After the death of Kerry O’Keefe’s son, Kerry Jr., due to drug addiction in 2006, O’Keefe started going to a Manhattan-based bereavement group to cope with the loss. But it didn’t help. “You’d hear stories of some kids that got hit by a car, others that had cancer, but they were treated differently,” he recalled. “There’s a stigma that comes with a drug death that comes up all the time.”
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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1/20/16
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Knights of Columbus honor EMTs and members
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Past Grand Knight Paul Raphael, Deacon Dan Otton and Woodmere Fire Department EMTs Lt. Ross Rieman, firefighter Shereen Torbati and Lt. Meir Shibowitz were the honorees at the annual Father John Farrell Council 5962 Knights of Columbus dinner at the Woodmere Country Club in Woodmere last Saturday.
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10/7/15
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Lawrence quarterback Joe Capobianco moved to the top of Long Island's all-time passing touchdown list during last Saturday's win over Glen Cove.
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9/24/13
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Arrests
LAWRENCE - Sonia Rodriguez, 37, and Melissa Rodriguez, 17, both of Far Rockaway, were arrested for shoplifting at a department store on Rockaway Turnpike at 5:10 p.m. on July 19, police said.
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8/2/12
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