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Learning about clubs in EMHS
An Open House at NUMC
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SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2024
Major upgrades announced for E.M. Plaza feature a Lidl, Burger City, UPS and many other stores that have not been revealed. “This is going to represent a Real estate developer Regency Centers revealed renovation significant upgrade to the cenplans for East Meadow Plaza to ter,” Zoning Counsel William residents at the Council of East Bonesso said. “It’s going to be Meadow Community Organiza- much more attractive, both tions meeting at the East Mead- inside the center and outside on the peripheries. It’s going to ow Public Library on Sept 19. operate very, very The redevelopwell, and you’ re ment project will going to have a true join properties corporate neighbor south of Hempwho’s going to be stead Tur npike somebody who including East works well with the Meadow Plaza and community.” the Stew Leonard’s Bonesso, a partPlaza. Everything ner of the Forchelin the plot will MiCHAEL li, Deegan and Terundergo major rana law firm, spechanges to improve PERkOwSki cializes in preparappearance, clean- Manager, ing and presenting liness and safety, Regency Centers land use plans. while attracting The safety new businesses. “This is important to the improvements at the plaza will E a s t M e a d o w p o p u l a t i o n feature repairs to the sidebecause it’s going to offer a walks, rebuilt fencing, improvnew set of shopping opportuni- ing sight lines when leaving the ties for our community, and at center onto a main road, and the same time, redesign the changing the circulation of entire shopping center to make traf fic in the parking lot it more amenable, and more throughout the center to reduce beautiful, and more attractive,” speeding. To improve the appearance said CEMCO President Joseph of the area, the new buildings Parisi. The renovated center will Continued on page 5
By JOSEPH D’ALESSANDRO
jdalessandro@liherald.com
Courtesy Gabriella Koch
gabriella Koch, left, a junior firefighter in the east Meadow Fire department, went to germany last month with juniors from different departments in nassau County. there, they learned about german firefighting and german culture.
E.M. junior firefighter had ‘unforgettable’ time overseas By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com
Gabriella Koch, a junior firefighter in the East Meadow Fire Department, recently traveled to Germany with 30 other juniors from fire departments across Nassau County — where they learned about German firefighting and culture. Koch, 17, a senior at East Meadow High School, has been a member of the junior firefighters since she was 14. In Germany, the juniors took part in a week of training and cultural immersion in German firefighting, funded by the German government, which oversees all of the country’s fire departments. Jerry Presta, chair-
man of the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association, organized the trip. Koch told the Herald she joined the East Meadow juniors’ organization because her stepfather is in the fire department. “I saw how he was assisting people in the medical field, and then he moved onto the fire side, and I realized that I also wanted to do that,” she said. Planning for the Germany trip began in 2018, when firefighters from Lower Saxony, a state in northwest Germany, contacted the Fire Association of the State of New York about connecting teens that take part in German juniors programs with those in the United States. The following year, teens from Continued on page 9
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