During a somber ceremony at Eisenhower Park March 11, President George Bush, flanked by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Governor George Pataki, County Executive Tom Suozzi, Ian Siegel, president of the Nassau County 9/11 Memorial Foundation, Arlene Howard, mother of the late George Howard, and Janet Wexler-Magee, wife of the late Charles Magee, helped break ground at the site of a future memorial that will honor hundreds of Nassau County 9/11 victims. FULL STORY

The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department will honor longtime member and ex-Chief Michael Zerucha with a celebration on Saturday, March 27 at the firehouse. The department will be commemorating 72 years of service by ex-Chief Zerucha, who was sworn into the ranks of the Franklin Hook & Ladder Company Incorporated on Nov. 7, 1932. FULL STORY