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The renowned Blue Angels will be in action over Jones Beach this weekend.

The eagerly awaited arrival of Memorial Day on Monday is sure to be enthusiastically welcomed by everyone, after this year’s harsh winter. And, as always, the unofficial kickoff to summer fun … more

By Karen Bloom | 5/21/14

John Fried, 86, was Camp Ave. principal

John Fried, of Frederick, Md., a longtime principal of Camp Avenue Elementary School in North Merrick, died on Feb. 28 in Wilmington, N.C., after a long illness. He was 86 years old. more

3/20/14

Richie O’Hara will be the grand marshal of this year’s Memorial Day parade.

Navy vet tapped as grand marshal

Valley Stream’s Memorial Day Parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. on Monday and, like every year, it will feature veterans, children, school bands and fire trucks. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/23/13

Valley Stream Village Trustee Vincent Grasso will be called into active duty for the second time, and will serve the U.S. in Afghanistan beginning this summer.

Valley Stream trustee called to duty

While it’s becoming less common for elected officials to have prior military service, it is extremely rare for a sitting official to be called to duty. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 1/30/13

Marine CPL Marcus Dandrea, left, with former Navy Corpsman Micah Ambrose, who is holding his namesake, Micah Dandrea.

Navy Corpsman, Marine reunite in Lynbrook

When they saw each other they first smiled, then grabbed and held each other in a tight hug. One was a wounded Marine without legs sitting in a wheelchair, while the other was the Navy Corpsman who … more

By Steve Grogan/LFD | 10/24/12

Navy SEAL's book breaks code of silence

If you’re a Navy SEAL, you don’t kill and tell. Author Matt Bissonnette, the ex-SEAL who wrote a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, is self-aggrandizing at best and disloyal at worst. more

9/20/12

Bill Halleran at the Merrick Legion’s Veterans Day ceremony in 2010.

Bill Halleran, Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 93

Bill Halleran, a U.S. Navy veteran and survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died on Friday, Dec. 9. He was 93. more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 12/21/11

Gerard Barbosa was aboard the U.S.S. Raleigh, above, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Local survivor remembers Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor survivor Gerard Barbosa, 88, of East Meadow, was one of six men honored on Dec. 7 at a 70th anniversary memorial ceremony at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale. more

By Shannon Koehle | 12/14/11

What some of our local service members are doing

U.S. NavyTwo local Navy Seaman recruits recently completely U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. The recruits, Khampasong Somsouthi, of West Hempstead, and … more

Compiled by Lee Landor | 12/7/11

LTJG Steven Fusswinkel, center, received a citation from the village of Lynbrook and Nassau County recently for his service in the U.S. Navy. Pictured from left in front are Leg. Fran Becker, Mayor Bill Hendrick, Fusswinkel’s fiance, Manoella Silva, Fusswinkel and his sister, Heather Imbriani, and his parents Janet and Fred Fusswinkel. At rear from left are Trustee Hilary Becker, Deputy Mayor Alan Beach and trustees Tom Atkinson and Mike Hawxhurst.

Fusswinkel gets a hometown welcome

Steven Fusswinkel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in May, 2009. His Service Selection was Nuclear Surface Warfare. He was initially assigned to the USS Carter Hall, an … more

7/13/11

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