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HERALD Cultivating green thumbs
Musical students in East Meadow
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Vol. 22 No. 34
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AUGUST 18 - 24, 2022
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There once was an author from East Meadow “The golden age of the limerick is recognized from being the early 1820s through 1928,” he ichael Croland loves said. limericks so much “This variety of poetic form that in 2016 he prohas been entertaining audiences posed to his wife for centures,” Susan Rattiner, Tamara with one. Now, six years editorial supervior at Dover, later, the East Meadwrote to the Herald, ow resident is pub“and this volume is a lishing a book full of worthy addition to them. our collection of “There Once Was Dover Thrift Edition a Limerick Antholopoetry anthologies.” gy” was published At the end of Croon Aug. 17 by Dover land’s book, however, Publications of Garare more recent limden City. The book is ericks. “(The epifilled with 350 selectlogue) is a way to ed limericks, fivetalk about some line rhyming poems things that they Michael Croland with a bouncy weren’t talking rhythm. about centuries ago,” “It’s a fun, smoothly flowing he said. “Like organic food, form of poetry,” said Croland, 38, Spanglish, diversity, and even a fan of limericks for nearly a the Macarena.” decade. “I’ve read through a lot Croland’s marriage proposal of old Limerick anthologies just was anything but romantic poetfor fun, and I saw an opportunity ry. to publish a new anthology with “Michael’s proposal with a a different spin.” limerick was more personalized The anthologies came from a — and quirky — than a typical ton of research, Croland said. proposal,” his wife, Tamara CroMost were published at least 100 land, wrote to the Herald. “It years ago and were in public ended with ‘Will you marry me?’ domain. Many of the entries in so I said yes. It wasn’t surprising his anthology come from the limerick “golden age.” Continued on page 18
By MAllory WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
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IN ThE EArly morning of Aug. 4, Tejinder Singh, an East Meadow resident, allegedly smashed the windshields and windows of 27 cars in East Meadow.
Blakeman discusses bail reform and crime reports By MAllory WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
In the same area where a vandalism spree recently plagued East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman released the county’s crime report, highlighting the “crime pandemic” that has occurred throughout the state. The Aug. 15 release of data came just two weeks after Tejinder Singh, an East Meadow resident, allegedly walked
up and down East Meadow Ave nu e a n d C a m b r i d g e Street, and smashed 27 car windshields with bricks. “We are experiencing this pandemic solely because of the laws that have been promulgated in Albany and foisted upon us that make us less safe,” Blakeman said. “Woke progressive policies like bail reform and raise the age are making us all less safe.” New York state’s bail reform law, a hot topic since its passage in 2020, calls for
the release of most non-violent criminal defendants while they await trial or a plea deal. In January, Blakeman signed an executive order requiring the county Police Department to issue daily reports with pending criminal case data and the bail status of those rearrested. According to the NCPD data, 3,019 individuals were arrested between April 1 and Continued on page 12