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Vigilant honors Groene
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Former president remembered fondly BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Fire personnel garbed in pressed uniforms steadily streamed in. The floor creaked with each step. In this slow solemn march, men and women from various fire companies had come to pay tribute to a mother figure: former Vigilant Fire Company President PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN Doris Groene, who now rested in an open casket with commendaThis Great Neck couple described themselves as frequent dancers and here to immerse themselves in the music. tions and tribute murals nearby in See story and photos on pages 20-21. her fire company’s headquarters. They were in the same room where many celebrations had been held. The walls paid tribute to milestones of Vigilant Fire Company: their anniversaries, awards and photos of past successes. Now, there was a table lined with memories of her in the back, and even more framed pictures in soil being removed from the water in the area,” the agency uranium and other radioacBY N O A H hanging above from her 31 years tive materials in its 17 wells at site, state authorities said Fri- said. MANSKAR with the company. “There were no radiation 1111 Marcus Ave. and submit a day. “Sergeant-at-arms, please call Three of four samples from readings before the excavation “comprehensive analysis” of any Lockheed Martin must test the rolls,” Vigilant President Phil- for radioactive materials at a the affected truckload of soil began, and there is minimal risk prior use of radioactive materilip Katz said. Lake Success office building it tested positive for radium on of exposure,” Mékell Mikell, a als there, the department said. This is the first time radium Continued on Page 66 owns after radium was found June 27 at levels beyond what Lockheed Martin spokeswoman, is naturally occurring, the said in a statement. “The work- has been detected at the 90-acre state Department of Envi- site area is fenced and secured property was first used by the defense company Sperry as a ronmental Conservation from the public.” The DEC ordered Lockheed weapons manufacturing plant, said in a news release. The contamination Martin, a national defense con- DEC officials said. “poses no threat to drinking tractor, to check for radium, Continued on Page 66
Radium found in Lake Success DEC orders Lockheed Martin to test for radioactive materials outside building
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