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A worker, who did not wish to be identified, cleaned up a sidewalk in downtown Merrick around 8 a.m. Thursday.

Powerful winter storm slams Nassau with blizzard-like conditions; school districts cancel classes

Updated: 9:45 a.m. Thursday: As predicted, a powerful winter storm rolled into the greater metropolitan area after midnight on Thursday morning, bringing with it snow, frigid temperatures and heavy winds. The National Weather Service issued a Blizzard Warning and a Coastal Flood Advisory for Nassau County on Thursday morning. It is expected to last through Friday morning. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/3/18

The snow show no signs of stopping in Glen Head. DPW officials estimate the North Shore has accumulated about six to eight inches of snow, and can accumulate as much as 10 to 14 inches as the storm continues.

Sea Cliff weathers the storm

Updated: 10:30 a.m. Thursday: As predicted, a powerful winter storm rolled into the greater metropolitan area after midnight on Thursday morning, bringing with it snow, frigid temperatures and heavy … more

By Scott Brinton and Alyssa Seidman | 1/3/18

Living in the land of wasted potential

I recently attended a breakfast meeting, and sat in a room full of successful business leaders along with a large number of attorneys. The subject was the business climate on Long Island, and somehow . . . more

9/28/17

Off-duty cop saves Bellmore toddler from drowning

On Sunday afternoon, a 2-year-old drowning in a pool was rescued by a neighbor who just happened to be an off-duty police officer. more

By Erik Hawkins | 7/3/17

Nassau County filed suit against manufacturers of opioid pain medications in State Supreme Court on Monday for their alleged role in the drug crisis that the county says has cost millions of dollars in services.

Nassau County sues pain med manufacturers, Merrick doctor

Nassau County on Monday began a legal fight against Purdue Pharma and other manufacturers of opioid pain medications, alleging a case of “corporate greed” and deceptive marketing that led to a drug epidemic the county has shelled out millions of dollars to fight. more

By Erik Hawkins | 6/16/17

Dr. Michael Belfiore, who practices in Merrick, had his motion to dismiss turned down in federal court on Wednesday. He will head to trial in October on charges that he improperly prescribed thousands of opioid pain medications.

Merrick doctor to face October trial on pain pill charges

Dr. Michael Belfiore, who operates a family practice in Merrick, will head to trial in October, after a federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges that he improperly prescribed thousands of opioid pain medications to patients. more

By Erik Hawkins | 5/12/17

Dr. Michael Belfiore, in an interview last week, said that all throughout his medical career, the impression was pushed on physicians that opioid pain medications should be prescribed more aggressively.

Indicted Merrick doctor to use industry video as defense in pain pill trial

Dr. Michael Belfiore, of Merrick, who is currently facing federal charges, says that throughout most of his medical career, doctors such as himself were pushed to prescribe opioid pain medications, while the drugs’ dangers were severely downplayed by the pharmaceutical industry. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/14/17

Merrick doctor found liable in wrongful death

A Merrick doctor was recently found liable in a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by the family of one of his former patients, who died of an opioid overdose. more

By Erik Hawkins | 3/30/17

Sheldon Leftenant, who was convicted of shooting North Bellmorite Mark Collins, a Suffolk County police officer, is headed to prison for 55 years, at minimum.

Suffolk judge slaps cop shooter with maximum sentence

Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice John Collins handed down the maximum sentence –– 55 years to life –– for a gang member who was convicted earlier this year of shooting Suffolk police officer Mark Collins, a lifelong North Bellmore resident, in March 2015. more

By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann | 3/28/16

A jury in Suffolk County has convicted Sheldon Leftenant of attempted murder in the shooting of Suffolk police officer Mark Collins, of North Bellmore.

Jury convicts N. Bellmore police officer's shooter

A jury in Suffolk County needed only two hours to convict a Huntington Station man of shooting Suffolk police officer Mark Collins, of North Bellmore, during a traffic stop last March, according to a representative of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. more

By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann | 1/27/16

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