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• Arthur Brown

  Arthur Brown,69, of Freeport was a Grumman quality control inspector who worked on the lunar module.

• The Grumman scorecard: hits and misses

  Over the decades, Grumman

• Bill Stevens

  Bill Stevens,70, a former Massapequa resident now living in Beverly Hills, Fla., was an electronic technician with Grumman's lunar module program.

• Joe Gavin

  Joe Gavin, 88, now retired, was director of the lunar module program from 1962 to 1972 and president of Grumman Corp. from 1976 to 1985.

• Neil Armstrong quote from moon launched debate

  For nearly four decades after Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, debate has percolated about what exactly were his first words.

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• Spann-Whitehurst wedding

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• A daughter takes pride in dad's role with lunar module

  Christine Zuk,53, of Bellmore is a registered nurse. She was 13 in 1969, living with her family in Wantagh. Her father, Walter Karl Ziegler, of Vienna, Austria, was a rocket scientist, aerospace and civil engineer who worked on the lunar module project. He died in 2001.

• Love Story: Love is sweet at a candy store

  Elliott Wolheim of Levittown recalls how he fell in the love with his future wife, Gladys, in a Bronx candy store 70 years ago. I was 20 years old in 1939 and was working for a radio store in the Bronx. One day I was fixing a radio at a candy store on Mosholu Parkway when I saw a girl having a soda with her friends.

• Arrest in air-rifle firing in Inwood

  Nassau police arrested a 59-year-old Inwood man yesterday after he fired a rifle into the air outside his home.

• Sailor's widow: Husband died of heart attack at regatta

  John Everitt and his wife, Virginia, were sailing in an annual Fourth of July regatta when a sudden gust of wind caused their 15-foot sailboat to tip over, dumping them in the chilly waters off West Islip.

• Hicksville man charged in stabbing

  Nassau police arrested a 18-year-old Hicksville man on assault charges after he allegedly stabbed a man who bumped into him on the street.

• Man found dead in Uniondale pool

  A 41-year-old Jamaica man was found dead yesterday at the bottom of a Uniondale swimming pool, police said.

• Gunfire amid fireworks in Inwood

  Police are searching for two men who are accused of firing bullets outside an Inwood apartment building after someone allegedly threw firecrackers at their feet.

• Their first July Fourth as American citizens

  Seven members of the U.S. Armed Forces became citizens of the country they had volunteered to defend at an emotional ceremony yesterday morning on Liberty Island.

• July Fourth parade: A Southampton Village tradition

  Children danced, drummers marched and bagpipers played "God Bless America" as crowds along North Main Street watched the village of Southampton's July Fourth parade.

• Their first July Fourth as American citizens

  Seven members of the U.S. Armed Forces became citizens of the country they had volunteered to defend at an emotional ceremony yesterday morning on Liberty Island.

• Teen films Holocaust survivors living in poverty

  One elderly woman tells of how she lost her parents in the Holocaust. Another man tells of the struggle he had after immigrating to the United States.

• Soldier's welcome in Massapequa Park

  Hoisting an American flag, soldier Richard Scheuerman of Wantagh got a hero's welcome as he marched through his old neighborhood in the Village of Massapequa Park's July Fourth parade.

• Michael Jackson investigation focuses on sedative Diprivan

  The investigation into Michael Jackson's death is now focusing on the powerful sedative Diprivan, nicknamed "milk of amnesia," and the doctors who may have prescribed the drug to the King of Pop.

• Lucky few get to climb into Lady Liberty's crown

  The special guests were crowned with green foam hats as their swaying ferry approached Liberty Island. Clutching flags and snapping photos, they were greeted by two governors, a mayor and the French ambassador. Then they began their long ascent.

• LI firefighters design and create a rescue 'sled'

  A lifesaving rescue device invented by a trio of veteran firefighters from Long Island has been accepted by officials at the Statue of Liberty and is to be available for emergencies now that Lady Liberty's crown is open.

• Palin lays groundwork for new role at national level

  JUNEAU, Alaska - Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin yesterday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

• Waiting for the main attraction at Jones Beach: Fireworks

  Beachgoers seeking sun and a prime view of the fireworks jammed Jones Beach State Park yesterday. By midmorning the Field 6 parking lot was full, and the sand was packed with people reveling in the balmy weather after June's damp chill.

