Weekly Recap: Scouts Honored, EMFD Ex-Chief Found

Busy week? No worries. Patch highlighted the top stories of the week you may have missed:

Girl Scouts Donate Artwork to NUMC Peds Unit: Budding artists Cassandra Nikiel and Nichole Pupo, both Girl Scouts with Troop 1404 in East Meadow, donated 32 works of art to the pediatric unit at Nassau University Medical Center Thursday.

Update: Ex-Chief Dominick Santoro Found: East Meadow resident Dominick Santoro was found early Tuesday morning. The 90-year-old East Meadow Fire Department ex-chief suffers from dementia, police said, and was first reported missing on Monday.

What Parents Can Expect from Common Core: Confused about how new Common Core learning standards will change the way your child is educated? The State Department of Education has published a Parent's Backpack Guide to Common Core Standards on its website, EngageNY, as an explainer.

East Meadow Helps Battle 7-Hour Blaze: East Meadow firefighters aided 12 other departments in battling a fire in Roosevelt Wednesday that burned for over seven hours.

East Meadow Kiwanis Donates to NC Firefighters Burn Center: East Meadow Kiwanis continues its philanthropic endeavors with a $500 donation to the Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center Foundation.

Third Street Road Improvement Project Nearing Completion: The Town of Hempstead's road improvement project on Third Street in East Meadow is nearing completion, town officials said.

East Meadow Eagle Scouts Recognized at Court of Honor: Two East Meadow Eagle Scouts were praised for their hard work during a court of honor recently held at St. Raphael’s Church.

Lemonade Stand Profits to Help Build Rain Garden at Parkway School: East Meadow Girl Scout Troop 1169 is holding a lemonade stand Saturday (now through 2 p.m.) at A Taste of Home Bakery in N. Bellmore to raise funds to build a rain garden at Parkway School.

After Sonic Denied, What Should Fill Vacancy? Last March, Sonic Drive-in lost its bid to come to the former Rita's location in East Meadow. Patch asked readers what they'd like to see fill this vacancy.

September East Meadow Chamber Meeting Postponed: The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce's Sept. 4 general meeting has been postponed, out of respect for Jewish members who will be observing Rosh Hashanah beginning at sundown Sept. 4.