Hanukkah spirit has been alive and well this week in East Meadow. more

When the St. Raphael’s Senior Division basketball team won the Catholic Youth Organization Nassau-Suffolk County championship on Nov. 17, it represented more than just a single victory. For the 16- and 17-year-old boys — the majority of whom have played together since fourth grade — it capped years’ worth of teamwork, selflessness and commitment. more

Natalie Morano, 17, a senior at W.T. Clarke High School, recently signed a letter of intent to play lacrosse at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she plans to study study biology/pre-veterinarian. more

Members of the East Meadow Kiwanis Club, joined by local students, spent last Friday evening assembling Thanksgiving food baskets in the W.T. Clarke High School cafeteria, which they delivered to 114 families in the local community the following morning. more

The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved, on Monday, a no-interest, fully reimbursable $463 million loan from the State Environmental Facilities Corporation that will be used for repairs … more

One of East Meadow’s unique Thanksgiving traditions is its annual interfaith service, where spiritual leaders of different faiths across East Meadow unite for an evening of prayer and togetherness more

It’s been a festive year for the East Meadow Jewish Center, which has celebrated its 60th anniversary with a wide variety of community events. The festivities culminated last weekend, when the congregation hosted a Diamond Jubilee Weekend Celebration, a three-day event commemorating the synagogue’s history. more

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The Sacred Heart Catholic Youth Organization seventh-/eighth-grade girls’ soccer team was the runner-up for the 2013 Nassau County CYO Championship title. The championship game was played at Town Park in Merrick on Sept. 17. Sacred Heart fell to St. Dominic’s of Oyster Bay 2-1 in the match. more

By Mary Malloymmalloy@liherald.comT he Herald asked its newspaper and liherald.com readers, and its Facebook followers, “Where were you the day JFK was shot?” Many of them had distinct … more