• Bernice Israel, PTA leader and fundraiser, dies at 82

  When she wasn't helping to start the parent-teacher association in Brentwood or championing Democratic politicians in the area, Bernice Israel volunteered for various causes, including donating money to American Indian children across the country.

• Bellport man dies after boat in regatta capsizes

  The 83rd annual edition of a July Fourth sailboat regatta hosted by Babylon Yacht Club was struck by tragedy Saturday when a 65-year-old Bellport man died after his boat capsized, Suffolk police said.

• Obama's itinerary

  Tonight. Leaves for Moscow on Air Force One, arriving tomorrow morning.

• NYPD says officer shoots armed man in Bronx

  A 48-year-old man who confronted police with a loaded handgun is in critical condition after being shot three times by a plainclothes police officer who was on patrol Saturday morning in the Bronx, New York City police said.

• Two towns to buy natural gas at planned Kings Park pump

  Smithtown and Huntington have entered a new partnership to buy compressed natural gas at a future Kings Park pumping station that, officials said, allows both towns to expand their CNG vehicle fleets and maintain more stable fuel prices over the next few years.

• Ex-worker sues Huntington Crescent Club in bias suit

  The private Huntington Crescent Club has been hit with a $4-million lawsuit in which a woman who worked there as a banquet manager charges discrimination and harassment.

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• Army buddies find out each is alive after 42 years

  BY MARTIN C. EVANS | martin.evans@newsday.com

• Those who showed concern for POWs learn happy fate of one

  For years, Donna Malone, of Medford, wore the POW bracelet of a man she had never met, yet cared for very deeply.

• Nassau getting B.A.T.-mobile to catch drunken drivers

  The B.A.T.-mobile is coming to Nassau County. And drunken drivers are in its crosshairs.

• Rick Brand: Brand: Union turf war looms in Suffolk

  Union organizer Tim Dubnau faced a standing-room crowd of 250 mostly angry Suffolk County workers in a banquet room of the Ronkonkoma Holiday Inn last week. And he couldn't have been happier.

• Palin's abrupt resignation considered odd move

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• LI expo offers information on divorce process

  Some gatherings attract people who want to save their marriages. Last month, an event in Port Washington welcomed people who want to end theirs.

• Jackson harmonized races while changing faces

  Michael Jackson moonwalked his way through mammoth racial barriers in the '80s by barely discussing it. He let his artistry do the talking, which many say helped pave the way for the age of Obama and Oprah, of what many call "post-racial" America.

• Recession adds to financial burden of divorce

  Just before the recession began battering their finances in 2007, a Huntington couple decided to divorce, planning to split the proceeds of their house, appraised at $1.5 million just a year earlier.

• Joye Brown: Memories of Michael and his music in my life

  Long before the Anna Nicole-like, round-the-clock, live media autopsy, wherein the famous and the dead are dissected and measured and always found to be wanting, there was Michael and me.

• 2 Suffolk crashes send 2 motorcyclists to the hospital

  Two motorcyclists were injured in separate collisions with vehicles yesterday in Suffolk County, police said.

• In Albany, patriotism but no break in Senate stalemate

  ALBANY - The State Senate marked Independence Day with displays of patriotism but no agreement to break the monthlong stalemate.

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• Joe Gavin

  Joe Gavin, 88, now retired, was director of the lunar module program from 1962 to 1972 and president of Grumman Corp. from 1976 to 1985.

• Love Story: An offering of the heart

  Barbara Cramer of Smithtown gave her husband, Bud, a very unusual gift when they first began dating. Barbara tells their story.

• Don Shields

  Don Shields,53, of Huntington Station, is an attorney. In 1969 he was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at St. Brigid's School in Westbury. His father, Gerry Shields, now deceased, was a methods engineer at Grumman.

• Sought in identity theft case

  Nassau police and their Crime Stoppers department are looking for a suspect in an apparent identity theft case.

• Sought in passing of bad check

  Suffolk police are looking for Dawn Ahlgrene.

• Way to Go! Jourdan Urbach of Roslyn High School

  Jourdan Urbach is a little bit of everything - a violin prodigy, an author, a philanthropist.

• Keeping an eye on Jones Beach's peregrine falcons

  Annie McIntyre walked through a gate in the construction fence surrounding the Jones Beach water tower and stopped to poke at a bird's wing lying on the ground.

