One of the highly anticipated changes in the East Meadow School District for the 2015-16 school year is an expanded, full-day kindergarten program, which district officials said would combine elements of its half-day program with other innovative educational initiatives, including a partnership with the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post, in Brookville.
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By David Weingrad
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8/27/15
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Q: Are my child's private Facebook postings truly confidential?
A: Maybe not. It has long been the law that schools can look at and use social media postings done outside …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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7/22/15
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The veterans each took their turn at the podium, introducing themselves and providing a brief history of their service time many years ago. Nearly all of them served in World War II.
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By David Weingrad
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6/17/15
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Residents of all ages lined East Meadow streets on Monday morning to commemorate Memorial Day, a holiday where we remember the brave servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the freedoms that exist today.
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By David Weingrad
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5/27/15
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It’s hard to see so many people in so much pain, especially when they’re mourning one of our neighbors. It’s even harder when they’re mourning the death of someone so young, who had his whole life ahead of him.
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5/14/15
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Michelle Arenella’s first horse ride did not go well. She was 12, at a summer camp with her twin sister, Danielle, and the horse underneath her was not in a cooperative mood. She was thrown off.
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By David Weingrad
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4/15/15
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I am writing on behalf of American Legion Post 1082, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Sons of the Legion to say thank you to the community. Your support and, especially, your donations after our bad break helped us go forward with our Thanksgiving dinner for less fortunate veterans, support our comrades at the Northport VA Medical Center and make a significant donation to the Wounded Warriors Project.
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12/17/14
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He has talked about it, and now he’s done it. After months of challenging Congress to act on illegal immigration, to pass legislation, the president has acted with the most expansive use of his presidential power.
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11/28/14
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Morale was low among members of East Meadow’s American Legion Post 1082 last month. On Oct. 6, their hall, on Bellmore Road, was burglarized. A safe, storing $7,000 that the Legion intended to use to help local veterans and children, was stolen.
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By David Weingrad
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11/26/14
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At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, members of the East Meadow Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 assembled outside Veterans Memorial Park, on Prospect Avenue.
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By David Weingrad
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11/12/14
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