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Len Kirsch was instrumental in the creation of the North Merrick Public Library in 1964 and received its first library card. He lived in the Merricks and worked in public relations for decades. At right, his wife, Ruth.

Longtime Merrick resident Len Kirsch, whose intellectual curiosity, public messaging savvy and can-do attitude made him the ideal person to head the citizens’ committee that advocated for the North Merrick Public Library’s founding in the mid-1960s, died last month after a lengthy illness. He was 88. more

By Brian Racow | 3/25/15

Joseph Richard “Dick” Bolger was a lifelong music teacher.

Dick Bolger, music teacher, at 96

Joseph Richard “Dick” Bolger, formerly of Merrick, who taught music to generations of students in Bellmore, Great Neck, Delaware and Pennsylvania, died peacefully on Jan. 30 at home in Palatine, Ill. He was 96. more

2/13/15

In the summer of 2013, Bob Wieboldt took an Honor Flight to visit the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., with his son Eric. He was nominated for the honor because of his service in World War II and his commitment to helping veterans injured during war.

At 95, World War II vet still aiding L.I.’s wounded warriors

In the late 1940s and early ’50s, veterans returning from World War II scattered across Long Island, seeking quiet communities to call home. Many were tired, forlorn, shell-shocked. They founded local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to find companionship with the men ... more

By Scott Brinton | 2/12/15

Vincent Curasi, of Wantagh, served in World War II.

Attack on U.S. spurred call to combat

Vincent Curasi, of Wantagh, said that the two most important things in his life are his belief in God and in the American flag. Curasi, a Roman Catholic, attends Mass each morning at St. William the Abbot in Seaford, and always hangs a flag outside his home on Willow Street, where he has lived since 1954. more

By Laura Schofer | 12/5/14

Holocaust survivor Evelyn Pike Rubin, of Jericho, came to Calhoun High School recently to speak with students about her wartime experiences. Her family hid out in Shanghai to escape the Nazi Gestapo.

From 'Ghetto Shanghai' to L.I.

The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/26/14

Louis Camilleri, 90, served as a gunnery officer in one of World War II’s most historic battles, on Iwo Jima, or Sulfur Island. He became a chemist when he returned from the war. In 1987, he and his wife, Dorothy, opened Dear Little Dollies in Bellmore. Dorothy died in 2013.

The long, hard fight for Iwo Jima

Navy Lt. Louis Camilleri signaled to his navigator to abort the landing. Camilleri had spotted a beach officer ahead. He was waving off Camilleri’s 36-foot landing craft, called a Higgins boat. Japanese bullets and mortars rained down on the beach. It was too “hot” to land. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/11/14

Marshall served as grand marshal of Oceanside’s Memorial Day Parade this year.

Battle of the Bulge to Baldwin

When Dave Marshall turned 18 in 1943, the world was in the midst of a major war. The United States entered the conflict late in 1941, so Marshall knew he would be drafted once he became eligible, but he had no idea what would be in store for him after that. more

By Brian Croce | 11/5/14

The Shubins celebrated Stanley’s (center) 94th birthday last month in grand fashion, with relatives from seven different states attending the party.

A tale of love and loyalty

The story of Stanley Shubin, a World War II veteran who lived in East Meadow for four decades, is one of love and loyalty, and devotion to family. Shubin, who now lives in Florida, celebrated his 94th birthday on Aug. 25. more

By David Weingrad | 9/26/14

National Council of Synagogue Youth summer program participants annually visit the Western Wall of the Second Temple at the end of Tish B’Av.

Remembering those who have perished

Though better known as the holiday when Jewish people fast to atone for their sins, Yom Kippur does not hold a candle for melancholy to Tisha B’Av, which is considered the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. more

By Jeff Bessen and Yitzchak Carroll | 7/30/14

Veterans who are members of the Jewel Quinn Senior Center spoke about their experiences during World War II and the Korean War to Bellmore and Merrick students on June 6, the 70th anniversary of D-Day, at North Merrick’s Brookside School.

D-Day vets chat with Central students

Exactly 70 years after D-Day, students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program and veterans who are members of the Jewel Quinn Senior Center … more

6/19/14

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