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W.T. Clarke goes to the dogs High school rescue club, formed before pandemic, starts up again cue Club founder Ella Noonan said. “We’re really happy with how generous everybody was. More than 50 animal lovers We had such a great turnout.” gathered in the cafeteria of W.T. Club members set up two Clarke High School last Febru- giant donation boxes outside the ary for the first school’s main office, meeting of the a n d w i t h i n t wo school’s Dog Rescue weeks they were Club. They shared overflowing with ideas and plans to goods. Club officers visit and help out at delivered two conlocal shelters and tractor bags full of other rescue organisupplies to Levitzations. But the town’s Second coronavirus panChance Animal Resdemic extinguished cue, another bag to those plans, and Wa n t a g h ’ s L a s t their excitement, Hope Animal Rescue when schools closed and a bag of canned the following month. food to LI Helpers. Now, almost a Founded by W.T. year later, the club is EllA NooNAN Clarke High School active once more. Founder, alumna Misha W h i l e i n - p e r s o n W.T. Clarke High Khan, LI Helpers is extracurricular a youth-led nonprofSchool Dog activities still aren’t it that distributes allowed in the East Rescue Club food to local families Meadow School Disin need. trict, the Dog Rescue Club has Noonan, a junior at Clarke, met on Zoom and even hosted its started the club last year, and first community event. asked her class adviser, English In December, members part- teacher Holly Judge, to serve as nered with the school’s Key Club adviser of the new club as well. to hold a joint canned-food and “I know she’s the kind of person pet-supplies drive. “We wanted who loves dogs,” Noonan said, to do something that everyone could participate in,” Dog ResContinued on page 3
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SIENNA RICk, 10, raced through blasts of wind-driven snow on her front lawn in Salisbury on Monday morning, during the first nor’easter of 2021.
East Meadow slammed by first nor’easter of 2021 By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
A massive nor’easter swept across Long Island early Monday, covering East Meadow in blankets of snow that continued to fall through most of the day and into Tuesday. Meteorologists said the storm had dropped a foot or more of snow across the area by Tuesday, with wind gusts reaching 30 to as high as 60 miles per hour. On the East Meadow Moms
and Dads Facebook page on Monday, a few residents shared concerns that their streets had not yet been plowed. County and town officials urged people to stay off the roads during the storm, with treacherous conditions on Monday. “Wind is going to play a significant role in this storm,” County Executive Laura Curran said at a news conference on Sunday. “We’re talking about blizzard-like
conditions . . . It’s going to be heavy, wet snow with a lot of wind.” Late Sunday night, the East Meadow School District announced that school would be closed on Monday and students would have a traditional snow day. The district’s Twitter feed read, “All afterschool and evening activities are also cancelled. Enjoy the snow day!” On its Twitter account, the Continued on page 3
e’re really happy with how generous everybody was. We had such a great turnout.