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Residences and businesses along Sunrise Highway, where work on the Bay Park Conveyance Project is ongoing, are dealing with intense vibrations in their homes and shops due to truck traffic over the large plates used to cover construction pits.

Water project complaints aired at meeting

With construction well under way on the Bay Park Conveyance Project — a massive effort to improve water quality and storm resiliency across Nassau County — some residents are pleading for a … more

By Kepherd Daniel | 6/2/22

Charlie Goldberg, 16, of South Merrick, manages SMCCA’s social media.

Meet SMCCA’s social media manager

Social media has grown exponentially in the last decade. With many people on social networking sites nearly every second of the day, businesses and organizations have used this resource to promote … more

By Rocco Law | 2/27/20

More than 20 of Merrick’s youth gathered at Cammanns Pond Park on Nov. 10 for some fall cleaning.

Merrick’s youth ‘rake’ a difference

With clean-up tools in hand, Merrick’s youth gathered at Cammanns Pond Park on Nov. 10 for the South Merrick Community Civic Association’s Youth Club’s first group outing. More than 20 children participated by raking leaves and planting fresh, winter-friendly greens. more

11/21/19

Tricia Sattar and Fred Jones, left, were sworn in as SMCCA trustees on Aug. 27 by Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads and civic President Joe Baker, right.

South Merrick Community Civic Association unveils Youth Club, new trustees

New trustees have been inducted into the South Merrick Community Civic Association, and with them come new initiatives, including a club for Merrick’s younger residents — and, it’s hoped, an … more

By Andrew Garcia | 9/26/19

The South Merrick Community Civic Association will honor Craig Allen, of Merrick, on Monday for his contributions to the triangular garden at Clubhouse and Merrick roads. Allen is a radio and television meteorologist.

Merrick’s resident meteorologist Craig Allen to be honored by civic association

Craig Allen said he remembers when the sound of rolling thunder and the crack and flash of lightning would make him curl up in his childhood bedroom, frightened by the approaching storm. Now, he … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 9/19/19

Kennedy principal: Student diagnosed with meningitis

Kennedy High School parents received an alarming warning Tuesday night: A student at the south Bellmore school has contracted meningococcal meningitis, “a severe bacterial infection of the … more

By Scott Brinton and Erik Hawkins | 5/10/17

A garden grows in Merrick

In my backyard, in the shadow of my creaky wooden deck, a holly bush grows. A little over four years ago, I thought it dead. more

3/30/17

South Merrick park moves closer to reality

After a fundraising night at the Bellmore Governor’s Brokerage Comedy Club recently, the Let’s Play 11566 committee is one step closer to fulfilling a dream to create a playground on an empty lot on Wynsum Avenue in south Merrick. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/28/16

Rice talks gun control

Members of the South Merrick Community Civic Association recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice to a meeting, at which gun control became a heated point of discussion, among other issues. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/1/16

Merokean Susan Saban is working With Temple Beth Am Rabbi Ronald Brown to create a new religious education program for children with special needs. Saban, a Temple Beth Am member, is the assistant director of pupil personnel services for the Herricks School District.

Remaking Jewish education for kids with special needs

One day not long ago, Merokean Susan Saban was sitting in a holiday service at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore-Merrick. A mother of a child with developmental disabilities kept getting up to attend to the boy, who was disrupting the service. Saban’s heart sunk. She knows well the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families. She is the assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Herricks School District, and is charged with providing services for children with special needs. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/20/16

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