New York State Assemblyman David McDonough is teaming up with the John Theissen Children’s Foundation to collect school supplies for the 2010-11 school year, which will then be distributed to underprivileged children from low-income families.
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7/16/10
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Teens and tweens enjoyed a dance lesson with a tropical twist at the North Merrick Library recently.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/16/10
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The World Series Championship in the A Division of the Merrick-North Merrick Little League was played recently at Birch Elementary School in Merrick, and the Twins edged out the Yankees 2-1.
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7/12/10
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The Town of Hempstead held a ceremony on July 3 to dedicate North Merrick's Gianelli Avenue in honor of fire patrolman Brian McCauley.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/8/10
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Fire ripped through a Cape Cod home at 2086 Monroe Ave. in North Bellmore at 5:21 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, according to authorities.
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Scott Brinton
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7/7/10
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The 12-year-old Merrick-North Merrick Little League’s Williamsport Tournament travel team played Bellmore on July 2 and came away with a 4-2 victory in District 31.
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7/6/10
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Alexa Fronte, a fourth-grader at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick, is among the winners in the 11th annual Child Abuse Prevention Services Bully Prevention Poster and Poetry Contest. More than 1,500 students from 57 Long Island schools submitted entries to the competition. The winning 12 posters and three poems will be featured in the 2010-11 CAPS School Year Calendar, to be distributed this fall.
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7/2/10
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From July 16 through Aug. 15, Holms Citgo station on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick will donate 1 cent from every sale to Merrick American Legion Post 1282.
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7/2/10
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T-Mobile is looking to solve a costly problem for the North Merrick Public Library and increase wireless service by installing a disguised cell antenna in place of the library’s rusted flag pole. But North Merrick residents are asking for more answers before they support the project.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/22/10
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Elementary school children in North Merrick thinking of spending recess strolling the schoolyard with friends may have to think again.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/16/10
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