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By far, the greatest scam I’ve ever seen involves a long-controversial 6-acre vacant plot of beachfront property in Long Beach known as the Superblock. Despite many promises of developments . . . more

6/4/15

Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, spoke in support of a stricter state law for registered sex offenders on May 27 at the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s meeting at the North Merrick Public Library.

Singas: Stricter sex offender law needed

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 ... more

By Brian Racow | 6/3/15

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a 2012 ceremony to rename the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, in honor of Cuomo’s predecessor, who appointed him New York’s secretary of state in 1975. He was joined by Carey’s son, Michael.

Bellmore-Merrick remembers Mario Cuomo

On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker. Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/7/15

Bahary Architecture of Great Neck developed plans for Chabad’s new community center, in the heart of Merrick.

Chabad to open Jewish Community Center

The local Jewish community is expanding at a rapid pace. In fact, the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York found that 7,900 Jews moved to Merrick, Bellmore, East … more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/28/14

Nassau needs an assessment commission

It is perhaps the worst-kept secret in Nassau County: The property assessment system is broken. more

3/6/14

Stop & Shop overhaul plans clear another hurdle

The Town of Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals issued a decision at the end of September granting the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, LLC, permission to move forward with a planned renovation of its store in the Merrick Mall, but the BZA also imposed a series of conditions — for which the Merrick Park Homeowners Association had pressed — on Stop & Shop’s building plans. more

By Brian Racow | 10/30/13

This storefront, at 1391 Jerusalem Ave. in North Merrick, would have housed a new pawn shop if the Town of Hempstead had granted a variance that Estate Pawn Brokers LTD needed to open. Estate has now withdrawn its application for the variance.

Town: Proposed pawn shop won't open in North Merrick

Facing clamorous community opposition, the owner of Estate Pawn Brokers LTD has given up plans to open a pawn shop at Jerusalem Avenue and Williams Street in North Merrick. more

By Brian Racow | 8/23/13

Stop & Shop agrees to homeowners' demands

At a July 10 hearing of the Town of Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals, William Bonesso, an attorney for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, agreed to a list of stipulations that the Merrick Park Homeowners Association called for as part of Stop & Shop’s renovation plans for its Merrick Mall store. more

By Brian Racow | 7/25/13

In 2010, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano passed legislation, called the Common Sense Law, to repeal the county guarantee, shifting the cost of property-tax refunds to school districts, towns and special districts, which Mangano said would save the county $80 million annually. The state Appellate Division recently upheld the county guarantee, meaning that the county must pay the refunds.

State appeals court upholds ‘county guarantee’

A state appeals court has denied Nassau County’s attempt to shift the cost of refunding property-tax challenges to school districts and towns. The decision was reached unanimously on Feb. 27 by four justices of the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. more

By David Weingrad | 3/1/13

Rabbi Scott Hoffman, spiritual leader of Temple Israel of South Merrick, plans to compete in the New York City Marathon in November for the second straight year. His effort will benefit the United Jewish Appeal.

Taking on NYC’s biggest race for a cause

While running across the Queensboro Bridge during mile 16 of the 2010 New York City Marathon, Rabbi Scott Hoffman said he heard nothing. While usually flooded by cars headed to and from Manhattan, … more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 10/28/11

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