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September
Malverne rallies to add firefighter's name to memorial wall
Neither wind nor rain kept volunteer firefighters or local and state elected officials from rallying in Mineola on Sept. 12 in support of a state bill that would gain recognition for fallen Malverne fireman Paul Brady.
The well-attended “Paul on the Wall” rally came one month after the New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial Committee denied a fifth appeal by the Malverne Fire Department to inscribe Brady’s name on the Albany memorial wall dedicated to 2,300 firefighters killed in the line of duty.
Brady, 42, was accidentally crushed to death in the Malverne firehouse in July 2006 while doing routine maintenance on the roof of a rescue truck. A fellow volunteer firefighter, unaware that Brady was on top of the truck, drove it out of the building, trapping Brady in a 5-inch clearance between the truck and a ceiling beam. He suffered internal injuries and died later that day at Nassau University Medical Center.
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After arrest, Mejias drops out of Senate race
Dave Mejias, a former county legislator who was making his bis as a candidate for the 6th Senate District seat, dropped out of the primary race on Sept. 9, about a week after police arrested the 39-year-old Democrat for allegedly stalking and menacing his ex-girlfriend. During a mid-morning news conference at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, Mejias, surrounded by some 20 supporters, friends and family members, told reporters he was no longer going to pursue political office.
October
Malverne High School band marches into first place
Malverne High School’s marching band, the Pride of Malverne, certainly made Malverne proud Halloween weekend, placing first in the New York State Field Band Championships.
The victory at the Syracuse Carrier Dome on Oct. 31 topped off an undefeated 2010 season, which included first place at Brentwood, Copiague, Walt Whitman, Arlington, Mineola and Phoenix. Malverne’s Pride defeated 12 other bands in Small School III Conference this year, earning its second state title: it earned its first in 2006, placing fourth in 2007 and 2008, and second in 2009.
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Lakeview has mixed reaction to ShotSpotter proposal
Residents of Lakeview had mixed reactions to a proposal by Nassau County police to bring the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System into the community, and they aired concerns at a forum held by the NAACP Lakeview Branch and County Legislator Robert Troiano.
The county Police Department considered placing the system in the small community in response to an short-lived uptick in crime there, but some area residents opposed the proposal, believing it would cause more harm than good and create a stigma that Lakeview is a crime-ridden community.
Local teens charged with hate crime
County police arrested three local teenagers on Oct. 14 for allegedly assaulting a fellow teen and hurling anti-gay slurs at him during a bus ride home from a Hicksville BOCES school. Cops classified the assault as a hate crime.
