Under the command of Chief Carl Langel, members of the Lynbrook Fire Department extinguished a fire in a commercial van parked on Merrick Road near Denton Avenue on May 9.
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5/17/17
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Two cats and a dog were killed and a fireman was injured during a Lynbrook house fire on April 28 that took firefighters more than three hours to extinguish.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/3/17
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A garage sale fundraiser was held at the Main Street Firehouse in East Rockaway on April 15 and netted over $5,000 for the Keith Lane Visual Arts & Media Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to an East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School student who is pursuing a college degree in media.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/27/17
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Tom Merkel Jr. comes from a long line of volunteer firefighters, stretching back to the early 1900s in Valley Stream. His grandfather was a lieutenant at the Garden City Fire Department. His father was a member of the East Rockaway Fire Department and a firefighter in New York City. Now Merkel and his son are continuing this tradition.
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/27/17
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Fifty years after his grandfather became an outgoing chief with the Lynbrook Fire Department, Carl Lengel was sworn into the position on April 18.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/27/17
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The East Rockaway Fire Department will host a RecruitNY Open House this Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon at four of its firehouses and its headquarters.
The event will be held at the Liberty Hose Co. …
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4/26/17
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The Lynbrook Junior Fire Department will host their annual breakfast on April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon.
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4/20/17
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A group of about 200 fire department members, elected officials, community members and family members of late former Chief James McDermott were in attendance at a special ceremony on April 9 as Lynbrook Fire Department Headquarters was named after McDermott.
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/13/17
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A garage sale is taking place at the Main Street Fire House at 5 Main St. in East Rockaway on April 15 to raise funds for the Keith Lane Visual & Media Arts Scholarship.
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4/13/17
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When Stacy Lane-Navarra reflects on who her brother Keith Lane was, she thinks of his passion for photojournalism and the thrill he experienced from chasing a story. That drive began when he was a student at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School and culminated in a job as a Fox 5 New York cameraman.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/30/17
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