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Vol. 35 No. 31
JUlY 25 - 31, 2024
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This birthday was worthy of a citation Golden, who was born on July 21, 1915, grew up in Brooklyn, and remembered seeing Some birthdays are mile- only one Model T automobile in stones. The first, 16th, 21st, 50th the entire borough. He graduatand 100th — and anything ed from City College with a degree in business administrabeyond that — come to mind. David Golden celebrated one tion, and worked at many jobs, last Sunday that very few have including as an accountant, matched. His fell into the and as a treasurer for a real estate development “beyond that” catecompany in Mangory: He tur ned hattan. 109. When he was 21, The City of Long Golden met someBeach, along with o n e w h o wo u l d Golden’s friends change his life forand family, celeever. He met the brated with him. love of his life, City Council Presi- RoBERT GolDEN Ethel Rosenberg. dent Brendan Finn Son “Dad was a belland Councilman hop at Tamarack Mike Reinhart pre(Lodge) in the Catskills,” his sented him with a citation. “‘The City of Long Beach eldest son, Joe, 81, said. “My recognizes Mr. Golden for his mom was brought there by her longevity of life and his life- parents, who came for the sumlong commitment to family, mer, and he fell in love at first friends, and the Long Beach sight. He pursued her for four community,’” Reinhart read years after that. He wrote her from the citation. “‘The City poetry.” The couple got married in Council and the city manager of the City of Long Beach, in 1940, and decided to move to recognition of his 109th birth- Long Beach. Ethel’s brother, Abner, built day, wish him a happy birthday’ — and proudly present this four houses in the city, two next citation to you, sir,” he added. to each other on West Penn “Congratulations, and Happy Street, and two directly behind Birthday.” Continued on page 5
By BRENDAN CARPENTER
bcarpenter@liherald.com
Courtesy Jay Belsky
Not all four limbs were necessary Surf for All, a Long Beach-based nonprofit that helps anyone learn to surf, regardless of disability, teamed up with the Limb Kind Foundation for an event on July 20. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Hundreds of constituents, police pay final respects to Chris Carini By JoRDAN VAlloNE & CHARlES SHAW of the Long Beach Herald
If any message was clear at Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini’s funeral Mass on Monday, it was the one conveyed in the words of the Rev. Steven Camp, who said simply, “He was there.” Carini, a champion of quality-of-life initiatives in Hempstead and the 5th Councilmanic District, was laid to rest following a service at St. William the Abbot Roman Catholic Church in Seaford. The 5th District includes Seaford, Wantagh, and parts of Bellmore, Merrick, Freeport,
Point Lookout and Lido Beach. Hundreds of family members, friends, elected officials and community leaders filled the church to pay their respects to Carini, while dozens of police officers from departments in and around Nassau County ensured that Carini, a retired Port Authority police officer, received a fitting send-off. The longtime Seaford resident died unexpectedly on July 14, at age 49, while visiting family in Florida. Carini’s body was flown home from Florida on July 17, and officers from the Port Authority Continued on page 10
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