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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
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Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
veterans
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Marching through Riverhead, South Fork man raises awareness for vets
Anyone who passed Ron Zaleski during his walk through Riverhead Monday would be hard-pressed not to think about the message plastered across the sandwich board sign he was wearing — it reads 18 vets a day commit suicide. That sobering statistic is exactly what the 60-year-old U.S. Marine and once owner...
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Organization helping veterans was founded by late Shoreham man
This past year, a local veteran was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and couldn’t work. He instead applied to an EMT program and was accepted, but he couldn’t afford his $200 textbook. He turned to the nonprofit 9-1-1 Veterans for help, and the organization paid for his book. Textbook bills are some of...
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Two new war monuments coming to Middle Island park
Many war monuments bear names of men and women who have long been killed or who are well into their twilight years. But two new monuments to be erected in Bartlett Pond Park in Middle Island will honor current members of the military and those who have very recently become veterans. Members...
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Riverside man will once again attempt to row Long Island
Round Island Row: Take Two! On Thursday, Riverside resident Chris Cuddihy will again lead a crew of men in an attempt to row non-stop around Long Island to raise money for veterans. In August of last year, Mr. Cuddihy and his son, Ryan, were part of a four-man crew...
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Wading River Marine given car so he can visit his family for New Year’s
A Wading River veteran, who developed a painful and incurable disease after a severe wound suffered in combat training, drove out of the Riverhead Nissan parking lot Dec. 23 with a brand new Nissan Armada SUV so he can spend New Year's with his family. Private First Class Moke Kahalehoe, 29,...
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Air Force sergeant honored by son’s Ridge School class
When Master Sergeant Mark Pueschel walked into his son's fourth grade class at Ridge Elementary School Friday, he thought he was volunteering for a holiday class project. He was shocked to find that the whole class put together a presentation to thank and honor him as a hero for his service...
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Three local man reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, standing at 19,000 feet above sea level in northeastern Tanzania. Its altitude, low temperature and high winds make it a difficult and dangerous climb, and every year at least 10 climbers die attempting to complete it. Three local men can now count themselves...
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Special funeral services held at Calverton for veterans who have nobody to attend
Bob Elrose signed up to serve in the Vietnam War for one reason. “I’m an American,” the 63-year-old Riverhead resident said, plainly. It is that same patriotic spirit that has made the former Marine sergeant join a special group of veterans who regularly attend funerals of fellow soldiers buried at...
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Four affordable homes built for recent veterans
Affordable homes will be waiting for four local veterans upon their return from the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. Long Island Home Builders Care, the charitable arm of the Long Island Builders Institute, a trade group, will be building the houses on donated land using reduce-priced materials and labor. Any veteran originally...
