Merrick’s temples, synagogues and Jewish residents this and last week celebrated Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, with prayer, menorah lightings, family time, presents, traditional foods and an abundance of community events organized around the holiday’s themes.
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12/5/13
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There is an image of Superstorm Sandy –– or, rather, its aftermath –– that is seared in my mind: I’m driving a rented black Jeep, rounding a bend in the road near my home in south Merrick.
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10/31/13
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Four civic organizations — representing Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore and North Bellmore — will host a “Meet the Candidates Night” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Merrick Road Park golf course clubhouse, at 2550 Clubhouse Road in Merrick.
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10/28/13
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A group of children recently came across hypodermic needles on the ground in back of Levy-Lakeside School, according to Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma.
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By Brian Racow
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10/11/13
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A 45-year-old Virginia man was arrested and charged with burglarizing a Clubhouse Road home in south Merrick on Saturday. Nassau County Police said he attempted to steal a safe.
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7/29/13
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A man recently released from prison reportedly burglarized a Clubhouse Road home in south Merrick on Friday night, around 9:30 p.m., leading police on a chase, with helicopters circling overhead for …
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7/27/13
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Aaron Birnbaum, a recent graduate of Kennedy High School, received the South Merrick Community Civic Association’s Franklin M. Soling Memorial Scholarship at Kennedy’s senior awards night on May 29.
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6/28/13
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Cougar Nation had a lot to smile about last Sunday.
All of Bellmore-Merrick’s seniors celebrated their high school experiences while looking forward to the future at commencement exercises for Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham on June 23. For the third straight year, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District held three separate graduation ceremonies at the NYCB Theater in Westbury, and officials said that each school had about 335 graduates.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/26/13
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Temple Israel of South Merrick, at 2655 Clubhouse Road, reopened the Evan Kravitz Hebrew School on Monday, five months after Hurricane Sandy inundated it with four feet of destructive saltwater.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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4/12/13
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A currently unidentified person or persons burglarized four cars in relatively close proximity to one another in south Merrick last Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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3/5/13
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