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The honorees for the night were U.S. Marine Robin Galant, left, with Army veteran Mickey Hastava, and Navy sailors Alfonzo and Joseph Ruocco.
Island Park Civic gives love to hometown heroes
Members of the Island Park community gathered at the Bridgeview Yacht Club on Feb. 10 to honor a handful of hometown heroes for the civic association’s Love Your Troops 2018 Dinner Dance. It is … more
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Empower Solar employee Mat Layton, left, with Long Beach resident Julie Brodsky, Island Park resident Joe Pontecorvo, Marketing Manager Tara Bono and employee Georgia Meckes. The group teamed up to provide USB solar chargers to residents of Brodsky’s native village in Puerto Rico.
Island Parkers and LB Latino Civic team up for Puerto Rico relief
Long Beach resident Julie Brodsky had tears in her eyes as she described the conditions of her hometown in Puerto Rico. More than three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory, and … more
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Community activist Agatha Nadel, of Glen Head, has been very vocal against the surcharges imposed by New York American Water.
North Shore communities vs. New York American Water
Annual water bills for typical residential customers in Sea Cliff jumped to $821.82 from $587.23, an increase of more than $200 a year, after the New York State Public Service Commission announced in … more
Members of the Island Park Civic Association sent nearly 500 letters to local elected officials and electric utility companies to voice opposition to LIPA’s tax certiorari proceedings on its’ E.F. Barrett power plant.
I.P. Civic Association organizes letter campaign
Exercising the duty of their namesake, members of the Island Park Civic Association gathered at the Island Park Library on Dec. 12 to send nearly 500 letters to elected officials and utility … more
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Barbara Simms
Giving South Freeport a voice
xWhat started as an idea to foster community involvement quickly became an organization when Freeporter Joseph Gambino recently drummed up enough support among neighbors to start the South Freeport … more
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Island Park Civic Association board members Evan Davis, left, Debra Rothman, Patti Ambrosia and Nick DeMatteo at the organization’s third annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.
Island Park Civic Association gets in the Thanksgiving spirit
Continuing a three-year tradition, the Island Park Civic Association held its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive on Nov. 10 at the Local Ale House benefitting the Sacred Heart Church food pantry and the … more
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Our future depends on immigrants
When I met Nelson Melgar, the only thing we thought united us was a shared concern for our community. We met by chance at an event at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County . . . more
Diane Conway, left, her sister Linda Pirrone and “Linda Lu” group member Andrea Macaluso took part in the Longest Day event, which raised money for Alzheimer’s research. Pirrone was diagnosed with younger onset dementia seven years ago at age 50.
Bay Park festivities raise money for Alzheimer's research
On a sun soaked summer solstice on June 21, about 200 local residents flocked to the Bay Park Civic Association Beach House in honor of Linda Pirrone, a longtime East Rockaway resident who was diagnosed with younger onset dementia seven years ago at age 50. There is no cure. more
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Patti Locurcio said her van, a 2006 Dodge Caravan, is in need of replacement.
Keep Patti driving
Patricia Locurcio, secretary to the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce for more than eight years and a very active West Hempstead volunteer, has a very simple request. “I need a van,” said Locurcio, who has multiple sclerosis and a 2006 Dodge Caravan that she says is falling apart. “And I don’t have the money to afford another one.” more
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Steve Richardson, left; Nick DeMatteo; Dominica Califano; Lynn Bert, South Nassau Communities Hospital’s nurse manager for pediatrics; Dr. Lincoln Ferguson, associate chairman of pediatrics; Pia Califano; Kerri Wagner, child and family life specialist; nurse Cecilia Carey; and Anna D’Amaro, former Island Park Civic Association president at the hospital on April 12.
I.P. Civic collects bunnies for South Nassau children
The Island Park Civic Association collected nearly 100 stuffed bunnies at its third annual Hug-A-Bunny Fundraiser earlier this month, which the group donated to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on April 12 to be distributed to children. more
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