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Vol. 32 No. 38
SEPTEMBER 18 - 24, 2025
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Bringing young moms together for 47 years By MADISoN GUSlER mgusler@liherald.com
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The Mothers of Malverne are a social club for moms of young children in the area to connect, learn and support one another through the early stages of motherhood. A volunteer board that plans activities and group events leads the organization.
The Mothers of Malverne was created 47 years ago, when two moms of preschoolers shared their feelings of isolation and need for support while raising young children. Eighteen mothers attended MOMs’ first event, and today the group has more than 50 members. The organization hosted a welcome brunch for current and prospective group members at Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s on Sunday. Treated to coffee, bagels and kids’ snacks, more than 100 attendees learned what MOMs is about and what it has planned for the coming year. Today it serves as a cooperative support group and social network for mothers raising young children. MOMs takes part in local events and community service, hosts events for children up to age 5, and organizes Mom’s Night Out events as well. “We want to bring the community closer by supportConTinued on pAge 12
Honoring the local lives lost in the Sept. 11 attacks By MADISoN GUSlER mgusler@liherald.com
Somber memorial ceremonies were held in Malverne and West Hempstead on Thursday to honor neighbors who were lost on Sept. 11, 2001 — on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
West Hempstead As the sun began to set, the West Hempstead and Lakeview fire departments raised a large American flag on the corner of Nassau Boulevard and Hempstead Avenue. The flag hung in the background as the West Hempstead Community Sup-
port Association led dozens in the annual 9/11 Memorial Service, which began at 6:30 p.m. in Halls Pond Park. “Today, 24 years ago, on a day similar to today, our nation suf fered an attack that we promised to never forget,” the association’s president, Maureen Greenberg, said. “Each year, we gather to memorialize those lives lost. It is our civic duty to remind each other of these acts on our country so that we don’t have history repeat itself.” In the Sept. 11 attacks, the West Hempstead community lost 13 neighbors: Scott Bart, Bruce Boehm, Jason Cefalu,
Kevin Colbert, Jeffery Dingle, Robert DeAngelis Jr., John Fanning, Winston Grant, Ralph Licciardi, Robert Linnane, Mark Schwartz, William Steckman and Victor Cantelmo III. “This is a night to remember those we lost and renew that vow to never forget,” Assemblyman Ed Ra, whose district includes West Hempstead, said. “To remember those who went where they were needed and to remember all those who we have lost since.” During the ceremony, members of Boy Scout Troop 240 recited the names of the community members lost on 9/11, as well as their occupation, lay-
ing down a candle and flower for each one, as Richard Sena, ex-chief of the Lakeview Fire Department, rang a memorial bell. Michael Vogt and Stefan Fisher, the current chiefs of the West Hempstead and Lakeview fire departments, respectively, laid a wreath on the memorial before a moment of silence was
held. Singer Joe Mahoney closed out the ceremony with a performance of “American the Beautiful.”
Malverne More than 150 people attended the annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at Malverne’s Reese Park at 8 p.m., honoring ConTinued on pAge 16