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Massapequa educator Pluschau dies at 82

Handout of Herbert J. Pluschau.

Photo credit: Handout | Handout of Herbert J. Pluschau.

Herbert J. Pluschau believed so much in the power of education to change society that he became a teacher, serving in almost every position in the Massapequa school district.

Pluschau, who rose from substitute teacher to superintendent in the hamlet, died Monday at St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage of complications from a stroke. He was 82.

"He loved Massapequa," his daughter Christine...

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