East Meadow made history on June 4, beating Longwood, 7-0, to win its first-ever Long Island Class AA softball title. more

During a big moment in a softball game, Sandra Dee Foster can eliminate all sound with the flip of a switch. more

East Meadow High School students recently gathered inside the school gymnasium for a night of health and fitness — all for a good cause. more

“We care for each other,” said Leonora Coleman, 87, a lifelong East Meadow resident. “The love is always there.” On Thursday, Leonora and Robert Coleman planned to celebrate their 65th Valentine’s Day as a married couple. The pair lived on Richmond Road in East Meadow for more than 60 years, until 2011, when they moved down the street to Sunrise Senior Living of East Meadow, on Glenn Curtiss Boulevard. more

At around 4 p.m. on Jan 9, Anson Wang, a senior at East Meadow High School, received the email he had been waiting for. It was from the Society for Science & the Public, notifying Wang that he had been named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, a nationwide competition that aims to discover the country’s best and brightest young scientists, who present original research to nationally recognized scientists. more

Two moments resonate in Bill Katz’s mind that helped instill his lifelong love for music. The first was as a 15-year-old living in Far Rockaway in 1945, when he stopped at a candy store on his way home one night, and his eyes landed on a magazine called Esquire Jazz Magazine. The magazine included photos of the era’s greatest musicians, including Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Coleman Hawkins. It also included a jazz recording, which Katz played once he arrived home. “I was just smitten by it,” said Katz, who has taught music education for more than 60 years, and 40 at East Meadow High School. “I started buying jazz records.” more

It was a celebration in East Meadow this weekend, as students from East Meadow High School lined the streets for the school’s annual Homecoming parade. more

Two students in the East Meadow School District were among 16,000 high schoolers nationwide who earned recognition as semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. more

Many East Meadow High School students must cross Hempstead Turnpike — one of the deadliest roadways in Nassau County — on their way to school. more

The East Meadow Board of Education unanimously accepted gifts from the Westbury Micro Center and the East Meadow Parent Athletics Club on behalf of East Meadow High School at a work session meeting on Sept. 13. more