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Mostly Cloudy Voters approve East Meadow's $228 million budget for 2022-23 school year
The votes are in. East Meadow School District’s $228 million budget has passed with 2,650 votes in favor and 1,089 votes against on Tuesday. Along with the budget, voters have chosen the …
Lion Lane gets a new name
Firefighter Walter Ernst is honored with a Salisbury street dedication
“Walter was known as a fireman’s fireman at Engine 4,” said Anthony Messina, ex-chief of the East Meadow Fire Department. “Walter” was the late Walter Ernst. On …
Singing along at Kiwanis’s ‘Name that Tune’
It was a fun and musical night for the East Meadow Kiwanis Club on May 13 as they had their 12th annual Name that Tune fundraiser at the East Meadow Fire Department Headquarters. Members and …
Parade kicks off East Meadow’s little league season
Hundreds of young athletes and their families met at Veterans Park pool early morning on May 14 and marched to the Little League complex on Merrick Avenue to kick off the new season. Spring was in …
Covid money now available for veterans organizations
A recent change in the American Rescue Plan allows veterans organizations and other 501(c)(19) organizations to receive up to $10,000 each in special pandemic loan and grant assistance from the …
PTA Council celebrates Founders Day 2021 and 2022
Members of the East Meadow Parent Teacher Association and the East Meadow PTA Council once again got all dressed up for a night out at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck on May 10 for Founders Day …
County exec ends pandemic relief program
County Executive Bruce Blakeman is ending Nassau County’s Household Assistance Program, intended to offer lower-income residents a one-time direct payment of $375. Signed into law last …
Helping vets and their pets stay healthy
The Nassau County Legislature brought the non-profit Paws of War’s Vets2Vets Mobile Veterinary Clinic to Eisenhower Park on May 6. During the program, free veterinary health services were …
Meet your East Meadow Board of Ed candidates
The race is on for the three open seats for the East Meadow Board of Education Incumbents Matthew Melnick, who was first voted to the board in 2015, Jodi Luce, who was first voted to the board in …
Celebrating 70 years of the East Meadow Kiwanis Club
When Peter Mancuso, a 35-year East Meadow Kiwanian, went to his first Kiwanis meeting in 1987, he said that he found a room full of quipsters. “We were all packed on top of each other, and …
Art was her ‘healing drug’
At first glance, Karen Kirshner’s paintings may look like little more than a mix of colors and patterns on canvas. But keep staring, and you may find yourself feeling a range of emotions and …
CEMCO forum brings awareness to drugs
The Council of East Meadow Community Organizations held a forum called “Keeping our kids drug free” on April 28. The forum aimed to educate parents and teens on how to be aware of drugs …
Op-Ed
Elections are coming — make democracy work
Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
Randi Kreiss
Threat to choice has women on the march
Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.
Editorial
School board candidates should know the facts
After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
Op-Ed
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
Last week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade . . .