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Vol. 35 No. 28
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Two patriotic milestones American Legion, VFW posts celebrate 100 years in Long Beach Mullaney, City Council President Brendan Finn, City Manager Dan Creighton, CouncilThe American Legion Victor man John Bendo and others Murtha Post 972 recently cele- honored the post’s decades of brated its 100th anniversary, contributions to the city. “Each of those (officials) marking a century of dedicapresented us with a tion to veterans proclamation for and community our accomplishservice. This milements over the past stone comes as 100 years,” Gerald Long Beach’s VFW Haber, Commander Post 1384 approachof American es its 100th anniverLe gion Post 972, sary as well, in said. “And it was 2025. nice, because we Victor Murtha, had lots of our the Legion post’s members show up,” namesake, was one Haber added. of the first service“Some of our memmen from the Long GERAlD HABER bers are Korean Beach area to be Commander, War, some Vietnamkilled in World War American Legion era, some are MidI, on July 27, 1918. dle East. So, there’s He was a member Post 972 a wide range of of C Company of the Fighting 69th, a military representations of what people unit that is active to this day. did and when they did it.” Post 972 has a longstanding The post was established a few years after Murtha’s death, in tradition of taking part in local honor of his memory and ser- events such as the Memorial Day Parade, when they host vice. State and local officials cele- and collaborate with the VFW. brated the anniversary at a lun- This year’s parade was especheon at Roc and Olive restau- cially memorable, with two rant June 27. State Sen. Patri- Korean War veterans serving cia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Nas- as grand marshals and a tribsau County Legislator Patrick Continued on page 14
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Saluting veterans and rockin’ out Mickey Thomas, the lead vocalist of Starship, sang to a huge crowd at the Town of Hempstead’s ‘Salute to Veterans’ celebration in Point Lookout last week. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Long Beach’s next top scientist Nobel scholarship winner Samantha Feingold is on to Yale By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Samantha Feingold is only 17, but she has made quite an impact at Long Beach High School. She has been involved in clubs, plays several instruments, has raised funds for a variety of causes and, as a newly minted graduate with an International Baccalaureate Diploma, will attend Yale in the fall. As if that weren’t enough, Feingold was awarded a Claes Nobel Future Female Leader Scholarship by the National Society of High School Scholars. The scholarship recognizes young women who are leaders in their schools
and mentors for girls following in their footsteps. To be considered, Feingold had to apply with letters of recommendation, and write an essay about leadership roles she took on in school. “I talked about this webinar that I hosted over the summer about the relationship between social media and how it affects the brain,” she said. “I also talked about my internship at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital that I did my junior year, because I want to go pre-med in college, and I’m planning on majoring in neuroscience.” As an intern, Feingold assisted the hospital staff with tasks like creating patient admitting packets in the Ambulatory Surgical Unit, and Continued on page 5
here’s a wide range of representations of what people did.