Diligent, dedicated and devoted are words often used to describe Joseph Carrigan, former East Rockaway mayor and ex-chief of the village Fire Department. Over the years, the 78-year-old East …
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Clarissa Hamlin
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10/27/10
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After several members of the Island Park Fire Department openly passed bottles of beer around and drank from them as they marched down Beech Street during the Irish Day parade on Oct. 2, parade …
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Anthony Rifilato
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10/20/10
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A 7000-volt power line shorted and fell across Merrick Road on Oct. 12, closing the busy roadway for hours.
The live power line set the asphalt roadway afire and briefly caused an outage in many parts of the village, including Village Hall.
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10/20/10
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The Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved T-Mobile’s application for a proposed stealth cell tower at the North Bellmore’s Fire District’s north station at Newbridge Road and East Meadow Avenue.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/20/10
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When firefighters wash down their trucks after making on a run, they may have to pay a fee on that water. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, has proposed a water use fee in the county’s 2011 budget. At a news conference in front of the North Merrick firehouse on Friday, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg said the fee is really a tax.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/15/10
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The Bellmore Fire Department’s West End Engine Company 3 recently hosted its annual buff show in the Bellmore train station parking lot.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/14/10
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The quick actions of a good Samaritan saved the life of a man at the Bellmore train station Monday night. At around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, a witness saw a man fall onto the tracks from the train platform, said Vincent Scaduto, public information officer for the Bellmore Fire Department.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/13/10
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Lifelong firefighters John Wolffe and Ed DiMonda, of Malverne and West Hempstead, respectively, were honored last week by the Francis X. Pendl Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center …
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Lee Landor
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10/13/10
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The recent events of a retired Glen Cove fire fighter may have left many on Long Island wondering just what fire departments spend donated money on and how safe their donations are. But Oceanside …
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Alex Costello
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10/6/10
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Get ready for a gallery of ghouls, a house of horrors, a firehouse of fright. With the third annual Brooklyn Avenue Firehouse haunted house opening its doors on Oct. 1, several Valley Stream Fire Department Engine Company No. 2 members promise that this year will be a much bigger, better and scarier thrill.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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9/30/10
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