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Friday, September 17, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 38
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N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO STREET FAIRS
TARGET PLANS TO EXPAND
NASSAU HOUSE PRICES SET RECORD
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F.P. vet picked for D.C. trip 100-year-old fought in WWII BY B R A N D ON DUFFY Dominick Critelli, a 100-yearold Floral Park veteran, will fly to Washington, D.C., in October to visit the World War II Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial. Taking him will be the Long Island branch of the Honor Flight Network, an organization dedicated to flying veterans spanning the generations to the nation’s PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN capital. Born April 8, 1921, in Italy, The Town of North Hempstead held a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 at Manhasset Valley Critelli immigrated when he was Park last week. 8 years old. In 1944, he served in the Army Air Corps, in the 95th Infantry Division, as a member of the 377th Infantry Regiment in the Artillery Aviation Liaison Unit. He was deployed in Europe and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, one of the last German offensive campaigns, rescuing Furthermore, Bosworth said Officials presented the 19American soldiers along with his B Y R O B E R T P E L A E Z brance and recitation of names ceremony at Manhasset Valley foot monument, a steel beam sal- that the monument is pointed unit. The Town of North Hemp- Park on Saturday. State, county vaged from the wreckage, with a and angled directly at ground It was for these efforts that Continued on Page 50 stead hosted a Sept. 11 remem- and town officials recalled the plaque listing the names of the zero, 17 miles away. The monument is not com56 North Hempstead residents tragic events 20 years ago. pletely finished. A wall of reThe park is the new who died directly in front of it. Town Supervisor Judi Bos- membrance will be added comhome to a monument commemorating and honoring worth said the beam is visible memorating first responders and North Hempstead residents from the LIRR overpass, the rail those who succumbed to illnesswho died during the terror line so many of the victims took es from Sept. 11. Continued on Page 51 on their way to work that day. attacks.
Reflecting on 20 years since 9/11
Mayor Devane recalls memory of fellow volunteer Mike Montesi
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