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Friends and family added to a collage that was created in front of the Buckley home.

Long before he was a Marine, Greg Buckley Jr. was a Sailor. Buckley was a star on the basketball court his senior year at Oceanside High School. He played football as well, but it was when he was … more

By Alex Costello | 8/15/12

Hope Freed, 52

Hope Freed, of Oceanside, died on April 7. She was 52. Devoted wife of Dennis, proud mother of Evan and Ryan, loving daughter of Harriet and Bernard Shurgan, cherished sister of Susan and Myron, … more

4/18/12

A man of ‘respect and dignity’

Oceanside resident Peter Stone, a Holocaust survivor who used to speak to Long Island students about his experiences, died on April 6, of lung disease. He was 80. Stone was born on May 13, 1931, … more

Alex Costello | 4/18/12

Mary Bombara

Mary E. Bombara, a former principal of School 3 in Oceanside, died on March 11. She was 87. Mary was born in Far Rockaway on March 6, 1925. She graduated from St. Mary’s Star of the Seas … more

3/21/12

Victor Nitlow was a pilot for Pan American Airways for decades.

A pilot, friend and father

Victor Nitlow, a longtime Island Park resident and a pilot for Pan American World Airways, died in his home in Naples, Fla., on Dec. 12. He was 91. Nitlow was born Victor Nittolo in Brooklyn in … more

1/4/12

Services for Frank Milano, who was killed in a crash on the Southern State Parkway on Dec. 13, were held last weekend at the Krauss Funeral Home in Franklin Square and St. Boniface Church in Elmont. The funeral took place at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury on Dec. 17.

Community mourns loss of deputy

Deputy Frank Milano’s friends remember him best for his uncanny impressions of characters from Italian-themed movies like “Good Fellas” and “The Godfather.” He was easygoing, loved making people laugh and didn’t let himself or others get bogged down by stressful situations, despite a career that was full of them. more

By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com | 12/20/11

Murray Handwerker, 89, brought Nathan’s Famous to Oceanside

Murray Handwerker, a Lawrence native and the former president of Nathan’s Famous, the hot dog fast-food chain based in Coney Island, died on May 14 at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was … more

Alex Costello and Ann E. Friedman | 5/25/11

Syed Majid, ‘a very giving person,’ dies

Syed Majid, a longtime Oceanside resident who was very active in the community, died on March 1. He was 79. Majid — Sy to his many friends — was a member of the Oceanside Kiwanis, Oceanside … more

Alex Costello | 3/16/11

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