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Everett Janes was known throughout East Rockaway and Lynbrook as “Digger” because of his passion for the bay and for digging clams. “You would always find him tinkering around with an engine whether it was a boat or a car,” said his daughter, Susie Torborg. “He enjoyed having a good time and was often the life of the party.”
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By Mary Malloy
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8/24/11
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A blazing fire tore through Lynbrook Bicycle on Merrick Road between Vincent and Denton Avenues Tuesday morning destroying a store that has sold bicycles for more than 25 years in the village.
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By Ex-Captain Steve Grogran
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8/23/11
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A massive storm dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the Merrick-Bellmore area from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain was falling at a rate of more than an inch an hour.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/14/11
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The East Rockaway Fire Department was called to a “Signal 10” — a working fire —last Saturday evening on Morton Avenue. According to Chief Peter Chojnacki, the small fire was attributed to a …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/27/11
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“On behalf of the taxpayers of the Bay Park Fire District, I would like to thank Assemblyman Weisenberg for his leadership in passing legislation that will allow us to provide residents with much-needed tax relief without compromising the fire district’s ability to respond in emergencies.”
So said Roger Humes, a commissioner of the Bay Park Fire District, in response to Weisenberg’s authoring of a law — at the request of the Bay Park Fire District — that will offset local property taxes.
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By Mary Malloy
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7/27/11
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Dressed in a black blouse and blue jeans, Carol Gies stood silently on Tuesday morning, her chin in her hands, her elbows resting on a crane that was lifting a twisted World Trade Center girder into the parking lot at the Merrick Fire Department’s Friendship Engine and Hose Company.
Gies, who lost her husband, Ronnie, in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, looked forlorn.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/26/11
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East Rockaway Fire Department’s new rescue boat, Marine 1, was called out to assist with an Oceanside boat fire last Saturday.
On July 16, The Oceanside …
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By Alex Costello and Mary Malloy
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7/20/11
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On Saturday, June 11, the Lynbrook Tumblers Tournament Team sponsored their Third Annual Old-Fashion Invitational Drill under rainy skies at Greis Park in Lynbrook.
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6/22/11
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With a long pull of the fire horn, Marine 1, a fireboat that is the newest addition to the East Rockaway Fire Department, motored into the Talfor Boat Basin on the village’s waterfront last Sunday, presented to the public for the first time.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/9/11
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Lynbrook's firefighters of tomorrow — members of the Lynbrook Junior Fire Department — took a rare moment to pose for a photo at their recent pancake breakfast fundraiser.
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5/18/11
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