Highlights
Beginnings: Although there is no meadow left in East Meadow, its name accurately describes what it once was - the portion of the Hempstead Plains east of the Meadow Brook, which ran through the plains before a parkway took its place. Surveyor Thomas Langdon reported to the 1655 Hempstead Town meeting that the east meadow was suitable for grazing, and three years later cattle took up residence there. Wolves prevented sheep-pasturing there until settlers exterminated them in the early 1700s. By the end of the century 14,000 sheep grazed on the plains, supplying much of the young nation's wool.
Beginnings: Although there is no meadow left in East Meadow, its name accurately describes what it once was - the portion of the Hempstead Plains east of the Meadow Brook, which ran through the plains before a parkway took its place. Surveyor Thomas Langdon reported to the 1655 Hempstead Town meeting that the east meadow was suitable for grazing, and three years later cattle took up residence there. Wolves prevented sheep-pasturing there until settlers exterminated them in the early 1700s. By the end of the century 14,000 sheep grazed on the plains, supplying much of the young nation's wool.
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East Meadow jewelry store robbed
joseph.mallia@newsday.comTwo men robbed an East Meadow jewelry store at gunpoint Wednesday morning, forcing employees to open a safe, Nassau police said. The men approached the two workers as they were opening Star Jewelry at 1923 Front St. at 10:15 a.m., then made them open the...Tags: Crimes, Police, Police Investigations, Theft
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Anniversaries
65th BONNIE AND HENRY LIOTTI of Elmont celebrated their anniversary Feb. 7. Henry also celebrated his 90th birthday. A surprise party was hosted by their son and daughter-in-law at the VFW Hall in Oceanside. Friends and family including their seven...Tags: People, World War II, Defense, Pennsylvania, Armed Forces
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TOWN HALL AGENDA: HEMPSTEAD
HEMPSTEAD Unless specified, meetings are at Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, 1 Washington St. HOUSING AUTHORITY Board meeting, 7 p.m. Dec. 8, 760 Jerusalem Ave., Uniondale TOWN BOARD 10:30 a.m. Dec. 9 ZONING BOARD 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m....Tags: New York, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Long Beach (Nassau, New York)
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NYC correction officer charged with DWI in fatal crash
bill.mason@newsday.comA New York City correction officer from Uniondale was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated Thursday after a collision in Uniondale in which a 61-year-old woman died, Nassau police said. Junior Jordan, 45, was...Tags: Road Accidents, Police Arrests, Nassau University Medical Center, Police, Uniondale
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Hempstead OKs cell phone tower in East Meadow
eden.laikin@newsday.comThe Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the construction of an 80-foot-high cell phone tower next to the East Meadow firehouse, over objections by some residents concerned with possible health effects. Members of the East Meadow Civic...Tags: Interior Policy, Omnipoint Corporation, Housing and Urban Planning, Telecommunication Service, Cell Phones
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East Meadow man charged with rupturing bicyclist's spleen
patrick.whittle@newsday.comPolice arrested an East Meadow man early this morning after he allegedly threw a radio at a 16-year-old bicyclist and ruptured the victim's spleen. The East Meadow resident, 22-year-old Christopher Criswell, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on East...Tags: Police Arrests, Nassau University Medical Center, Police
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North Shore wins girls cross-country title
marcus.henry@newsday.comThe progression North Shore's girls cross-country team is on has been fast and furious. Led by freshman Samantha Nadel (18:25), who finished second, and junior Brianna Welch (18:42.3), who was fourth, the Vikings ran their way to a Nassau Class B and...Tags: Students, Bethpage State Park, Atlanta Braves, Sting, Teaching and Learning
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Schools: Western Suffolk
Eighth-graders at Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne spent a week cataloging the migration of the monarch butterfly last month through Monarch Watch, a University of Kansas-sponsored network of students, teachers and volunteers dedicated to the...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Kansas, Elementary Schools, Schools
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Man held in radio attack on bicyclist
joseph.mallia@newsday.comAn East Meadow man was in jail Monday on $100,000 cash bail on charges that he threw a radio out the window of a moving car at a 16-year-old bicyclist and ruptured the victim's spleen, Nassau police said. Christopher Criswell, 22, was arrested after...Tags: Vehicles, Nassau University Medical Center, Police
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Assembly incumbents sweeping election
celeste.hadrick@newsday.comWith no open seats from Long Island in the state Assembly, incumbents were sweeping Tuesday's election regardless of party. The greatest chance for an upset had appeared to be Nassau's 17th District, where incumbent Republican Thomas McKevitt of East...Tags: John Pinto, East Northport, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Central Islip, Oakdale
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School news: Massapequa students go to preserve
More than 650 students at McKenna Elementary School in Massapequa are boosting their knowledge of environmental science by using the Massapequa Park Preserve as their open-air classroom through the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Open Space Stewardship...Tags: Hempstead (Nassau, New York), Ron Paul, Awards and Prizes, Elementary Schools, Uniondale
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Seventh anniversary of 9/11 attacks to be marked Thursday
michael.frazier@newsday.com; StafThe seventh anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks will be marked again by four moments of silence and the somber reading of victims' names, but this year, presidential candidates attending the ceremony have also pledged to put politics aside for...Tags: John McCain, Nassau County, Barack Obama, The White House, Political Candidates
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