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At 9/11 Responders Remembered Park, 37 more names added to memorial, time capsule buried

Lorene Eriksen, Times of Smithtown Dozens gathered Saturday morning at Nesconset’s 9/11 Responders Remembered Park to honor the lives of responders who have died since the park first opened in September 2010. The 37 additional names were added to the park’s memorial wall, bringing the total to 160 [sic - over 1,000 have died] men and [...]

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Vitamin D ‘helps beat symptoms of asthma’: Supplements could soon be used as treatment alongside other drugs

By Jenny Hope Daily Mail Vitamin D could help asthma patients breathe more easily, claim British researchers. Scientists at King’s College London have discovered vitamin D has the potential to significantly cut the symptoms of sufferers. They say it may one day be prescribed as a treatment alongside conventional steroids, but reducing the need for [...]

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More Names Added to 9/11 Wall in Nesconset

By Carl MacGowan Newsday Organizers have added dozens more names to a wall at a Nesconset park honoring hundreds of workers who died from illnesses contracted at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks. The newly engraved names are to be formally dedicated Saturday at 9/11 Responders Remembered Park. At the ceremony, organizers [...]

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