• East Hampton protects the terns

  Since 2005, East Hampton Town has been protecting the nests of terns and other birds at Cartwright Shoals, a tiny island at the southern tip of Gardiners Island. An easement gives the town authority to protect and manage Cartwright Shoals, which is privately owned along with the rest of Gardiners.

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• Stony Brook man hopes math museum plan adds up

  A year ago, Glen Whitney learned that a tiny museum of mathematics in Herricks, the Goudreau Museum, had closed.

• For Dix Hills teens phys ed is a circus

  Look out, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Chestnut Hill Elementary School recently staged "the greatest show in Dix Hills," school officials said.

• The Gambol - more than a prom, a community tradition

  There are senior proms, and then there is The Gambol.

• Long Island nature hikes in July

  Nature hikes

• Great Gull Island Project: volunteers helping terns

  A soft splat interrupted my conversation with Jacqueline Follain during her third day as a volunteer for the Great Gull Island Project. She grimaced and displayed the tern excrement dripping from her forearm and wrist.

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  Compiled by Patricia Sollitto and Diane Daniels

• Love Story: An offering of the heart

  Barbara Cramer of Smithtown gave her husband, Bud, a very unusual gift when they first began dating. Barbara tells their story.

• Keeping an eye on Jones Beach's peregrine falcons

  Annie McIntyre walked through a gate in the construction fence surrounding the Jones Beach water tower and stopped to poke at a bird's wing lying on the ground.

• Suffolk anniversaries

  60thANNE AND VINCENT RIGGIOof Deer Park celebrated June 18. Vincent is retired from the New York City Sanitation Department. Anne is a retired bank teller. They had three children, two of whom survive, and have four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

• Way to Go! Jourdan Urbach of Roslyn High School

  Jourdan Urbach is a little bit of everything - a violin prodigy, an author, a philanthropist.

• 60th

  Compiled by Patricia Sollitto and Diane Daniels

• Dogs found dead in Manorville; SPCA suspects foul play

  Suffolk Police found four dead pit bulls in the woods near North Street in Manorville Sunday afternoon, though it is unclear how, when or where they died, officials said.

• Summer of '69: A nation at war

  By the summer of 1969, America's role in the war in Vietnam was more than a decade old. Before American involvement ended in 1973, the war would touch nearly every Long Island community, from the western suburbs to farming and fishing towns on the East End.

• Taking an anti-war stance

  In May of 1969, a young soldier soon to die on Vietnam's infamous "Hamburger Hill" scribbled a letter back home: "I am writing in a hurry. I see death coming up the hill."

• Vietnam, the living room war

  By 1969, the war in Vietnam had turned, and so had television coverage. The Tet Offensive the year before had carved out a new reality in American public opinion, and it was an increasingly harsh and embittered one.

• Racial tensions followed overseas

  The war formed a cauldron in which America's racial tensions were stirred, often to the boiling point.

• Vietnam War changed U.S. policy on conflicts for generation

  The Summer of '69 marked the beginning of a change in the way an increasingly battle-weary America would approach war.

• A lottery you didn't want to win

  In 1969, one question dominated young men's conversations at high school and college campuses: Who would get drafted?

• Chronology of the Vietnam War

  February 1950: President Harry Truman sends first 35 advisers to help troops fighting Ho Chi Minh's Communist-led Viet Minh.

• Vietnam voices: Arthur Dobrin

  Arthur Dobrin. 65, of Westbury, a former Peace Corps volunteer, was the spiritual leader of the anti-war Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island from 1968 to 2001. He now teaches ethics at Hofstra University.

• Vietnam voices: Joan Furey

  Joan Furey, Sayville, 62. Retired from Department of Veterans Affairs, where she was a nurse and oversaw women's programs.

• Vietnam voices: Patrick Finnegan

  Patrick Finnegan, 61, of upstate Middle Grove, was a 1965 graduate of Lynbrook High School. His brother, Dennis, a member of the 101st Airborne Division served three tours in Vietnam, including the summer months of 1969, when the two brothers were in uniform in different parts of the country. On Halloween 1972, with Hanoi and Washington preparing for cease-fire talks, Dennis Finnegan was completing his third tour of duty in Vietnam when the helicopter ferrying him homeward was downed by ground fire. Dennis Finnegan was the last Long Islander killed in Vietnam.

• Vietnam voices: Roy Kirton

  Roy Kirton, 58, Amityville, executive director, Safe Harbor Mentoring Program. He graduated in 1969 from what is now known as Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School, named for a memorable principal whose son, Daniel, was killed in Vietnam two days before the 1969 graduation.

