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Our schools, our businesses, our town departments that maintain the roads and infrastructure and the village and county police units that patrol our streets all contribute to the quality of life we enjoy here on the South Shore. more

3/13/14

Never to young to learn: Juliet Weinrib and Andy Small, both 2, shared the steering wheel of a Woodmere fire truck at Fire Prevention Day last Sunday.

Experiencing the fun of firefighting

Children toured the fire trucks and learned fire safety tips as the Woodmere Fire Department marked Fire Prevention Month last Sunday. more

Yitzchak Carroll | 10/16/13

Peninsula Kiwanis honored local fire departments at its annual Humanitarian dinner. Inwood Fire Department members Nick Dinielli and Stanley Koch, standing, and from bottom left, Chief Dominic Andreno, Chief Anthony Rivelli and Gataeno Marino joined Hewlett Chief Danny Berrios and Commissioner Paul Breslin.

Hurricane Sandy heroes recognized [Photo gallery]

The Inwood, Hewlett, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Woodmere and Meadowmere Park fire departments were honored for their service during Hurricane Sandy at the Peninsula Kiwanis Humanitarian Night on Sept. 24. more

10/2/13

The Hebrew Academy for Special Children in Woodmere held its annual Fireman are our Friends Day. Meadowmere Park chief’s aid Jason Hagler, Chiefs aid, informed the children about who to call in an emergency and not to be afraid of firefighters.

Making friends with the firefighters [Photo gallery]

Firefighters from two Five Towns fire departments — Woodmere and Meadowmere Park — and approximately 150 pre-school to fourth grade Hebrew Academy for Special Children (HASC) became better acquainted at the Woodmere school’s annual Firemen are our Friends Day on May 29. more

6/5/13

Personal Injury Law

Q: My husband is a firefighter who was recently injured on the job while fighting a fire. He doesn’t think he is entitled to any monetary compensation … more

By Jay Wechsler | 5/14/13

The lessons learned from Sandy

It’s hard to believe that the wounds inflicted by Hurricane Sandy are now six months old. more

5/2/13

Thank a volunteer — or, even better, become one

Every community needs police officers, teachers, sanitation workers and elected leaders. But every community also needs volunteers, the people whose contributions mean so much yet so often go unnoticed. more

4/25/13

Firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department helped rescue a man wjo had burned himself, then along with other local fire department extinguished a fire at an Auerbach Lane home in Lawrence.

Lawrence man seriously burned

A 90-yeay-old man was severely burned at the apartments at 360 Central Ave. in Lawrence on Jan. 2, officials said. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/4/13

Lifelong Cedarhurst resident Joseph Sperber serves his community as a volunteer firefighter for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department and has contributed photographs to the Herald since he was a teenager.

Shooting photos, battling fires in the Five Towns

Exposed to photography by a father who brought home a new camera and to volunteer firefighting by his older brother, Joseph Sperber has combined the two avocations through the years to serve his community. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/5/12

Happy Thanksgiving

Amid all the complaints about what did not get done well before, during and after the storm, we shouldn’t forget to thank those who did so much good while the winds raged, and have in the days since. more

11/23/12

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