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Eva Casale launched her seven days of marathons Sunday with a big sendoff at Huntington Town Hall from government officials, veterans and families. She wil run a marathon each day in different communities around Long Island, stopping at monuments, cemeteries and other sites important to Read More …
Eva Casale will set out on her journey of seven marathons in seven days after a ceremony Sunday morning at Huntington Town Hall. The well-known Long Island distance runner has raised thousands of dollars to assist veterans, running with the slogan EVA–Every Veteran Appreciated. Each Read More …
Suffolk County’s program to honor veterans at Long Island Ducks games will return this season. The Heroes of the Game program features veterans and active-duty personnel through game-time recognition and free tickets. More than 100 residents will be honored during the season. Up to two Read More …
At a Westy storage facility in East Northport, Lonnie Sherman stacks boxes of underwear from floor to ceiling. The boxes will soon be in the hands of some of the hundreds of homeless veterans living on Long Island. It started 15 years ago, when Lonnie Read More …
Veterans, friends, car enthusiasts and more came to Walt Whitman High School Sunday to support veterans in need. US Rep. Nick LaLota and Suffolk police were among those attending the show, sponsored by the Centurion Cruisers Car Club and American Legion Post 1244. Naval sea Read More …
This is the last privilege I will enjoy as your Huntington Town Councilwoman to address our military men and women on Veterans Day. I want all of our military veterans to know how much I love them, will continue to love them, and how grateful Read More …
Albert A. Statton III, a firefighter and an Army veteran who served other veterans in need, died Sunday. Statton was born in 1951. Statton founded Operation Enduring Care in 2009, providing meals and comfort items to residents of the homeless shelter at the VA hospital Read More …
The Town of Huntington will commemorate Veterans Day with services Sunday in front of Town Hall. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, American Legion Post 1244 will honor veterans with a service in Greenlawn. The service, at 11 a.m., Read More …
American Legion Post 1244 will commemorate veterans with a service Nov. 11 in Greenlawn. The service, at 11 a.m., is scheduled for Greenlawn Memorial Park at the corner of Pulaski Road and Broadway. It draws crowds of students, families, elected officials and veterans. The ceremony Read More …
He was the first Vietnam veteran to enter Harvard University and was a highly successful marketing executive. But Jack McLean is best known as a best-selling author. When his first book, Loon: A Marine Story, was released in 2009, he hardly expected its success. It Read More …
Volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Huntington will be placing American flags on the front lawn of Town Hall on Saturday. The “Field of Honor” flags will honor current and past veterans of American military service. The 3 x 5-foot flags are mounted on 8-foot Read More …
Huntington honored those lost in military service to the country, with a laying of wreaths Sunday at Town Hall. Supervisor Ed Smyth, who served as a sergeant in the US Marine Corps Reserve, led the ceremony, which included a rifle salute, performance by the Northport Read More …