East Meadow News

Five Major Gen. who grew up on Long Island. MG John Rossi, of Smithtown, MG Patrick Higgins, of East Meadow, Francis Mahon, of Northport, Thomas Vandal, of Smithtown, and John Ferrari, of Plainview.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Legislative Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves are inviting the public to receive free training on recognizing an opiate overdose and how to reverse its effects in order to save a life.

In Yaphank closed due to accident on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X67/Yaphank Ave and X68/William Floyd Pkwy in Suffolk Cnty.

Farmingdale officials have changed a vacant Prince Street lot to an industrial zone, allowing the owner to use the land as a staging area for his construction business.

Patrick Pizzo at first was leery about the move by the East Meadow School District from chemical-based turf care to an organic option.

After a joint investigation involving the Nassau County district attorney's office and federal and state labor departments, the owners of the Colony Diner in East Meadow have pleaded guilty to underpaying 72 workers and falsifying records, the district attorney's office said Tuesday.

A car fire briefly closed the northbound Meadowbrook State Parkway between the Southern State Parkway and Hempstead Turnpike on Wednesday morning, State Police said.