As usual, Long Island and New York showed up for Pride, but for many in our community, this year felt different.
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By David Kilmnick
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7/6/23
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Conversation and laughter could be heard throughout Senator Speno Park on June 10 for East Meadow’s annual Community Day celebration. Tents lined the walkway of the park highlighting all of the …
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6/18/23
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Nearly $6,000 was raised for PFY, formerly Pride for Youth, a division of the Long Island Crisis Center whose mission is to enhance the health and wellness of the LGBTQ+ community, through a …
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6/18/23
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There is no shortage of love in East Meadow, and one way businesses and neighbors prove that is how they come together once a year for East Meadow Community Pride Day.
Well, not the past two …
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By Mallory Wilson
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6/16/22
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If you have children or grandchildren, you likely think about them all the time. You imagine them smiling and laughing . . .
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3/24/22
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A crowd of parents and children sat in the East Meadow Public Library, eagerly waiting for the start of Saturday-morning Story Time. The guest reader was Bella Noche, whom many in Manhattan know as a “drag mermaid” for her nautical-themed outfits.
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6/7/19
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Once a year, East Meadow residents unite to celebrate community pride and neighborly camaraderie. East Meadow’s Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce sponsored and organized the 27th annual Pride …
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6/21/18
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“Oh, there goes Father Faggot.”
The Rev. Christopher Hofer still recalls the insults children and teens hurled at him in 2004, while he was out running in Wantagh, his new …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/29/17
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In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . .
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10/20/16
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The 25th Annual East Meadow Community Pride Day was held on June 11 at Speno Park in East Meadow. The event, founded in 1992, is a celebration to appreciate all the good things that the residents of …
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8/3/16
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