Drivers traveling on Merrick Avenue in recent weeks have had their trips delayed owing to construction, as new curbs and sidewalks are being installed along parts of the busy thoroughfare.
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By David Weingrad
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10/5/12
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Bowling Green K-Kids were recognized for their national and international accomplishments at a East Meadow Kiwanis meeting on Aug. 30. The club, that earned first and second place in eight of nine K-Kids international contests this year, is the winningest K-Kids Club both nationally and internationally.
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/17/12
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East Meadow is hardly immune to the prescription-pill and heroin epidemic that is plaguing Long Island. Seven local residents in their early 20s have died from overdoses since January.
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By Shannon Koehle
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6/1/12
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“Safety is our number one issue,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Dale assured the audience. “Whatever we do, if we can’t do it safely, we’re not doing it.”
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/23/12
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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.
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David Weingrad and Shannon Koehle
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2/17/12
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With more than 70 percent of election precincts reporting on Tuesday night, it appeared that Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick, would cruise to victory over challenger Dr. Fred Jones, a Republican from Merrick. Denenberg had garnered 5,640 votes to Jones’s 2,012.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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11/9/11
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10/21/11
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Candidates responded to questions posed by the East Meadow Herald. Here are there responses.
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10/15/11
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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.
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5/11/11
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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 …
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Mike Caputo
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5/5/11
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