The North and Central Merrick Civic Association and LI Clean Air Water & Soil will host a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the North Merrick Public Library at 7 p.m. to discuss a possible water-rate hike.
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9/20/16
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The North and Central Merrick Civic Association on June 24 recognized two Calhoun High School seniors for performing community service “above and beyond the norm,” said NCMCA President Claudia Borecky.
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7/16/15
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The North and Central Merrick Civic Association organized a team of local volunteers to plant flowers and remove weeds and litter on May 30 along Merrick Avenue. The association maintains many of the trees that line the sidewalk. Working with shovels and spades, the volunteers spent a Saturday morning helping to beautify ...
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6/3/15
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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ...
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By Brian Racow
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6/3/15
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North Merrick School District officials, including Superintendent David Feller and Facilities Director James Saitta, will give multiple public presentations in coming days on the district’s plans for a $14.65 million capital improvements bond.
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By Brian Racow
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4/29/15
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In a yearly rite of spring, hundreds of local children hunted for eggs and collected candy at the Eggstravaganza on April 4 at Fraser Park in North Merrick.
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4/8/15
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Democrat Rita Kestenbaum and Republican Steve Rhoads, the two candidates in the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District, squared off last Thursday not so much against each other as against a roomful of likely voters given free rein to ask or say what they pleased.
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By Brian Racow
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2/25/15
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Halloween came early in the Merricks this year: On Saturday, Oct. 25, ghosts, ghouls and goblins haunted downtown Merrick and North Merrick’s Fraser Avenue Park.
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10/29/14
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The North and Central Merrick Civic Association threw its annual Spring Eggstravaganza on April 12 at Fraser Park in North Merrick. Merrick families with young children flocked to the park at 11 a.m., finding a Wonka-like field of multi-colored eggs ...
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4/17/14
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As soon as dawn breaks on typical weekday mornings, the race is on for a parking spot in the lot at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station. Within a few hours, the lot is full, and many commuters have missed their chance. That’s the way it’s been for decades in Merrick.
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By Brian Racow
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2/19/14
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