The Nassau County Police Department reported an unusual incident that occurred on Thursday, July 21, at 3:15 in East Meadow.
First Precinct Police responded to a call from an elderly woman on …
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8/3/16
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Memorial Day 2016 was less than colorful, as the preceding evening’s rainfall set the stage for stormy, grey skies — and the cancellation of the annual East Meadow parade the next …
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By Julie Mansmann and John O’Brien Sr.
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6/9/16
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In honor of their 10th anniversary, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association unveiled a new monument dedicated to the region’s youngest volunteers in Eisenhower Park on May 15. A …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/19/16
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On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/30/16
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March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . .
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3/3/16
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East Meadowites and residents of neighboring communities alike flocked to the East Meadow Firefighters’ Benevolent Hall on Maple Avenue last week to participate in one of the Kiwanis …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/2/16
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Sun and warmer temperatures are making the Jan. 23 blizzard seem like a distant memory, but there’s still a month and a half to go until spring . . .
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2/4/16
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For more than 20 years, Frank Borrelli Jr., hasn’t spent Christmas mornings and afternoons opening gifts or relaxing with relatives. Instead, he could be found hard at work at his restaurant, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/7/16
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New York Senator Charles Schumer announced his push to increase funding for grant programs that would buy Long Island volunteer fire departments modern and essential equipment on Dec. 14. The …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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1/7/16
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A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute, causing considerable damage in the process, according to research by the National Institute of …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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12/23/15
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