A funeral Mass was celebrated on Thursday to honor the life of Brian McCauley, a retired patrolman with the New York City Board of Underwriters from North Merrick who died Sunday. He was 42. The cause was cancer. more

The North Merrick Community Association gathered at the group's new monthly meeting spot, the North Merrick Library, on Jan. 20. Previously, meetings were held at the Merrick Park Golf Course Clubhouse, south of Sunrise Highway. The location shift brings the monthly meetings closer to neighborhoods served by the North Merrick Community Association. more

North Merrick Board of Education Trustee John Pinto called on board members to rescind money from the district's accrued liability reserve fund for employee benefits at a Jan. 12 public meeting, a move that the district's legal counsel warned could land board members in jail. The accrued liability reserve fund for employee benefits is used more

The North Merrick School District Board of Education voted four to two, with one abstention, to ratify a new four-year teachers' contract at a Jan. 13. public meeting. Prior to the meeting, contracts in the district were expired since 2008. more

All five local school districts –– including the Bellmore-Merrick Central, and Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary districts –– had part of their state allotments for December held back after Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay solvent. more

North Merrick School District attorney Albert D'Agostino is fighting back. After recently finding out that the state comptroller plans to revoke is annual $108,088 public pension again, D'Agostino filed a federal lawsuit on Dec. 10 alleging that his civil rights were violated. The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court, says Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and three of his attorneys denied D'Agostino his right to due process when they revoked his pension after determining that he was working as a private contractor. The lawsuit claims D'Agostino's 5th and 14th amendment rights were violated, and that he should have been given a hearing as well as adequate notice of the claims against him before his public pension could be revoked. more

The Merrick-North Merrick Little League's 9-year-old Yankees recently won the World Series in the International Division. Celebrating the victory were, top row, from left, Coach Rob Porcelli, Manager Felix Marks, Coach Ed Goldstein and Coach Gary Birke; middle row, Mike Pokorny, Alec Oppenheim, Ben Birke, Ray O'Keefe, Jack Goldstein, David Kantor and Justin Oberstein; bottom row, Haden Levine, Mike Porcelli, Jake Marks, Matt Molzon and Jack Appello; and on the ground, James Hampton. more

A recent string of fires at Calhoun High School in North Merrick has prompted an arson investigation, officials say. According to Vincent McManus, division supervisor at the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office, there have been six suspicious fires at the school since Nov. 19, three of which the North Merrick Fire Department responded to. more

The North Merrick School District Board of Education announced at a Dec. 8 public meeting that a resolution is expected to be reached in coming weeks on teacher contracts that expired in June 2008. The breakthrough was reached at an 8 a.m. negotiation session on Sunday, Dec. 6. more

Unresolved teacher contracts remained at the forefront of community concerns at the Nov. 10 North Merrick Board of Education meeting. Contract negotiations were not on the meeting agenda, but several residents and one teacher used the public comment period to urge the Board of Education to resolve the dispute surrounding contracts that expired in June 2008. more