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Tweedy faces off against Muscarella in Town C.D. 2

Tom Tweedy, former mayor of Floral Park, is challenging Tom Muscarella in the Town of Hempstead’s 2nd District race. The district encompasses Bellerose Terrace, Floral Park, Garden City, Garden … more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/10/19

St. Matthias Church, on the border of Bellmore and Wantagh, has not changed in its 115 years.

St. Matthias Church granted landmark status

St. Matthias Church — a small building with brown shingles and white clapboard on the border of Bellmore and Wantagh — was granted landmark status at the Oct. 2 Hempstead Town Council meeting. The site will now be protected against demolition, preserving a 100-year-plus legacy of the area’s African-American history. more

By Andrew Garcia | 10/10/19

East Meadow Kiwanis outgoing President Gary Fromowitz, center, presented Brian O’Flaherty and Liz Fries with Kiwanian of the Year awards at the club’s Sept. 24 meeting at the Grand Stage Diner in East Meadow.

Brian O'Flaherty, Elizabeth Fries are Kiwanians of the Year

Whether they were serving food at a community pancake breakfast, organizing a holiday food drive or helping coordinate a golf outing for charity, two East Meadow Kiwanis members stood out this year … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 10/3/19

Elliot Galant, 86, an East Meadow resident and Korean War veteran, with volunteer Betty Poulos, of Oakdale, during a Sept. 21 trip with the Long Island chapter of the Honor Flight Network.

Honor Flight takes three East Meadow vets on the trip of a lifetime

Arriving at Long Island MacArthur Airport early in the morning of Sept. 21, John Leonidas, an East Meadow resident and Korean War veteran, was greeted by the sights and sounds of bagpipes, and … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 10/3/19

Phil Kingsbury, of Wantagh, in 2017 on the Wantagh Parkway mixed-use path that leads to the Ocean Parkway Greenway. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension of the greenway.

Governor: Ocean Parkway Greenway to get 10-mile, $16.2M extension

The Ocean Parkway Coastal Greenway, a path that extends east of Jones Beach for bicyclists, runners and walkers, is expected to get a 10-mile, $16.2 million extension by 2021, according to Gov. … more

By Scott Brinton | 10/2/19

Dominique Basso, second-from-right, was with her brother Vito, right, sister Victoria, mother Antoinette and father Philip before she began her education at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

E.M. resident joins Merchant Marine Academy

Ever since she was eight and saw her older brother carve out a path in the U.S. military, Dominique Basso pledged that she would follow in his footsteps. Now 18, the East Meadow resident is in her … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/19/19

Members of the East Meadow Fire Department honored those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks at a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in East Meadow.

East Meadow looks back on 18 years of unity, advocacy following 9/11

Many Americans can recall where they were and what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001, when they heard that two planes had been hijacked by terrorists and had crashed into the World Trade Center … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/19/19

MaryAnne Skinner was recognized in the New York 17th Assembly District as “Women of Distinction” in the business category.

‘Women of Distinction’ named in East Meadow

Two East Meadow residents and Chamber of Commerce members were recognized in the New York 17th Assembly District as “Women of Distinction” for having stood out as extemporary role models in their … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/12/19

Mahdi Islam returned to Bowling Green Elementary School after a heart transplant in April left him hospitalized and out of school through the summer. One staff member after another greeted him on the first day of classes on Sept. 4.

East Meadow welcomes Mahdi home

For Mahdi Islam, a fourth-grader at Bowling Green Elementary School, the start of the school year meant a chance to run on the playground with his friends instead of watching them from a wheelchair. … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 9/12/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the 2019 Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute to discuss journalism with participants.

Former Merokean Michael Otterman, searching for peace while covering conflict

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s 2019 Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Akinwale Agesin | 9/5/19

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