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Scout leader remembered at Farmingdale parade

Despite aching knees, 82-year-old Helen Hayes managed to march the last 100 yards in Farmingdale Village's Memorial Day parade Monday, wearing a forest-green Girl Scout uniform and sensible flat shoes.

Still, Hayes did wonder what her longtime friend, Blanche Oakes, would have said about those shoes. Oakes died in May of last year, just two days short of what would have been her 56th consecutive...

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