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Phil Mistero, a rough-hewn athlete in his younger days, became a loving husband and father who was involved in his community.

Longtime Five Towns resident Phil Mistero is being remembered as a strong and loving man who cared deeply about his family and his community. Mistero died on Feb. 5, at age 77, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/6/13

Melvin Pereira, at the 9/11 memorial in Meadowmere Park, loved his family, enjoyed fishing and was proud of his 23-year service to his community’s fire department.

Melvin Pereira, avid fisherman

An avid fisherman who usually fished with two friends, Melvin Pereira was at home on the waters off the Rockaways or gossiping with congregants at St. Joachim R.C. Church in Cedarhurst, where he was the sexton, in charge of maintenance. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/15/14

Arlene Turett, 83

Arlene Turett, a 53-year resident of Woodmere, had a love for education. She returned to school to earn a master’s degree in education at Adelphi University after her children were grown and taught for more than 20 years. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/15/14

Margaret Giovanniello was a successful lawyer and a New York State administrative law judge.

Margaret Giovanniello, 88

Originally from Indiana, Margaret Montgomery Torr Giovanniello graduated high school in Pennsylvania, went to college in Wisconsin, lived in Brooklyn, worked in New York City and settled in Cedarhurst for 45 years, and became an administrative law judge with the state’s Department of Labor. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/20/16

Generous benefactors of young people and multiple organizations, Herb Gold and his wife, Rita, were longtime members of the Woodmere Bay Yacht Club.

Philanthropist Herb Gold of Hewlett Harbor dies

Described as an adoring husband and father, a wonderful man and mensch to all who knew him, Hewlett Harbor’s Herbert V. Gold died in his Longboat Key, Fla. home on Nov. 25. He was 96. more

12/1/11

Dr. Michael V. Santopolo dies at 89

Dr. Michael V. Santopolo, the former superintendent of the Hewlett-Woodmere School District who was responsible for building the George W. Hewlett High School, the Woodmere Middle School, and the Odgen Elementary School died on Saturday, Oct. 16. He was 89 years old. more

JILL SANTOPOLO | 10/20/10

Stephan G. Trapani, who co-founded a successful coffee vending business, was known for helping people find employment.

He helped people get their start

He was a co-founder of his own business and always helped others with a job or an employment connection, said Phyllis Trapani, whose husband Stephan died at Woodmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Woodmere on Aug. 15. He was 69. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/22/12

Luke Magliaro, Sr., a longtime Inwood resident, was an ex-captain and honorary member of the Inwood Fire Department and devoted family man with five children and 11 grandchildren.

Proud veteran and firefighter

Longtime Inwood resident, Navy veteran, family man, firefighter and musician Luke Magliaro Sr. died on March 3. He was 80. more

By Ann Friedman | 3/20/13

A pair of native Five Towners die

Maurice “Chuck” Doughten, of Lakeland, Fla., and formerly of Inwood and Hewlett, died of liver and pancreatic cancer on Oct. 16. He was 80. more

12/1/11

Not a quitter, Woodmere's Charles Falk, dies at 81

Charles Falk of Woodmere died on May 28 at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. He was 81. more

6/16/11