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Legislature committees approve precinct changes

The legislature’s Public Safety, Finance and Rules committees approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, during a public hearing on Monday, Feb. 13. more

David Weingrad and Shannon Koehle | 2/17/12

Norma Gonsalves

10/21/11

Maher takes on Gonsalves in Legislature

Candidates responded to questions posed by the East Meadow Herald. Here are there responses. more

10/15/11

Hofstra University graduate journalism students taking part in the Envirothon included, second row, from left, Amanda Thurshwell, Danielle Puma and Si Huang.

Hofstra journalism students take a hike to learn about science reporting

Eight Hofstra University graduate journalism students from Professor Scott Brinton’s Current Issues in Science Reporting class recently participated in and are reporting on an Envirothon that took place in the woodlands around the Meadowbrook Parkway in North Merrick, Roosevelt and Freeport on April 30. Brinton, of Merrick, is a senior editor and op-ed columnist with Herald Community Newspapers. The Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Taskforce, headed by county Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, organized the event. more

5/11/11

Legislative District No. 13, represented by Norma Gonsalves and shaded in tan in the above proposed map, would no longer include Salisbury and some parts of East Meadow. Legislator Robert Troiano’s District No. 2, shaded in pink, would include Eisenhower Park and a part of western East Meadow. Legislator Dennis Dunne, represented with a shade of green, would represent Salisbury and a portion of northern East Meadow in District No. 15.

New county maps could split East Meadow three ways

Presently, Legislator Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) represents the entire East Meadow School District, with the exception of Eisenhower Park. If the county Legislature approves redrawn district … more

By Mike Caputo | 5/5/11

One of the two mixed-use development proposals that is being considered by the property owner of the former Savini's Crystalbrook site.

A downtown vision for East Meadow Avenue

The owner of the vacant property at 527 East Meadow Ave. that once housed Savini’s Crystalbrook, a popular family-operated catering hall, intends to bring businesses to the site and is pitching … more

Mike Caputo | 5/5/11

Brian Schneider, a hydrogeologist for the Nassau County Department of Public Works, rear center, spoke with Envirothon participants during a two-hour hike whose participants viewed environmental damage in the woodlands on the east side of the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Envirothon emphasizes damage in forests

Call it a tale of two forests. On the west side of the Meadowbrook Parkway, on the outskirts of Freeport and Roosevelt, there is the 73-acre Roosevelt Preserve, owned and maintained by Nassau County. There, the wide paths are clear of fallen trees and shrubbery and virtually trash-free. There is no evidence of campfires having burned down swaths of the woods, nor is there graffiti marring the abundant oaks and maples. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/5/11

Legislator Norma Gonsalves displayed the T-shirt created by VFW Post No. 2736, led by Post Commander Sal Pellegrino, right. The post thanked the legislator for her leadership during a long battle to get a new and improved health clinic for local veterans.

Veterans thank legislator for securing health clinic

On the day of the grand opening of the new health clinic for veterans at the Nassau University Medical Center, members of East Meadow’s VFW Post No. 2736 wore T-shirts expressing their … more

By Mike Caputo | 4/27/11

The Veterans Health Clinic opened its doors at the Nassau University Medical Center on April 8, to the delight of Legislator Norma Gonsalves, center, who worked with members of VFW Post No. 2736, above, and various agencies for more than a decade to move the facility from Plainview to East Meadow.

A new home for Nassau's veterans

As she toured the new Veterans Health Clinic at the Nassau University Medical Center a week before its official grand opening, Legislator Norma Gonsalves could hardly conceal her emotions. … more

By Mike Caputo | 4/26/11

Members of the Nassau County Unprotected Woodlands Task Force toured the forests behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday. They were, from left, Kyle Strober, County Legislators David Denenberg and Norma Gonsalves, Brian Schneider and Richard Schary.

Hike reveals woodlands vandalism

North Bellmore environmental activist Richard Schary was hurrying through the woods behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday morning, dashing from tree to tree in search of graffiti. He had little trouble finding it. Vandals had spray-painted dozens of oak and maple trees along a well-worn path through the forest. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/13/11

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