The Bellmore Fire Department will hold a memorial ceremony this Sunday to honor the victims who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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9/7/16
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Bellmore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2770 will host a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Bellmores' war memorial in downtown Bellmore, off Bedford Avenue, just north of Sunrise Highway, …
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11/10/15
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From Captain America to Merida to witches and princesses, a cast of characters marched on Bedford Avenue on Saturday. That’s when a crowd of costume-clad kids –– and their parents –– came to downtown Bellmore for the annual Halloween parade.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/28/15
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Snow may have been falling on Saturday, but that didn’t stop the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores and locals from participating in the annual Easter Parade. More than 100 residents gathered …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/6/15
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Rainy weather couldn’t stop Bellmore residents from celebrating the holidays last weekend, as crowds of local folks gathered in Bellmore Village for the Chamber of Commerce of the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/14
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Nancy, the Cupcake Lady gave Bellmore residents the chance to have their cake and eat it too recently. For the fourth straight syear, cupcake lovers made their way to the Bedford Avenue bakery for …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/16/14
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The sun was shining on residents, members of the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores and the Easter Bunny on Saturday when they gathered downtown to celebrate an annual spring tradition: the Easter …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/17/14
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Commuters looking north from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road platform saw a strange scene in Bellmore’s downtown on March 25. Between cars strewn in different directions between Broadway and …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/3/14
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Different paths led the three founders of The Rock Underground to one another in 2010. Paul Casanova, now a guitarist in the Brooklyn-based band Of Earth, had experience in the music industry as a performer, booking agent and instructor. Another lifelong musician, Billy Handy Jr., was a former financial manager looking to trade his Wall Street office for a more creative environment. And Steve Eplan, a mortgage broker and manager of Bellmore’s Perri Funding Group, learned from his teenaged children that local young people didn’t have anywhere to learn about and share their love of music.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/21/14
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When customers walk into Gennaro Jewelers on Bedford Avenue, they may notice a sign hung above the doorway that reads, “The growth of any business is nurtured one customer at a time.” Gary Hudes, the shop’s owner, said his staff lives by the mantra and similar sayings posted around the store, which is among the reasons the shop has been in business for 90 years.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/20/14
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