Wednesday, May 2, 2012
TODAY's 5: Final preparations are underway for Sunday's big bone marrow donor drive at Driftwood Day Camp.
The community is buzzing about an upcoming bone marrow donor drive in memory of Spencer Reis set for Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. Last month, the brave 14-year-old Plainview freshman lost his battle with cancer. In his memory, Spencer's family and friends are inviting the community to help find a match someone else. It could be you. Each day the "5 Things" column offers five essentials about your day in Plainview. We want to engage our audience in the topics, events, and hot-button issues. Help us by adding your voice. Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip. Post a comment on the news and issues that matter most to you. On Wednesday: 1. Preparations are continuing all this week for Sunday's event at Driftwood Day Camp, 331 Mount …
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331 Mount Misery Rd, Melville, NY
Driftwood Day Camp
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40.78174
-73.44549
Round Swamp Rd & Old Country Rd, Plainview, NY
Route from central Plainview to Driftwood
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Young man's perseverance against all odds will be one of his legacies.
Spencer Reis graduated from Plainview JFK High School Tuesday. His principal, James Murray, conferred Spencer's degree at the Plainview freshman's mid-day funeral. Hundreds of his classmates and a grieving community wept openly at the gesture. The honorary diploma was altogether fitting, because Murray and other educators and friends who spoke Tuesday said they learned far more from Spencer than they could ever impart to him. A standing-room crowd of more than 700 people bid farewell to Spencer Reis at the Plainview Jewish Center. Speaker after speaker told how the 14-year-old who loved animals and sports and clowning around impacted their lives. They recounted his infectious smile and the way he thanked people for the smallest of tasks, …
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Plainview Jewish Center
95 Floral Dr W, Plainview, NY
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Young man made people laugh, loved football; he will be buried next to his grandfather.
Joseph Sadowski was a big Pittsburgh Steelers fan who loved to watch the NFL on Sundays surrounded by his family. The Mattlin Middle School 7th grader played for the Plainview Jayhawks football team of the Nassau Suffolk Football League. He proudly wore the uniform No. 8. "I think he wanted to be a little different than all the kids who were Jets and Giants fans," said Joseph's aunt, Diane Assemi. "And he liked a couple of guys on the Steelers." A battler on the football field and a kid who liked to make others happy, Joseph lost his fight with Leukemia on Monday. He was 13. He will be buried Friday beside the grave of the grandfather he never met. "He loved his video games, and he loved to play the comedian with his friends, Assemi said …
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-73.52424
125 W Old Country Rd, Hicksville, NY
Vernon C. Wagner Funeral Home
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Also: First detailed look at the latest plan to develop the Wang property.
Ever wonder how an online news organization operates? Stop by the Syosset Starbucks Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. and meet Patch team members and talk about stories and feature ideas. Each day the "5 Things" column offers five essentials about your day in Plainview. We want to engage our audience in the topics, events, and hot-button issues that are important to them. Help us do that by adding your voice. Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip. Post a comment on the news and the issues that matter most to you. On Wednesday: 1. You can meet Local Editors and advertising representatives at the Syosset Starbucks at noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday. 2. The public got it's first detailed look at the proposal to develop the Wang property off…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Grandmother of 8 also volunteered as an enemy aircraft spotter on Long Island during WWII.
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Wednesday, January 11
Helen C. Baumeister, who, for three-quarters of a century served as a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Plainview Fire Department, died Sunday, Jan. 8. The longtime Plainview resident was 98. Born Helen C. Fichtner on Sept. 29, 1914, she was a member of the volunteer department's Ladies Auxiliary since 1934, when Plainview was still a rural farming community. She served several stints as an officer in the Auxiliary, including as its president. Service to her family and her community was a hallmark of Mrs. Baumeister's life, said her daughter, Carol Berardino. "She felt so strongly about serving others," Mrs. Berardino said. "She was devoted to her family and her community." Mrs. Baumeister was courted by the late Frederick C. …
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Plainview Fire Department
885 Old Country Rd, Plainview, NY
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and School
99 Central Park Rd, Plainview, NY
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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 …
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Julie Cirella's parents are both headed for court.
Julie Cirella was buried this week but her parents are continuing their separate paths through the legal system. Veronica Cirella, the mother of the disabled girl who died July 23, is due for a hearing Aug. 15 in her second-degree manslaughter case. The father, Joseph, was already in jail when Julie died, facing domestic violence charges and will be in court Aug.16. Julie died a few hours before she was supposed to serve as a flower girl in her cousin’s wedding. She was 8 years old. When Dolores Cirella, Julie’s grandmother, came looking for them in their Shelly Court home, she found Julie dead and her daughter-in-law lying on the floor nearby, a cord wrapped around her neck. The next day, Veronica Cirella was arraigned at her bedside at …
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21 Shelly Ct, Plainview, NY
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Former Long Islander was 94.
A memorial service is set for Aug. 25 for Virginia M. Kopecky, who died July 17 in Florida. She was 94. The service for the former Bellmore resident is planned at the Vernon C. Wagner Funeral Home, 655 Old Country Road, Plainview.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Plainview resident and renowned Captain Midnight comic book illustrator, ad director, lost his wife just weeks ago.
Walter W. Schwartz, of Plainview, an artist, comic book illustrator during the Golden Age of comics and advertising director, died Thursday of pneumonia at North Shore University Hospital Plainview. He was 89. Mr. Schwartz, who had suffered from health problems for the past two years, including a stroke and a heart attack, buried his wife of 68 years, Harriet, just three weeks ago. "He died of a broken heart," said his daughter-in-law Riva Schwartz of Dix Hills, who described him as "charismatic, dashing and debonair." Harriet Schwartz was a long-time Plainview elementary school teacher and ardent proponent of women's rights. Mr. Schwartz, who was born to Philip and Dora Schwartz on Nov. 30, 1921, grew up in Brooklyn and later attended New…
Friday, June 17, 2011
Champion of Women's Rights, she taught at 3 elementary schools.
Harriet Schwartz, a long-time resident of Plainview and revered elementary school teacher in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District, died last week at North Shore University Hospital Plainview of complications of Parkinson’s Disease. She was 87. “She was as inspiring and committed teacher, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother; “ said her son, Alan Schwartz, of Dix Hills, an attorney in Garden City, “She fought with commitment and determination for women's rights and Title IX in the late 1970's and early 1980's.” Title IX is the landmark 1972 federal legislation requiring equality for girls and women in education. Born Harriet Schenk in Manhattan to Bess Ornstein and Abraham Schenk on Jan. 23, 1924, she grew up in Far Rockaway and …
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-73.49048
Oak Dr & Floral Dr W, Plainview, NY
Site of the former Oak Drive School
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40.780653
-73.493218
85 Jamaica Ave, Plainview, NY
Site of the Jamaica Avenue School
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