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NYPD detective honored with bridge renaming

Beaming bright for their Fire Department heroes Dana Schmid, right, and Mackenzie Schmid, 4, cheered members of the North Bellmore Fire Department at the annual 6th Battalion parade hosted by the Seaford Fire Department last Saturday. The parade ran from the Seaford Long Island Rail Road station, at Washington Avenue, to the Seaford firehouse, on Southard Avenue. More photos, Page 3.

By STEPHANIE BANAT newsroom@liherald.com

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A Bay Parkway bridge over the Wantagh State Parkway has been dedicated to the late Elizabeth Horner-Miller Cutrone, a Long Island resident and a New York City Police Department detective who died in a car crash on the bridge in 2015. Cutrone, 51 of Bethpage, was a detective in the NYPD’s 90th and 69th Precincts in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn North Narcotics Division. Legislation to honor her was introduced by State Assemblyman David McDonough, a North Merrick Republican who represents the 14th District, and State

Sen. John Brooks, a Seaford Democrat who represents the 8th Senate District. Bill S4772 was signed into law last month. The honor for Cutrone coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. She worked at ground zero after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Cutrone was killed on Aug. 15, 2015, on the Wantagh State Parkway, when a pickup truck crashed into her Jeep while changing lanes, Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, who represents District 17, said. Cutrone died while being airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center. Her husband, Douglas, Continued on page 4

Jewish veteran receives county proclamation, rings in 99 By JoRDAN VAlloNE and KATE NAlEPINSKI jvallone@liherald.com

Wantagh resident Murray Steinberg’s 99th birthday was a community affair. Steinberg, a World War II veteran and a member of the Jewish War Veterans — the oldest active veterans’ service organization in the U.S. — had two celebrations last week. Family, friends and elected officials from Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead honored Steinberg at Congregation Ohav Shalom in Merrick on Aug. 26. He was presented with a proclamation on behalf of Nassau County by Legislator Tom Mc-

Kevitt, who represents the 13th District. “I was contacted a few weeks ago about a special veteran celebrating their 99th birthday — that’s how this whole day came about,” Mc-Kevitt explained during the ceremony. He described Steinberg as a “very resourceful person” who’s always been handy. Steinberg served in the Army’s 240th Combat Engineers in the Pacific Theater. He was a technician, rigger and electrician beginning in late 1942. One night, he was hanging lights around a coconut tree when he was targeted by snipers. McKevitt recounted the story

during the ceremony. “My first thought is, if a sniper is shooting at me, I get out of there as soon as possible,” McKevitt said. “But the first thing Murray did was, he broke the lights. If the light is out, the sniper can’t see you.” McKevitt referred to Steinberg as “99 years young,” and said he was a man still in “phenomenal shape.” “There were so many times when your life was almost lost,” McKevitt told the honoree. “It is really an opportunity to thank people like you — we thank you very, very much.” Legislator Steve Rhoads, of the 19th District, said that Mc-

Kevitt’s words were “a tribute to the amazing life” Steinberg has lived. “This is an opportunity for us to count our blessings,” Rhoads said. “Murray is the perfect example of that. We want to congratulate you, to thank you, and wish you another 99 years of amazing success.” “Thank you for all you have done, and thank you for your ser-

vice,” Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini added. Gary Glick, of Bellmore, is the commander of JWV Post 652 in Merrick. At the Ohav Shalom ceremony, Glick said that Steinberg was originally a member of Post 709 in East Meadow, which merged with the Merrick post a few years back. Continued on page 16


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