🌱 Patch AM: ZZ Top is bringing The Big One! Tour to East Meadow

Hello East Meadow! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• ZZ Top is bringing The Big One! Tour to East Meadow
• How East Meadow's Vet Mart Pantry is stepping up for veterans

Also on today's calendar: Long Island Authors and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 78 and low of 69 degrees.
• Saturday: A few a.m. showers, then rain, temps: high: 75, low: 69.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ZZ Top Will Keep Touring After Frank Beard's Death (wrkr.com) — ZZ Top will continue touring after drummer Frank Beard's death, and their 2026 schedule includes a September 1 show at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in East Meadow. With Billy Gibbons now the band's only original member, they're honoring Beard's wish that the music go on while playing dates across the U.S. and Latin America.
   

• East Meadow community steps up for Nassau veterans (liherald.com) — East Meadow residents are helping stock the Vet Mart Pantry at Nassau University Medical Center, which provides food and essentials to veterans and their families across the county. A recent Veterans Valor Food Drive & Walk at Eisenhower Park drew more than 100 participants and local officials, and the pantry on Hempstead Turnpike remains open weekday mornings for veterans seeking support.
   

📸 Around East Meadow

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Meadow

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 23
• Long Island Authors →
  E.P.I.C. Long Island, 1500 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
  11:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• Concert at Seamans Neck Park →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• CCE Nassau Farmers Market at Eisenhower Park →
  Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
  9:00 am
• Traveling Summer Luau - Lakeview →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
  1:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Discover the Orthodox Christian Church (English Language Services) →
  369 Green Ave, East Meadow
  9:30 am
Wednesday August 26
• Farm Stand at East Meadow Farm →
  East Meadow Farm, 832 Merrick Ave, East Meadow
  11:00 am
Saturday August 29
• CCE Nassau Farmers Market at Eisenhower Park →
  Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
  9:00 am
Sunday August 30
• Discover the Orthodox Christian Church (English Language Services) →
  369 Green Ave, East Meadow
  9:30 am
Wednesday September 2
• Farm Stand at East Meadow Farm →
  East Meadow Farm, 832 Merrick Ave, East Meadow
  11:00 am
• Learning to Live after a Loved One Dies of Suicide →
  St. Raphael's Parish, 600 Newbridge Rd, East Meadow
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• CCE Nassau Farmers Market at Eisenhower Park →
  Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need Snow Blower tune-up.
  Does anyone know a service that can come pick it up from my home? (Nextdoor Wenwood Oaks)

• Whitsons Culinary Group posted a job opening for Food Service Worker - East Meadow School Nutrition - No Experience Required in East Meadow. Apply here.
• Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker - Uniondale Union Free School District in Uniondale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Meadow here.

🗞 Nearby News

Uniondale

• MS-13 gang leader sentenced to 17 years in prison for 2024 attacks in Hempstead, Uniondale (longislandpress.com)
• Martal Alternatives: How to Compare B2B Lead Gen Partners (callboxinc.com)
• Who is Natalie Harp? See photos of President Trump's assistant (jacksonville.com)

Levittown

• Uncle Giuseppe's Opens Greenvale Store, Plans 1,000 Hires Over Next Year (theshelbyreport.com)

Hempstead

• Sobriety Checkpoints, Extra Patrols Coming To NY Roads (patch.com)
• Spice Recall: Lidl Issues Recall For Spice Mix Sold In NY, NJ (patch.com)

Ok East Meadow! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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