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Members of the Island Park Civic Association honored three veterans at their annual dinner dance. Pictured from left were IPCA secretary Theresa Balsamo, member Tara Byrne, Vice President Felicia Nicholas, honorees Mayor James Ruzicka, a U.S. Navy veteran; and Robert Angelo and Jerry Hassett, both U.S. Army veterans; IPCA President Dana Feminella, treasurer Liz Abuin, and board members Patti Ambrosia and Laura Hassett.
Civic Association raises money for ‘Angels’
Despite the inclement weather, nearly 200 people attended the Island Park Civic Association’s annual Love Your Troops dinner dance on Feb. 15 at the Bridgeview Yacht Club. This event raises … more
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Wheeler Avenue School fourth-graders, from left, Reyaan Oza, Camila Camacaro, Karen Ye, Ashley Delgado and Roy Longarzo display the quilt they made to hang at an airport in Maryland.
Wheeler students make quilts for troops
Wheeler Avenue School students helped make the holiday season a little brighter for troops arriving home at Baltimore-Washington International Airport this month. more
Eagle Scout Richard Capo, left, led Jack and Charlie Clifford in the Eagle Scout Promise at the their Court of Honor ceremony on Dec. 1 at Blessed Sacrament.
Brothers become Eagles together
The Clifford brothers of Valley Stream have been in scouts together for more than a decade. On Dec. 1, they earned scouting’s highest honor together. more
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Christopher Kircher received his Eagle pin from his mother, Nicole, as his Court of Honor ceremony on Nov. 16 at Malverne Village Hall.
Scout earns Eagle rank at 13
It’s rare for anyone entering the Boy Scouts to earn the Eagle rank. It’s even more rare for a boy to attain scouting’s highest honor at the young age of 13. more
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Members of the ANCHOR program were “feeling hot, hot, hot” as they danced the evening away on Nov. 19 at the Valley Stream American Legion hall.
American Legion hosts ANCHOR party
The Valley Stream American Legion hall hosted residents from the Town of Hempstead’s ANCHOR program on Nov. 19 for dinner and dancing. The party is typically held twice a year by Andrew Fatscher Post 854, located on Roosevelt Avenue. more
Aspiring Eagle Scout Nicholas Rossetti, left, is joined by museum board President Frank Seipp.
Scouts give historic house a fresh look
Nicholas Rossetti has seen many of his fellow Boy Scouts earn their Eagle ranks over the past few years. Watching these older scouts successfully attain the highest honor in scouting inspired him to do the same. more
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Alexander Eagen of Merrick, second from left, was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at age 2, but he grew up to earn the Boy Scouts
Merrick Boy Scout’s honor is truly special
The toughest merit badge that Merokean Alexander Eagen earned during his six years in Boy Scout Troop 225 was swimming, the 18-year-old says. He remembers tiptoeing to the edge of the big lake at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp in Calverton, in Suffolk County, in the summer of 2012. He could only stare at the water, petrified to jump in. Swimming was the final merit badge he needed to attain Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle, so he was frustrated that he couldn’t finish it. more
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Nicole Pupo, 12, bottom left, with Cassandra Nikiel, of East Meadow Girl Scout Troop 1404, spent their summer making colorful drawings that will be hung in the pediatric ward at the Nassau University Medical Center. Behind them, from left, are troop leaders Jerri May and Tracy Pupo, NUMC pediatric nurse manager Sue Novelli and activity specialist Heather Spanfelner.
Girl Scouts’ drawings to hang in NUMC
East Meadow Girl Scouts Cassandra Nikiel and Nicole Pupo have been drawing their entire lives. The Woodland Middle School students, and McVey alum, spend countless hours perfecting their skills, and once had their work displayed at an All County exhibit at Adelphi University. more
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They were prepared: Boy Scouts Dan Schroeder, far left, Jack Kelly, Dan Varney and Luis Jimenez-Franco, of Rockville Centre's Troop 40, readied for a day of fishing, swimming, and hiking at Onteora Scout Reservation in Livingston Manor, N.Y.
Scouting for the summer
Rockville Centre’s Troop 40 spent two weeks at Onteora Scout Reservation in Livingston Manor, NY this August. Onteora — a Lenni-Lenape word meaning “land in the sky” — stretches over 1.400 … more
Edmond Weiss, fourth from left, was recently honored by the Town of Hempstead for earning his Eagle rank. From left are Theodore Roosevelt Council of Boy Scouts CEO Jay Garee, Girl Scouts of Nassau County CEO Donna Ceravolo, Supervisor Kate Murray, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Girl Scouts of Nassau County President Wanda Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt Council Commissioners Salvatore Ciampo and Eric Anderson.
Valley Stream Boy Scout reaches the top
It wasn’t until he was 17 years when Edmond Weiss decided he wanted to become an Eagle Scout. With only a year left to meet the requirements, he succeeded. more
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