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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced four appointments this weekend to the newly restructured board overseeing Nassau University Medical Center — a move that has sparked backlash from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who says the county will sue to overturn the state’s hospital takeover.
To the East Meadow High School community, Richard Howard has long been a guiding presence — as a teacher, , and finally, principal. His entire career as an educator has been spent in East Meadow, and it will come to a close at the end of the school year as he retires, concluding a full-circle journey in the very halls where it all began.
Veteran marched along with students, East Meadow organizations and businesses, local Boy and Girl Scout troops, politicians an firefighters on Monday, all for the same reason — to honor and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
There was no better weekend for Nassau County to celebrate Fleet Week 2025 than Memorial Day weekend. In Eisenhower Park’s Field 2 on May 24, a combined team from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard brought helicopters to the park.
The Nassau County Arson Bomb Squad is investigating a fire that broke out at 1:30 a.m. on May 25 at a residence on 8th Street in East Meadow.
The East Meadow Public Library has a slew of events throughout April that will get residents stepping into spring and ready for warmer weather. Whether its celebrations, music of the beloved EMCon, there’s something for everyone this month.
The East Meadow Beth El Jewish Center held its Testimonial Gala on March 30, bringing together the community to honor key of the synagogue for their work and dedication to the temple.
Lectec — a leading innovator in STEM education whose director of growth, Daniel Tellerman, is an East Meadow resident — scored a hefty $100,000 investment on “Shark Tank” by pitching an electric skateboard as an educational tool.
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I just returned from Pope Francis’s funeral. It was a great honor to be a member of the small official U.S. delegation. As his simple wooden coffin, marked by a plain cross, emerged into the Rome sunlight, a ripple of applause rose from the crowd — a spontaneous act of gratitude for a man who lived a life of service, humility and love.
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In New York, across the country and around the world, people are experiencing a loneliness epidemic that humankind has never seen before.
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With social media fanning the fires of coffee rituals and preferences, you can’t just grab a cup of joe anymore.