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Casey Keenan, Chris Anderer, Halle Vericillo, Courtney Vercillo, Maggie Fisher, Carlyn Dukoff and Jack Setter were on hand to show their support.
Capturing the nation's attention
The United States women’s soccer team not only made history with their 5-2 victory over Japan in the World Cup final on July 5, but also made television history, reeling in 25.4 million viewers on FOX, making it the most watched soccer game — men’s or women’s — in the United States. more
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Thousands of supporters cheered on the Women’s U.S. national soccer team as they proceeded down Broadway at their celebratory ticker-tape parade last Friday.
Red, white and blue: my first ticker-tape parade
A seemingly never ending sea of red, white, and blue. That’s what I saw at the ticker-tape parade in downtown Manhattan last Friday, honoring the Women’s national soccer team, which, on July 5, defeated Japan, 5-2, to win the Women’s World Cup. more
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Cinderella and her Prince Charming make a grand entrance when ‘Princesses & Heroes’ visits Nassau Coliseum.
Dreams do come true
The latest Disney On Ice extravaganza arrives at Nassau Coliseum, to the delight of young fans who can’t get enough of their favorite Disney moments. more
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‘Heroes Behind the Badge’
The brave men and women of law enforcement are the focus of a new documentary, “Heroes Behind the Badge: Sacrifice & Survival.” more
From 'Mr. Jowls' to runner for life
I don’t know his name. We often cross paths as we run, as fast as we can, around the perimeter path at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, a 1.7-mile seashell-coated road that encircles the 50-acre sanctuary. more
Army 1st Lt. Steven Liguori II, who returned home from Afghanistan in February, was this year’s grand marshal of the Lynbrook parade.
War heroes honored, remembered in Lynbrook
Lynbrook residents came out in droves, holding small American flags and applauding veterans marching by, as the community united on Memorial Day to remember the servicemen and women who made the … more
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Saluting our heroes
The number of American armed service members who have died in our major wars — the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam and the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq — now stands at 1,247,920. more
Dogs of war, including Councilman Ed Ambrosino, back left, Jonathan Crist, left, and Patrick Owens, far right, perform live shows to raise money for veterans. (Past player Mike Martino is second from right.)
Local lawmakers keep on rockin’
When Councilman Ed Ambrosino (R-North Valley Stream) first read William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” play as a teenager, Caesar’s famous line, “Cry, ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war” — a signal given to the English military forces to direct soldiers to fight — stuck with him. He thought about those words often several years thereafter, and when he was elected as a Town of Hempstead Councilman in 2003, the quote took on a new meaning for him: it became representative of the sacrifices made by American soldiers. more
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Guiltless and healthy fast-food alternative
What could more clever than naming a sandwich shop “Super Heros"? more
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Jeffrey L. Wiener
Honoring a fallen hero
On Friday, July 22 at 11 a.m., Lynbrook firefighters, along with officials, family and friends will gather at the Lynbrook Post Office, which will be officially renamed and dedicated in honor of Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener, a Lynbrook High School graduate and former Lynbrook volunteer firefighter who was killed in action on May 7, 2005 in an ambush and bombing in Haditha, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. more
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