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Hitching yourself to Donald Trump’s star
If the White House calls, just hang up. Put down the phone, run out of the house as if your hair were on fire, change your number and move to a remote town in Saskatchewan . . . more
Cmdr. Coy Richardson, left and 1st Vice Cmdr. David Cockerel right, saluted Bonnie Barbosa, Gerard Barbosa’s daughter, after presenting her with special posthumous recognition for her father’s contributions to the military, and to American Legion William Clinton Story Post 342.
Freeport American Legion honors East Meadow comrade
Gerard “Jerry” Barbosa, of East Meadow, who survived Japanese warplane attacks while stationed on the USS Raleigh as a gunner’s mate at Pearl Harbor, and the D-Day landings later in … more
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Barbara Horn, a Freeport native and current Long Beach resident, took part in the 35th annual reading of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10.
Freeport woman honors fallen friend
With her right index finger, Barbara Horn traced the “V” inscribed on the cold black granite wall. The morning sun shone on her face as a brisk breeze tussled her silver hair on Nov. 10. She … more
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The soundtrack of a generation comes alive when Desert Highway returns to Eisenhower Park’s Lakeside Theatre.
It's 'One of These Nights' with Desert Highway
The popular band honors the Eagles'legacy. more
Members of the Freeport High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps presented the colors at the village’s annual Memorial Day service at the high school on Monday. Even though the parade was rained out, Freeporters found a way to honor America’s war dead
Freeport remembers America's Fallen
Despite the rainy weather and cancellation of the Freeport Memorial Day parade, the community insisted on honoring America’s fallen on Monday. At Freeport High School, on South Brookside … more
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Veterans came to commemorate the lives of the fallen.
Freeport veterans commemorated for their service
The walls of the Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport echoed tolling bells during the ninth annual Pre-Memorial Day Remembrance Service. Generations of veterans extending from World … more
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The ribbon was officially cut on the new NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Friday.
At long last, ribbon is cut on new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Outside, it might have been drizzly and cold, but inside spirits were running high among officials on Friday as they cut the ribbon on the new NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, revamped at a cost of $165 million in private funding by Forest City Ratner Companies. Billy Joel will open the remodeled Coliseum on April 5. more
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Attacking veterans’ legal issues pro bono at Hofstra
In August 2015, Matthew Goodison-Orr, a third-year Hofstra University law student, began working with Gary Port, a West Hempstead resident, attorney and U.S. Army veteran, on a pro bono legal case: A marine had suffered a brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder while on duty in Iraq, and never received treatment from the military after he requested it. He began to self-medicate with marijuana, and was kicked out of the Marine Corps after a urine test. more
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We can all do more to support veterans
For anyone who has not served in combat, it’s impossible to understand the horrors of war. We can try to imagine them, however. We can imagine . . . more
An artist’s rendering of the building shows that the façade will feature thousands of aluminum fins.
Crews begin renovating Coliseum facade
East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, … more
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