Despite the blustery winds and rainfall, festive onlookers and marchers gathered along the streets of Rockville Centre on Saturday, March 25, to celebrate the 25th annual Rockville Centre St. …
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By Juan Lasso
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4/2/23
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Herald Community Newspapers took home nine state awards at the New York Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest over the weekend in Albany.
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STAFF REPORT
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4/1/23
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The Valley Stream firefighters doused a detached garage caught aflame at a house on Carstairs Road on March 2 at 2:00 a.m. A fire hose was put into operation to quickly contain and extinguish the …
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By Juan Lasso
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3/26/23
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Long Beach’s highest-paid employee in 2022 wasn’t the city manager or the city attorney, but rather a professional firefighter, Sam Pinto, who earned about $375,000, including his base …
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By James Bernstein
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3/2/23
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The members of East Meadow Fire Department are always there when people need them. But for four young firefighters, their call to service went beyond a normal, everyday emergency call.
It was …
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By Mallory Wilson
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2/23/23
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It’s been a relentlessly demanding start of the year for the Valley Stream Fire Department who’ve had their hands full taking on a spate of fires throughout Valley Stream and neighboring …
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By Juan Lasso
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2/10/23
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If there was a common theme in Anthony D’Esposito’s career, it would be progression.
From police officer to New York Police Department detective. An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter to fire …
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By Ana Borruto
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1/26/23
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An unidentified man was caught in quite the snag when his leg was found trapped in a loading dock at the Green Acres Industrial Park on Nov. 22. The Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department responded …
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By Juan Lasso
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12/16/22
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Since 1736, when Benjamin Franklin created the first volunteer fire department in America, firefighters have had a special place in the country’s cultural consciousness. The image of mustached men …
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11/11/22
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Pre-kindergarten students in the Lawrence School District received an up close and personal look from volunteer firefighters of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department to mark Fire Prevention Week now in its 100th year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/28/22
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