Fire Prevention Day in East Meadow
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The East Meadow Fire Department hosted the annual Fire Prevention Day on Sunday at headquarters on East Meadow Avenue.
Activities were available for all ages. There were live fire …
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10/7/10
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The motto of Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park is “Together we are better.” In East Meadow, Barnum Woods Elementary School’s motto is “We use our head, heart and hands in all we do.”
Last Friday, the two schools backed up those words at a ceremony in the central courtyard of Barnum Woods, where school officials donated $18,500 to the Hegarty School, which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
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By David Weingrad
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10/9/13
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After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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It’s that time again: School’s in, vacation’s over, and we can all get back to some semblance of a schedule, thank goodness.
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Mary Malloy
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9/3/09
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F lorencia Florist had their grand opening on July 10. The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce, local politicians and community members joined Florencia’s owners at 1660 Front St, in East Meadow …
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By Mallory Wilson
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8/6/23
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The W.T. Clarke High School Robotics team, which hails from Salisbury, N.Y. and is part of the East Meadow School District on Long Island, recently competed in the FIRST L.I. robotics competition …
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Mike Caputo
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4/2/10
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When Hofstra University got the call on Nov. 2 asking if they had power following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, officials never expected what they would be asked next. The Long Island based Army …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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11/13/12
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It’s been 22 years since our world changed forever when our nation was attacked. But for so many like Susan Hutchins, it still feels like Sept. 11, 2001 — the day she lost her son, West Hempstead’s Kevin Nathaniel Colbert, in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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By Michael Hinman
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9/18/23
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A winter wonderland
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East Meadow kids went back to school on Friday for one more day before the scheduled winter break, after many decided to spend parts of their snow days at "Sled Hill" in Eisenhower Park's Parking …
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2/12/10
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W oodland and W.T. Clarke middle schools held moving-up ceremonies to celebrate their graduating eighth-grade students on June 21.
Woodland Middle School held two ceremonies for the eighth-grade …
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By Mallory Wilson
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7/16/23
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