A team of six Herald editors and reporters –– Scott Brinton, Jeff Bessen, Alex Costello, Mary Malloy, Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky –– have taken second place for Community …
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4/16/14
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Back to school in East Meadow
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Summer vacation has ended, and students are back in school.
Students reported back to class on Tuesday at East Meadow's elementary, middle and high schools. After two days of class, the district …
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9/9/10
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Parkway celebrates Fall Festival
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The Parkway Elementary School PTA hosted its annual Fall Festival on Oct. 2. The Herald stopped by to take some photos of the event, as attendees enjoyed an array of seasonal activities throughout …
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10/6/10
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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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