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The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow held its annual Chili Cook-Off, which brought together dozens of members of the church community.
10th annual chili cook-off at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow recently held its 10th annual Chili Cook-Off on March 10, a fun-filled event that centers around one thing: eating and voting on the best chili. more
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Gary Schall greets Facilities Director Chris Milano with an elbow bump at the ribbon-cutting.
A special kind of homecoming
“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. more
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Veterinarian Dr. Lee Gelfand, of Merrick, above, struggled for months to restore his business, All Creatures Veterinary Hospital in Long Beach, after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. He was forced to take roughly $750,000 in private loans to keep the clinic afloat. Above, Gelfand at the hospital shortly after the storm.
Businesses slowly recover after Sandy
Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc. more
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Seniors Brielle Bradley and Emily Forrler asked Frank Belardo, from the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 in East Meadow, what it was like to serve.
Local vets from Nassau County offer insight on what it was like to serve to East Meadow High School students
More than 20 veterans from surrounding communities visited East Meadow High School students on May 23 to share what it was like for them to serve. “We wanted to come here and tell the high … more
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Students in Sanford H. Calhoun High School’s Medical Club recently toured the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
Nassau University Medical Center welcomes local high school students
Earlier this month, high school students had the opportunity to visit the Nassau University Medical Center for an experience like no other. The hospital in East Meadow played host to the Sanford H. Calhoun High School Medical Club on March 5 and students got to take a tour of the hospital, meet members of the NUMC leadership team as well as doctors, and also got to view two surgeries that were in progress. more
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Crews waited to head out in Oceanside.
Long Island rebuilding in Sandy's wake
The superstorm called Hurricane Sandy will surely go down as one of the U.S.’s most costly and crippling storms, ripping a $20 billion swath of destruction up the Eastern Seaboard, and Long Island’s South Shore was front and center amid the tumult as Sandy’s northern end lashed communities from Bellmore to Valley Stream and from Long Beach to Rockville Centre. Now, after the flooding and the fires, the anxiety and fear, the South Shore must slowly rebuild, one home, one school, one business at a time. more
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As Balloon Mission continues its environmental efforts on Long Island, ACDS picked up balloon bins for delivery to the Merrick Woods Day Camp. ACDS pledges to release bubbles, and not balloons, with stickers funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program.
Balloon Mission continues combatting unsuspecting pollutant
Balloon Mission, a nonprofit that was founded — and took off — in Merrick last December, has been making waves in the immediate community, and beyond. more
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Mary Malloy
Pretty in ink
I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my … more
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The South Shore’s wetlands are covered in debris that washed up during Hurricane Sandy. Above, the shoreline in Merrick.
Restoring the South Shore's Sandy-ravaged wetlands
Like no other storm since the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Sandy ripped apart Long Island’s South Shore, lifting docks off their moorings and depositing them miles away, tearing hot tubs from backyard decks and dumping them in the canals that line the coast, and sending boats big and small hurtling out to sea. more
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The East Meadow School District announced that Dave Spinnato has been named the new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, effective March 1.
Dave Spinnato begins new role in East Meadow schools
The East Meadow School District is proud to announce that Dave Spinnato has been named the new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, effective March 1. more
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