• Vietnam Voices: Jim Beecher

  Jim Beecher, 59, North Babylon. Only months earlier, Beecher had been a senior at North Babylon High School, but during the Summer of 1969, he found himself working at the Army Mortuary at Danang, which handled the dead from U.S. military units fighting in the northern half of South Vietnam.

• Teachers find ways to make Vietnam War real for teens

  Michael Tierney explained to his 11th-grade history class at Deer Park High School that President Lyndon Johnson's bombing campaign during the Vietnam War was known as "Rolling Thunder."

• Vietnam, the living room war; the media's role

  By 1969, the war in Vietnam had turned, and so had television coverage. The Tet Offensive the year before had carved out a new reality in American public opinion, and it was an increasingly harsh and embittered one.

• 1969: 'A crazy summer of contradictions'

  By the summer of 1969, America's role in the war in Vietnam was more than a decade old. Before American involvement ended in 1973, the war would touch nearly every Long Island community, from the western suburbs to farming and fishing towns on the East End.

• Vietnam voices: Inshirah Abdel Jaleel

  Inshirah Abdel Jaleel, 59, of Tampa, Fla., who was Rodney Evans when he graduated from Copiague High School in 1968.

• Bob Bertschi: 'There was a feeling of adventure'

  Bob Bertschi 69, of Babylon, grew up in Bethpage and enlisted in 1968. His brother, Steve, had enlisted in the Navy two years earlier. Both of them found themselves in Vietnam during the summer of '69. Bob was stationed at Cam Ranh Bay. Steve was a Swift Boat sailor in the Mekong Delta.

• Heyward Isham, 82, Cold War figure from Sagaponack dies

  Longtime Sagaponack resident Heyward Isham was a Russian scholar who held key Foreign Service posts during the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, a man dedicated to serving his country and strengthening cultural understanding.

• NYC: Building that collapsed had 3-story crack in wall

  The four-story building that collapsed in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn Sunday had been issued a violation in May for a vertical crack in an exterior wall running from the first to third floors, according to city Department of Buildings records.

• Stony Brook professor killed in DWI crash in Wading River

  A Stony Brook professor known internationally for his work on autism was killed after an intoxicated driver veered into opposing traffic and struck the professor's car, Suffolk police said.

• Nassau proposes 2 percent fast-food tax for next year

  It's still just a proposal, but Nassau County is talking about taxing your Quarter Pounder or Whopper.

• Dads share gift of golf with their children

  Golf inspires passion among those who play it and follow it, a passion that has been passed down from fathers to children for generations. Today is Father's Day at the U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park, where many fathers in the crowd have been sharing their love of the game with sons and daughters - and, sometimes, with their own fathers. Here are some of their stories.

• Fans, players hail Bethpage grounds crew

  It was a scene from Kevin O'Brien's dreams. He's walking off the 15th green at Bethpage Black during the U.S. Open to applause from the crowd.

• Vietnam voices: Walter Schmidt

  Walter Schmidt 62, of Massapequa Park, volunteered for the Navy after a childhood friend, Stanley Tomasovic, was killed a year after Schmidt's 1965 graduation from Hicksville High School. He served between October 1967 and December 1969 and spent time on the crew of a patrol boat in the Mekong Delta. He now advises veterans on services available from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

• U.S. Open fans heckle Tiger Woods

  Beer-sodden fans and rain combined for an ugly finish to a long day of golf yesterday, with Tiger Woods and other golfers subjected to drunken heckling as the action at Bethpage Black came to a close.

• Golf fans flock to local restaurants during U.S. Open

  Rain at the U.S. Open has not left Farmingdale merchants feeling dreary. Pubs, delis and restaurants have been flush this week with visitors who left Bethpage State Park and grabbed a bite downtown.

• Why the rain? A few reasons

  A double weather whammy is the culprit behind a June that to date has posted only four days with highs above 75 and rainfall already more than 3 inches above the normal total for the entire month.

• Food police on patrol at the Open

  All week, Bethpage State Park has been patrolled by state police, Nassau police and, of course, food police.

• Golfer gofer rubs shoulders with the stars

  When Matt Zakian says U.S. Open golfers tip, just "not in money," the 16-year-old does not mean the pros are cheap.

• Watching Tiger on the 17th hole

  Near the 17th hole Saturday morning, Thomas Regan, 10, sat cross-legged on the grass under a giant golf umbrella, with his back to the action.

