Longtime Dix Hills resident Barbara Eckhardt McIntyre dies at 93
Barbara Eckhardt McIntyre credited her long life to her diet, long walks and love of family.
View ArticleFrederick Gallagher, ex-FDNY firefighter from LI, dies of WTC illness
"When the towers came down, he spent a lot of time down there," said Frederick Gallagher's father, also a retired FDNY member. "He was down there every day he could be."Â
View ArticleSara McCutcheon, longtime Garden City resident and mother of 11, dies at 88
"How she lived her life is what she passed along to us," Sara McCutcheon's son Jack said. "She taught us to be independent and have faith."
View ArticleCharles E. Entenmann, Bay Shore baker and philanthropist, dies at 92
He helped expand his family's Bay Shore bakery and supported community institutions.
View ArticleMary Alice Meinersman, owner of Huntington Village chocolate shop Bon Bons,...
Mary Alice Meinersman launched her Huntington Village chocolate-making career in the early 1980s.
View ArticleAndrea Halbfinger, artist and art critic, dies at 81
Halbfinger, who attended Massapequa High School, raised a family in Freeport and spent years teaching art classes while also sketching, drawing and painting vividly colored works, from abstract...
View ArticleFormer Long Beach Police Commissioner Michael Tangney dies at 66
Tangney served as police commissioner from 2012 through 2020, leading the city through Superstorm Sandy, rebuilding from storm damage, and serving as the city's interim city manager for a year.
View ArticleRusty Mae Moore, transgender activist and longtime Hofstra educator, has died
"She was the most loving, most nurturing human being that it has ever been my pleasure to meet," her wife said.
View ArticleSylvia Mishkin, volunteer at Cohen Children's Hospital, dies at 103
Mishkin was known for her love of travel, potato latkes, and close relationships with everyone with whom she came in contact.
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