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Players anxiously watched the little white ball make its rounds across red and white squares as they waited for the roulette results to be announced. The dealer called out the winning numbers, as players examined the bets they had placed. Casino Night was well under way at the Merrick Empire Hose Company No. 3 on July 30. more

By Stephany Reyes | 8/11/16

Calhoun grad awarded community scholarship

When Merrokean Sharon Williams browsed through scholarship submissions from eager high school students in May, she became instantly intrigued by one essay. more

By Stephany Reyes | 8/10/16

Meet Mets star David Wright

Mets third baseman David Wright was holding an impromptu news conference amid a crush of reporters around noon on Monday when the 5- to 7-year-old campers started to cheer his name repeatedly, followed by three thunderous claps. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/9/16

N. Merrick woman charged with animal neglect

A North Merrick woman was charged with neglect of an impounded animal, and torturing or injuring animals and failure to provide sustenance, after detectives found 15 dogs living in unsanitary conditions at her home on July 12. more

By Stephany Reyes | 7/27/16

John Huss, of the Wantagh-based Fiber Control Inc., an asbestos-abatement company, was hard at work at Calhoun High School last Friday. As part of the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District’s reconstruction project, asbestos floor tiles are being removed at all five district schools.

Central High School District revamp is well under way

In each of the Bellmore-Merrick Central District’s five schools, students’ desks are now stacked in halls beside cardboard boxes full of textbooks and teachers’ knickknacks, and … more

By Scott Brinton | 7/26/16

Sophia Benno, 9, smiled widely as she took part in one of the many games during the Merrick Jewish Centre’s Family Fun Day.

Fun for all at the Merrick Jewish Centre

The Merrick Jewish Centre recently hosted a Family Fun Day as part of its ongoing effort to bring Jewish families closer together in an old-fashioned spirit of neighborliness. more

By Stephany Reyes | 7/21/16

Mark Reyes, second from left in front row, built new benches at the ELIJA School for Autism last month as part of his Eagle Scout project. He received help from his fellow Troop 225 members.

Eagle Scout project aids school for autism

Mark Reyes, a recent graduate of Kennedy High School in Bellmore, already knew that he wanted to help brighten one special building when he prepared for his Eagle Scout project with Troop 225 last month. more

By Stephany Reyes | 7/21/16

Cynthia Seniuk was recently appointed as the North Merrick School District superintendent.

N. Merrick district welcomes new superintendent

As current North Merrick Superintendent David Feller has been preparing to retire in recent months, the Board of Education searched for a new superintendent, finally appointing one at its last meeting. The board named Dr. Cynthia Seniuk to the post. more

By Stephany Reyes | 7/21/16

Herald file photo The Bellmore Movies’ single-theater format allows for film screenings and live performances.

108 years and counting

In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt was president, Oklahoma had just become the 46th state, Henry Ford finished his first Model T, and the Bellmore Movies was built. The single-screen silent film and … more

By Alex Boyd | 7/20/16

Bernard Otterman and his son, Michael, both former Merokeans, are working on a project to bring educators from across the Middle East to Hiroshima, Japan, to raise awareness of the dangers of nuclear war.

War and peace: searching for a nuclear-free world

Fears of another terrorist attack are running high after a series of ruthless strikes in Western Europe and the United States over the past year, perpetrated with semiautomatic rifles and suicide vests. The gravest threat to humanity, however, remains nuclear arms, according to Holocaust survivor Bernard Otterman, 79, formerly of Merrick. It has been so since World War II, he noted. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/19/16

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