• Commack High grad plans to research infectious diseases

  A summer in India volunteering at a charitable hospital was enough to convince Shalini Pammal that a career in medicine was for her. Pammal, a senior at Commack High School, said she was struck by the kinds of illnesses the hospital treated.

• North Babylon High School teen finds her way

  Cristell Fortune easily recalls her first day at North Babylon High School four years ago. After her parents forced her to move in with local relatives to escape civil unrest in Haiti, Fortune, who spoke little English at the time, found herself lost and alone in a busy school hallway.

• Disabled Comsewogue High senior turns to stage

  When it comes to talking about theater, Tom King - who has seen "Rent" and "Spring Awakening" a total of 21 and 14 times, respectively - is never at a loss for words.

• Shelter Island grad uses Asperger's as educational tool

  Two years ago, 18-year-old Alex Olinkiewicz was waiting on a ferry back to his home on Shelter Island when he happened to see a newscast on television. The story was about a young girl who made a video about autism.

• Rockville Centre grad tackles sports despite disability

  Mary Furlong of Rockville Centre might be an amputee above the right knee, but she doesn't consider herself to be handicapped.

• Wantagh teen killed by friend in Brooklyn

  A Wantagh teen died after he was accidentally shot in the head by a horseplaying host while at a Brooklyn apartment, police said Sunday.

• Cops: Bystanders thwart Copiague purse snatching

  "He has my bag!"

• Bronx woman killed after being struck by 2 vehicles

  A suspected drunken driver turned himself in to New York City police for striking a female pedestrian with his minivan just after she was hit by another car as she was crossing a Bronx street early Sunday morning, police said.

• LI dinner has Sarah Palin watchers eyeing her next campaign

  Since the end of her vice presidential campaign, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hasn't been seen much south of Alaska.

• Jessica Damiano: All about roses, and new roses for 2009

  June is National Rose Month, so how could I let prime bloom time go by without a mention of the so-called Queen of Flowers? I could start by waxing poetic, quoting Shakespeare or someone else who has written romantic prose about the fragrant blossoms, but that's not really my style. I'd rather provide you with plant suggestions, tips, and some fun, entertaining trivia.

• Man found dead in Oceanside home

  Nassau police arrested two Oceanside men on drug and weapon possession charges after finding the body of a dead man in their home.

• Valley Stream man faces DWI charges in fatal accident

  A Valley Stream man faces drunken driving charges stemming from a fatal multivehicle accident on the FDR Drive in Manhattan, city police said Sunday.

• Father-in-law of slain cop asks city to remain calm

  The father-in-law of slain NYPD officer Omar Edwards - himself a police officer in Brooklyn - said Sunday that his heart went out to the police officer who killed Edwards and called on the city to remain calm in the wake of the shooting of a black officer by a white colleague.

• Islip boy dies after brave brain cancer battle

  Christian James Koehler, a 10-year-old East Islip boy who developed a rare type of brain cancer and fought a brave battle against the disease, died at home Friday night surrounded by family members.

• Summer of '69: Judith Hopkins

  Judith Hopkins, 58, East Moriches, is a teacher at Patchogue-Medford High School. She graduated from Brentwood High School in 1969.

• The Summer of '69: A season that shook the world

  By any measure, the summer of 1969 was extraordinary, in the world, across the nation, and on Long Island. It was a summer of remarkable achievement, as the U.S. space program won the race to the moon, with help from Long Island's Grumman engineers, who built the lunar module Eagle.

• Summer of '69: Salvador L. Gonzalez

  Salvador L. Gonzalez, 62, of Lynbrook, became an electrical engineer and construction project manager after returning from a year in Vietnam.

• Planting roots for Reagan

  Once in a while, the Silent Majority was actually quite outspoken.

• Summer of 69: Janet Levine

  Janet Levine, 62, Melville, travel agent

• Summer of 69: Josh Abbey

  Josh Abbey 55, audio production studio co-owner, recording engineer on "The Essential Bob Dylan," Valley Stream.

• A surge of national pride while watching fuzzy images on TV

  In the spring of 1961, President John F. Kennedy pledged to Congress that America would work toward "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth" by the end of the decade. In many ways, Kennedy said, space travel "may hold the key to our future on Earth."

