It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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Michael Habert has always called Lynbrook home. It was where he was born, as are his two children, and that’s why as a new village trustee, he wants to help keep Lynbrook the best it …
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By Nicole Formisano
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7/30/23
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Heroes and outstanding citizens were among those honored at the Knights of Columbus St. Mary’s Maris Stella Council 2228 during a communion breakfast Sunday, April 30 at Our Lady of Lourdes …
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5/21/23
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An East Rockaway man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly threatening to shoot people at a children's hospital in Queens.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/19/22
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Candles lit up Memorial Park last Thursday as residents, police officers and elected officials gathered in East Rockaway to mourn the loss of two slain NYPD officers.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/3/22
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FDNY firefighters and NYPD officers went head-to-head in a lacrosse game at Greis Park’s new turf field on Aug. 21 to benefit the Brian Moore Fund, which was created in the memory of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 2015. In all, $7,500 was raised.
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8/25/21
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On Monday evening, April 26, Jessica Beauvais, of Hempstead, was speaking on her weekly podcast about the recent police killings of unarmed Black Americans. Hours later, New York Police Department …
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By Reine Bethany
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4/30/21
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Family, friends and uniformed police officers gathered at the corner of Hodson and Central avenues on Aug. 21 as a new honorary street sign, “NYPD Sgt. Christopher Christodoulou,” was unveiled.
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By Julia Swerdin
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8/27/20
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Nothing could stop NYPD officer Ross Dichter from reaching 20 years on the job without taking a sick day — not even the tongue cancer he developed because he worked at ground zero in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/6/20
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Firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians lined up outside St. Raymond’s Roman Catholic Church on July 18 to pay their respects and salute the memory of Daniel C. Pignataro, …
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By Steve Grogan
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7/25/19
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