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On Feb. 26, 1993, terrorists detonated a 1,336-pound nitrate-hydrogen bomb in the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center’s North Tower, intending to send the structure crashing into the South Tower, destroying both buildings.
Merokean Aram Iskenderian was there that day, working as a bond broker high atop New York City in Cantor Fitzgerald’s corporate headquarters, on the World Trade Center’s 101st to 105th floors.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/7/16
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Editor’s note: Michael Otterman, a former Bellmore Herald intern and free-lance writer, who grew up in Merrick, recently traveled to Hiroshima, Japan, where he hosted a seminar for educators …
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By Michael Otterman
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8/31/16
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Editor’s note: Merokean David Stonehill served as a Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer during the primary season and is now volunteering for Clinton’s effort to defeat Donald Trump. Below …
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By David Stonehill
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8/29/16
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Evelyn Mindell, who lived on Croydon Drive in North Merrick for 50 years, from 1946 to 1996, died peacefully at her home in Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains, N.J., on Feb. 22. She was 95.
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3/24/16
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A Merrick motorist did not stop after hitting and killing a pedestrian on the night of July 4 on Sunrise Highway in Freeport, the Nassau County Police Department reported.
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7/8/15
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Merrick environmental activist Bob Young is reviving a nearly decade-long campaign to protect and preserve the fragile woodlands that line the Meadowbrook Parkway. From 2002 to 2011, hundreds of volunteers conducted cleanups, environmental studies and community forums aimed ...
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By Scott Brinton
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4/16/15
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Merokean Steve “The Crusher” Weiner stood in awe and soaked in the sheer size of the theater where he would attempt to break the Guinness world record for curling metal frying pans with his bare hands.
“It was a huge, huge stage,” recalled the 6-foot-2 Weiner during a recent interview at his home in the Gables neighborhood.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/15
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Lifelong Merokean Doug Mills started working in the back shop of the Printing Emporium, on Merrick Avenue in downtown Merrick, at age 14, as a printer’s apprentice, learning the trade from the ground up. By age 19, he owned the business.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/31/14
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The Bellmore-based Guardian Brain Foundation honored Merokean Douglas Mills at its Purple Passion Ball, held at The Carltun in East Meadow on Nov. 7.
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11/28/14
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After a swirl of media interviews on Sunday afternoon, 18-year-old Noah Rubin of Merrick had to be fitted for a tuxedo, right down to his shiny black shoes. In just hours he would attend the Wimbledon Champions Dinner at the glittering Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, where he would meet Wimbledon men’s champion Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1 tennis player.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/6/14
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