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Mostly Cloudy and Windy Business owners in Salisbury set up free drive-through meal service
A line of cars along Carman Avenue, in Salisbury, led to a parking lot in which an LED traffic message board read, “If you are hungry, please come.” It was a humid Saturday morning and, …
Congressional candidate wants to upset ‘status quo’
Patricia Maher acknowledges she isn’t a typical candidate for Congress, and she isn’t a career elected official. But as she says, this is anything but a typical year, and she believes her …
Riding the rails amid the Covid-19 pandemic
I never imagined the emptiness. It left me with a sinking feeling, a sense of aloneness that I had not experienced before as I stood on Long Island Rail Road train trestles during the middle of what …
East Meadow enters Phase One of reopening
Long Island entered the Phase One reopening of its battered economy on Wednesday and, that night, the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce met with dozens of business owners and residents for its third …
Nassau jail activists call for more transparency about Covid-19 cases
Activists for the rights of inmates at the Nassau County Correctional Center are calling on Sheriff James Dzurenda to provide daily updates on the number of Covid-19 cases in the jail and to release …
Empower Expression has peers mentoring peers across state lines
Anjali Aggarwal, a junior at W.T. Clarke High School in Salisbury, has been spending her time during the coronavirus pandemic helping students who want to improve their public speaking skills. …
McVey kindergarten class surprises teacher on a special Mother’s Day
Throughout the school year, the students in Danielle Page’s kindergarten class at McVey Elementary School, in East Meadow, were “watching her belly grow,” as 5-year-old Sebastian …
EMS Week: Not just another year
During the week of May 17 to May 24, our grateful nation took part in the annual national EMS Week to recognize all EMS workers for their unselfish dedication and commitment in caring for, and …
County hosts socially distant Memorial Day ceremony
Roughly 200 cars drove through Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on May 25 during the annual Nassau County Memorial Day ceremony. To abide by social distancing guidelines set by the Covid-19 …
Reopen Long Island protest draws nearly 300 in East Meadow
A crowd of nearly 300 assembled in a vacant lot on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow on May 17 to call for the end of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s business shutdowns on Long Island. The protest had …
Nassau Coliseum launches drive-in movies
NYCB Live announced on May 16 that it would be launching drive-in movie weekends this spring and summer at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. The first movie screening will be DreamWorks Animation's …
Editorial
New York can learn a lot from South Korea
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling . . .
Editorial
Stay strong, Nassau
Last weekend was cold and windy, which likely prevented many people from venturing outside to potentially crowded spaces like the Jones Beach Boardwalk. For now, that’s a good thing.
Virtual Reliance
I have always felt uneasy when something unexpected occurs with my computer. Even as I write this, I feel rather superstitious as I don’t want to mess with the tech gods and hope I am never at …
A Look Back
Turn-of-the-Century East Meadow Hotels
In the last two articles, I outlined the history of some of the people who lived and worked at the corner of what is now Prospect Avenue and East Meadow Avenue. Here are a few photographs showing the …