Wednesday, May 21, 2025
East Meadow School District voters approved the 2025–26 school year budget with 1,648 votes.
New York lawmakers have approved a $254 billion state budget package for fiscal year 2026, carrying several provisions affecting Nassau University Medical Center, including a state “takeover” of the hospital system.
The Kiwanis Club of East Meadow celebrated its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser on May 4, must to the enjoyment of the East Meadow community, who stopped by for a good time — and a good meal.
For the Kiwanis Club of East Meadow, it’s always about the kids — and that commitment was on full display during the club’s second annual Arbor Day tree planting at Veterans Memorial Park.
Residents of the East Meadow School District are set to vote on the proposed 2025-26 school year budget on Tuesday, May 20. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at all district elementary schools, and voters are encouraged to cast their ballots at their respective local school.
The East Meadow Public Library has a slew of events throughout April that will get residents stepping into spring and ready for warmer weather. Whether its celebrations, music of the beloved EMCon, there’s something for everyone this month.
The East Meadow Beth El Jewish Center held its Testimonial Gala on March 30, bringing together the community to honor key members of the synagogue for their work and dedication to the temple.
Lectec — a leading innovator in STEM education whose director of growth, Daniel Tellerman, is an East Meadow resident — scored a hefty $100,000 investment on “Shark Tank” by pitching an electric skateboard as an educational tool.
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I just returned from Pope Francis’s funeral. It was a great honor to be a member of the small official U.S. delegation. As his simple wooden coffin, marked by a plain cross, emerged into the Rome sunlight, a ripple of applause rose from the crowd — a spontaneous act of gratitude for a man who lived a life of service, humility and love.
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In New York, across the country and around the world, people are experiencing a loneliness epidemic that humankind has never seen before.
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With social media fanning the fires of coffee rituals and preferences, you can’t just grab a cup of joe anymore.