• Peace, love, music, mud and memories

  On the morning of Aug. 15, Steven Katz of Jericho awoke with a half dozen buddies in a rented U-Haul truck on a grass slope at Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, N.Y. Opening the rear doors at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, "we were shocked to see the entire hill filled with vans and cars, not a vacant spot to be found," Katz recalled. "The rest is history."

• Taking it to the streets and the schools

  On summer evenings in 1969, America's battle lines were clear. It was a season of civil unrest from New York to California. In Pittsburgh, demonstrators staged a sit-in at a U.S. Steel construction site to force the hiring of blacks in the industry. Across the nation, groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union challenged drug laws. And on Long Island, whites in Central Islip rallied to close Soul Village, a youth center used primarily by blacks in what had been a downtown neighborhood dominated by whites.

• A faraway war is felt on the homefront

  When he took office in January 1969, President Richard Nixon talked about peace, and many Americans hoped for an end to the Vietnam War. "For the first time, because the people of the world want peace, and the leaders of the world are afraid of war," he said, "the times are on the side of peace."

• Summer of '69: Bruce M. Resch

  Bruce M. Resch, 59, of East Meadow, a former manager in the textile business

• Summer of '69: Mel Jackson

  Mel Jackson, 76, of Hempstead, president, chief executive and founder of the Leadership Training Institute in Hempstead.

• Summer of '69: Craig J. Bruno

  Craig J. Bruno, 52, is an attorney in Islip

• Summer of '69: Lamar Cox

  Lamar Cox, 76, of Washington D.C., owner of a security company and former chairman of the Long Island Congress of Racial Equality in 1969.

• Summer of '69: Robert Gray

  Gray, 57, of Hempstead, is a code inspector for the Village of Hempstead

• A world, and their lives, in transition

  As Denise Maletta stepped forward to accept her high school diploma at Copiague High School in 1969, she wondered whether she could hold herself together.

• Vet's plea: Pause and remember those who sacrificed

  The 34 war dead from the Iraq and Afghanistan engagements lie at the oak-shaded western edge of Section R at the Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn.

• Air Force pilot killed in crash was Wantagh grad

  From his childhood days launching model planes at the Bethpage State Park Polo Grounds to his distinguished Air Force career, Capt. Mark P. Graziano lived his life aiming for the skies until he died during a training mission over the Mojave Desert.

• Flu bugs seem to be everywhere - as doc who has one

  Dr. Maureen Crowley knows from personal experience that seasonal flu viruses are lingering longer in the region than usual this year, and not because she's a physician.

• Farmingdale law may block U.S. Open cash cow

  With the U.S. Open less than a month away, the enterprising residents near Bethpage State Park's Black Course planning to park cars on their green to make some green have hit a roadblock.

• Lawrence school district finds harmony in music

  The students' voices needed no music. Their smooth a cappella rendition of the romantic tune "A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square" filled an early morning Lawrence High School classroom.

• Jessica Damiano: Add bushy Montauk daisies for beauty, butterflies

  I am making a bed with orange daylily and salvia already planted. I want a white daisy on both ends, 2 feet by 2 feet with a bushy kind of look. What should I go with? -- John Donohue, Sound Beach

• Nassau police ID Elmont homicide victim

  Nassau police released on Sunday the name of a Valley Stream man shot to death outside an Elmont bar. Galy Fortune, 47, was found shortly after 4 a.m. early Saturday morning lying on the sidewalk outside the Moments Bar on Elmont Road with a gunshot wound to the lower left side of his back, police said.

• Cops: Suicide results in closing of Malverne street

  A Malverne block that was closed Sunday evening for what police originally termed a hostage situation has been reopened.

• Bayville to vote on beach bonfire ban

  Nearly a year after a little girl was burned by a firecracker ignited by a beach bonfire in Bayville, the village board there is looking to ban bonfires altogether.

• GI who lost legs to bomb comes home to Holbrook

• Long Beach fire destroys at least 8 businesses

  At least eight Long Beach businesses were destroyed early yesterday morning by a fire that tore through a shared retail building that had no internal fire walls, officials said.

• Back from addiction to a life full of meaning

  He stopped. The boy climbed out of the pool after the third lap in the 500-yard freestyle, right in the middle of his first meet in the first season as a member of the Farmingdale High School swim team. He had 17 laps to go. His form was off. Chlorinated water cascaded down his throat, and the sight and smell of it made him nauseous to the point that he didn't think he would finish. So he got out.