Erin King Sweeney, Merrick’s new councilwoman on the Hempstead Town Board, and Dan Malesardi, a utility program specialist from PSEG Long Island, will be the guest speakers at the South Merrick Community Civic Association’s meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, March 24, at the Merrick Road Park golf course clubhouse.
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3/24/15
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Children dressed as sorceresses, superheroes, princesses, professional athletes, animals and other characters for a day of fun at Temple Israel of South Merrick’s Mel Polay Purim Carnival on March 1.
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3/13/15
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A demolition crew began clearing the property at 150 Merrick Road, diagonally across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to make way for a 7-Eleven store just hours after Merokeans who had protested the proposed store signaled their reluctant surrender.
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By Brian Racow
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3/5/15
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Merrick Chamber of Commerce members will celebrate at the organization’s annual gala at Chateau Briand in Carle Place on Jan. 22, and two Merokeans –– Neil Yeoman and Betty Lippai –– will be honored as the organization’s Man and Woman of the Year.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/14/15
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Ice sculptor Mark Mckenzie had never before carved a menorah larger than 10 feet, but the one he made for Temple Israel of South Merrick went to 11.
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12/17/14
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A dozen Merrick Girl Scouts from Troop 2547 spent the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 5, helping keep their community beautiful by planting flowers and cleaning up trash at Camman’s Pond Park in south Merrick.
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10/29/14
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Kennedy High School students, faculty and staff were treated to an action-packed day of festivities for the 2014 Homecoming celebration.The Kennedy Cougars varsity football team took on the Jericho …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/15/14
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South Merrick’s Bay Drive, Harbor Road and Valerie Court are set to get face-lifts next year, when the Town of Hempstead plans to repave the streets.
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10/1/14
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Merrick residents articulated many reasons why they do not want to see a 7-Eleven open at 150 Merrick Road, opposite Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, during a June 10 Hempstead Town Council meeting. Town officials, however, said there was nothing they could do legally to stop the business from moving in.
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By Brian Racow
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6/19/14
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Though there is now just a vacant, dilapidated building and gravel lot at 150 Merrick Road, at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Babylon Turnpike, by December there will be a new, aesthetically pleasing convenience store at the site.
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By Brian Racow
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5/28/14
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