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Honor a veteran on Nov. 11 — and every day

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice between Germany and the Allied forces went into effect. more

11/6/14

Merrick American Legion Post 1282 will host a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Merrick American Legion to mark Veterans Day

Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282 will conduct its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Merrricks’ Veterans Memorial Park starting at 10:30 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park is at the corner of Merrick and Lee avenues, which is across the street from the Camp Avenue Elementary School. The park’s address is 1580 Little Whaleneck Road, Merrick. All are invited to attend. more

10/17/14

Veterans listened at a Merrick Board of Education meeting this spring.

Merrick district passes vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education on Sept. 9 approved school tax exemptions for local veterans, ending months of rancor that followed the board’s choice last winter to miss a deadline to pass the exemptions for the 2014-15 school year. more

By Brian Racow | 9/17/14

Children of all ages had a blast on the many amusement rides at the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

Video: Merrick Chamber fair delights thousands

Rain shut down the 24th annual Merrick Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival in the middle of the afternoon last Saturday. By Sunday morning, however, the rainclouds had moved northeast and the sun came out, offering a perfect day of family fun up and down Merrick Avenue, from the Long Island Rail Road station to the famed southwestern eatery R.S. Jones, at the corner of Loines Avenue. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/15/14

A ceremony Tuesday morning celebrated the start of construction on a Little Whaleneck Road house that the charity Building Homes for Heroes will give to Kevin Vaughan, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, for free. Vaughan, who grew up in North Merrick, expressed many thanks to BHFH and the community, telling the crowd of about 150 people that it was “the greatest day of my life.”

Community support sustains a veteran, his family and friends

Kevin Vaughan, a Marine corporal who was wounded in Afghanistan and received a hero’s welcome when he returned home to North Merrick in 2012, will now receive a free house, courtesy of Building Homes for Heroes. more

By Brian Racow | 9/10/14

James O’Neill, a Vietnam War veteran and second vice commander of the Merrick American Legion, spoke this spring at a Merrick Board of Education meeting. The board has postponed a vote on veterans’ tax exemptions to Sept. 9.

School board postpones vets’ tax break vote

Merrick School District trustees said in May that they would put tax breaks for community veterans to a vote on Aug. 12, but the board has postponed the vote another 28 days to Sept. 9. more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

The American Legion named Tim Messmer, second from left, the New York State Eagle Scout of the Year. He was congratulated by, from left, his father, Jim Messmer, a Troop 577 assistant scoutmaster; Frank Colon, the North Bellmore American Legion Post 1749 adjutant; and Charlie Kulins, the scoutmaster.

Teen named N.Y.’s Eagle Scout of the Year

Tim Messmer passed Bellmore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770’s hall on Bedford Avenue daily when he attended the nearby St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School as a child. He didn’t … more

By Julie Mansmann | 8/20/14

Sharon Williams, fifth from right and the widow of Philip Williams, a former commander of Merrick’s American Legion Post No. 1282, presented Nikki Reyes, second from right and a recent Kennedy High School graduate, with a $1,000 college scholarship in her husband’s name. Reyes will attend Boston University.

JFK grad, a volunteer and artist, wins scholarship

The family of the late Philip Williams, a former commander of Merrick’s American Legion Post No. 1282, this year awarded the $1,000 Philip L. Williams Memorial Scholarship to Nikki Reyes, a recent Kennedy High School graduate who will continue her studies ... more

7/10/14

Robert Wieboldt, a past commander of Merrick American Legion Post 1282, joined by Jane Hollinshead, served grand marshal of the Merricks’ Memorial Day parade this year. The procession attracted thousands of participants and spectators.

The Merricks mark Memorial Day

Spectators thronged the sidewalks as marchers made their way up Merrick Avenue for the Merricks’ annual Memorial Day parade, which ended in a solemn ceremony at the community’s war monument in North Merrick. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/28/14

Near the end of the Merricks' 2013 Memorial Day parade, members of Merrick's American Legion Post 1282 watched the process pass from the reviewing stand.

Memorial Day parade set for Monday

As is longstanding tradition, hundreds of people representing dozens of local organizations will line up Monday for Merrick’s Memorial Day parade. more

5/23/14

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