parades to honor all U.S. military personnel who lost their lives in service of the country. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/26/22

Young Israel of North Woodmere had Guest Speaker Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger speak about his life experience at last week’s Yom HaShoah event.

Holocaust remembered at Young Israel in North Woodmere

Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, a German who converted to Judaism, recounted his life to an audience of Young Israel of North Woodmere members on Holocaust Remembrance Day. more

By Lisa Margaria | 5/5/22

Bernyce Alpert Winick, was known to many as ‘the lady in white,’ with several of her paintings, circa 1994. She was also a photographer and pianist.

‘Woman in white,’ Woodmere's Bernyce Alpert Winick, 99

Known to many as “the lady in white” Bernyce Alpert Winick, who wore white-colored clothes, left behind a grand legacy as an artist, author, fashion designer, pianist, photographer and a person who aimed to help others. The longtime Woodmere resident died on Feb. 17. She was 99. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/10/22

Woodsburgh resident Arthur Feltheimer at the time he went into the army in 1943.

Woodsburgh resident celebrates 100 years of life

Turning 100-year-old is a milestone by itself, but Woodsburgh resident Arthur Feltheimer did it twice. Physically born on Feb. 26, 1922, there were complications so a birth certificate was not issued until March 7, his legal birth date. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/10/22

50-year Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue member Julian Goldstein headed to the emergency unit’s headquarters after learning about the 9/11 terrorist attach 20 years ago.

A ‘special day’ smolders in memory of Atlantic Beach Rescue member

There are few days on which I wake up thinking that today is very special. When I woke on the morning of 9/11 in 2001 it had all the feeling of just another late summer day. I showered, dressed, had breakfast and kissed the wife and kids on the way out the door and drove off to work. more

By Julian Goldstein | 9/9/21

Tyler Gildin, right, discussed his film ‘The Starfish’ in a virtual event hosted by Temple Hillel on April 7. Gildin with his cousin Alex Utay, left, and grandfather Herb Gildin, center, in 2018.

Engrossed in a Holocaust story that resonates

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, more than people joined a Zoom event hosted by Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, which featured filmmaker and Five Towns native Tyler Gildin discussing his documentary, “The Starfish” on April 7. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 4/16/21

Woodmere resident World War II veteran Max Marcus, left, was inducted into the State Senate's Veterans' Hall of Fame by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky.

Woodmere resident inducted into New York’s Veterans' Hall of Fame

On Veterans Day, Woodmere resident Max Marcus, who served in the Navy as a petty officer, third class, was inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/12/20

Herb Ment cut the challah at his grandson Jake Shulman-Ment’s, right, bar mitzvah in 1997. In the middle is Marty Shulman.

Herbert Ment, 96

An engineer who helped build landmark buildings and designed and built his own house, Bronx native Herbert Ment was a first generation American who went to college, fought in World War II and had … more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/23/20

Cedarhurst Deputy Mayor Ari Brown played 'Taps' at Andrew J. Paise Cedarhurst Park as part the village's virtual Memorial Day ceremony.

Cedarhurst hosts virtual Memorial Day ceremony

It was not standing on Central Avenue watching military veterans being feted or fire trucks driving by or the Lawrence High School marching band performing nor was it people standing by the soldier memorial in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park and waving American flags. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/25/20

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