East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/14/16
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Standing on what New York Islanders fans knew as the ice level of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Peter Wang — a design director for Gensler, a Manhattan-based architectural firm — …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/6/16
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With the swing of a sledgehammer into one of the walls of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the renovation of the 43-year-old arena officially began on Nov. 5. Nassau County Executive Ed …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/11/15
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The Town of Hempstead approved the redevelopment plan for the Nassau veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday, clearing the way for a complete renovation of the 43-year-old arena.
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By David Weingrad
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5/26/15
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The two former primary opponents appeared together at a monthly meeting for local clergy at the Long Island Marriot in Uniondale, where Abrahams announced his endorsement.
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By Brian Racow
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7/31/14
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A mix of guitars, stylish fedoras, multicolored hairstyles and practicing hopefuls, who were letting out a few notes before it really counted, waited in close quarters outside of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, on July 23, hours before it was time to show off their high notes, vibrato and guitar strums to the producers of “American Idol.”
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By Allison Leshowitz
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7/30/14
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On Wednesday, July 23 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, American Idol will hold the “producer’s round” of auditions, where Idol hopefuls, ages 15 to 28, are welcome to share their talent and sing their way to celebrity judges Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban.
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Allison Leshowitz
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7/22/14
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Runners wound their way through Central Nassau streets last weekend, as more than 7,000 took part in the Long Island Marathon events. The full marathon began in Uniondale and concluded in East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park.
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By David Weingrad
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5/7/14
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Valley Stream Central is headed to the Nassau County football playoffs for the first time in 20 years after beating Uniondale, 35-21, last Saturday at Firemen’s Field in the regular-season finale to clinch the No. 8 seed in Conference I.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/4/13
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Following unanimous approval by the Nassau County Legislature’s finance, rules and economic committees on Sept. 9, the county’s negotiated lease with Nassau Events Center LCC — an affiliate of Forest City Ratner — will be voted on the by the full 19-member Legislature on Monday.
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By David Weingrad
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9/18/13
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