The East Meadow baseball and softball complex, on Merrick Avenue, was vandalized late in the evening of Sept. 25. Mike Catalano, the East Meadow Baseball and Softball Association board president, …
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By Mallory Wilson
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10/7/21
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The East Meadow Public Library opened on Sept. 23 after two years of construction, a relief to residents, who said they missed their library. It was a quiet opening with no fanfare to commemorate the …
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By Mallory Wilson
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9/30/21
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A friendly neighborhood Facebook page sponsored its fifth annual back-to-school supply drive. ‘Nice Things That Happen in East Meadow,’ a Facebook page that is run by East Meadow resident …
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By Mallory Wilson
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9/24/21
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For years, residents around East Meadow High School have complained about speeding on their streets. On Monday, Erma Drive, Nottingham Road and Conti Square Boulevard became school safety zones. …
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By Laura Lane
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9/23/21
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Lancaster Street in East Meadow now has a new name. The street was dedicated Saturday to East Meadow resident John G. Glassey, who was killed while serving his country in Vietnam on April 15, 1969, …
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By Mallory Wilson
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9/23/21
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Jijoe Joseph, 42, an emergency doctor who worked at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow from 2016 to 2020, can clearly remember Sept. 11, 2001, and, more so, how much his life changed …
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By Laura Lane
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9/16/21
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In the early evening of Sept. 11, 2001, Kathy Martinez Walsh and Patricia Magnus Brown, captains of the East Meadow Fire Department’s Rescue 5 Ambulance Company, were stationed at Chelsea Pier …
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By Laura Lane
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9/16/21
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“Do the right thing, even when no one is looking,” was Ray Pfeifer’s motto, according to his friends and family. Pfeifer, who was a member of the East Meadow Fire Department and the …
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By Mallory Wilson
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9/9/21
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When speaking of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, three-time East Meadow Ex-Chief Eric Becker remembers the East Meadow Fire Department firefighters who died, either at the twin …
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By Laura Lane
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9/9/21
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On Sept. 10, 2001, New York Police Department officer James McEniry was at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn teaching a class in chemical emissions. The lifelong East Meadow resident and East Meadow …
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By Laura Lane
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9/9/21
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