Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Alonzo Merkerson remembered as first black to join police department.
Alonzo Merkerson, a trailblazing police officer who earned the rank of sergeant in the Long Beach Police Department, died in North Carolina on Dec. 25. Both Merkerson and Simon Portee were the first blacks hired onto the LBPD on Aug. 22, 1966, and during his 36 years with the department, Merkerson become the first black assigned to the detective division, and, in 1989, the first black uniformed sergeant, according to Legacy.com. He retired in 2002 and settled in Raeford, NC. Merkerson is also remembered as an active member of the NAACP in Long Beach during the 1960s, as well as one of the founders of the Martin Luther King Center on Riverside Boulevard. Merkerson died in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Feyetteville, NC., and was buried…
Friday, December 2, 2011
Is there a special jingle that gets you in the right spirit for this season?
Almost immediately after the turkey was carved on Thanksgiving, radio stations began their 24-hour holiday music playlists. When home you can turn to one of the holiday music stations. You can’t escape it, the holidays are near. Which holiday tune do you enjoy most? Tell us in the comments below!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Former VFW vice commander in Long Beach remembered for his patriotism.
He enjoyed Oklahoma and other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, the soothing sounds of Johnny Mathis and Irish tenors and the company of his Jack Russell terrier. But all of these were a respite to his true devotion. Gerard Flood, a long-time Long Beach resident, was first and foremost a decorated Korean War veteran (U.S. Marines, 2nd Division) who devoted his time and energies to veterans’ causes. “He spoke about the Korean War constantly,” said Kerri DeStefano, Flood’s daughter and a Long Beach resident. “Those were his glory days. And they were four years of his life, but the way he spoke about it you would think it was his whole life.” Flood died in South Carolina on Oct. 25. He was 75 and is survived by his wife, Stephanie, three …
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Moved to Long Beach in September.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Long Beach High School star and three-sport coach passes away in Las Vegas.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
News spreads across the world about Jobs' death.
One month after stepping down as chief executive, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away. The New York Times reported: Mr. Jobs stepped down from the chief executive role in late August, saying he could no longer fulfill his duties, and became chairman. He underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, and received a liver transplant in 2009. In a statement, Apple said “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com." Here is the Times' full Steve Jobs obit. The news comes just one day after the …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
She wrote a book, letters and blog posts about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Family and friends of the Long Beach High School math teacher and surfer paid tribute to him at Laurelton beach Sunday.
A memorial and paddle-out were held Sunday evening in memory of Long Beach High School math teacher Danny Bobis. Bobis and his wife, Rachel, were on a vacation in Indonesia in late July when he went missing after surfing a 10-foot wave, and his body was found four days later by a local fisherman 20 miles from where he was last seen. Paddle-outs are conducted when a member of the surfing community has died. "Everyone will get on their board and sit in a circle,” said Long Beach High School student Gina Badamo at Sunday’s ceremony at Laurelton Boulevard beach. "We're all just going to pray for Danny and hope that he's doing well up there." In addition to teaching math, Bobis also took initiative in developing the Long Beach surfing community…
Monday, June 6, 2011
Funeral services at Island Park funeral home Monday.
Mary Grant, a Long Beach resident, died on June 4. She was 95. Born in Manhattan, Grant raised her family in in Stuyvesant Town, New York. Her husband, Edward, and siblings Rita and Michael died before her. She is survived by her sister Margaret (Peggy Madden), sons Edward (Kathleen), Kenneth (Mia), Robert (Jane) and Kelly (Madeleine), nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Grant’s funeral service is at Christopher T. Jordan Funeral Home, at 302 Long Beach Rod. in Island Park, on June 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., and funeral Mass at St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church, at 721 W. Broadway, on June 7.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
An army in blue showed up in Selden Thursday for the viewing of fallen Nassau County Police officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf.
Thousands of police officers in dress blue uniforms lined up outside the Selden Fire Department Thursday evening to pay tribute to fallen Nassau County police officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf. Breitkopf, 40, a decorated veteran of the elite Bureau of Special Operations, was accidentally shot and killed Saturday by an MTA officer while responding to a call in Massapequa Park. He also was a volunteer firefighter in Selden, where he lived with his wife and two children. Among those on hand for Thursday services were Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey. Services for Breitkopf will be held Friday at St. Margaret of Scotland Roman Catholic Church, located at 81 College Road in Selden, beginning at 12:30 p.m. …
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