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Photo: Farewell To Past E. Northport FD Commissioner

Larkfield Road was temporarily closed off this morning for the raising of a flag in honor of past East Northport Fire Department Fire Commissioner Edward Hehir, who died this week at 91.

Larkfield Road at Ninth Avenue was temporarily closed off this morning for the raising of a flag in honor of past Fire Commissioner Edward Hehir, who died this week at 91. Hehir, a World War II veteran and retired Suffolk Police officer, entered the Department in 1948 and was commissioner from 1980 to 1994. A service was held at in Northport.


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