Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Recently I had the chance to attend a tribute to Howie Rose at CitiField, honoring his almost four decades as the iconic voice of the Mets. Rosemary and I have enjoyed a friendship with Rose and his wife, Barbara, over the years, and Howie invited us to the ceremony. Being a loving grandmother, Rosemary deferred to our grandson Jack, who’s a dedicated Mets — and Howie Rose — fan.
In football, if a receiver simply drops a pass, that’s an unforced error. In politics, it means a self-inflicted wound that could easily have been avoided. Come Nov. 3, I think those words will best define what will happen and why it will happen. While it’s true that the party in power tends to lose off-year elections, there have been too many unforced errors that will hurt the Republican Party.
Handling water scarcity is critical, because we need clean water for drinking, food production and our overall survival. This summer, Nassau and Suffolk counties have seen state drought warnings due to below-normal precipitation. Last month, the Suffolk County Water Authority asked residents to stop watering their lawns, warning that its infrastructure was reaching maximum capacity under the current combination of drought and heat. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Long Islanders use an average of 140 gallons of water a day per person, about 55 percent more than the national average.
The East Meadow Kiwanis Club will gather Oct. 29 at Jonathan’s in Garden City for its 75th annual installation dinner, welcoming new board members and looking ahead to another year of service to local children, families and the broader community.
The East Meadow School District continued its longstanding tradition of honoring its board of education members, who are credited with helping to keep the district moving in a positive direction.
East Meadow High School students, staff and community members celebrated homecoming on Oct. 3 with a parade through the neighborhood and a football game against Farmingdale High School.
