For 75 years, local merchants and caring community members in Merrick have been brought together through the Chamber of Commerce. On Jan. 7, the chamber celebrated the milestone with a swanky soirée at the Carltun restaurant in East Meadow.
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by Sari Zeidler
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1/14/10
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Those interested in helping victims of the earthquake in Haiti may contact the organizations below:
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1/13/10
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg is encouraging ratepayers of Aqua America, Inc. to call on Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray to take preliminary steps toward creation of a public water district for southeast Nassau.
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Deirdre Krasula
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1/8/10
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Members of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce showed up with smiles for the presentation of a new sign at Sunrise Highway and Merrick Avenue commemorating the chamber's 75th anniversary.
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1/8/10
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Mepham High School officials recently announced its 2009-2010 athletes who have signed letter of intent to play in college, and who have received partial or full athletic scholarship. With their parents and coaches, they are, above, from left, J.C. Brandmaier, baseball, Dowling College; Doug Marshall, baseball, SUNY New Paltz; Lauren Johnson, lacrosse, Monmouth University, New Jersey; Thomas Pisano, baseball, Caldwell College, New Jersey; Stephen Luczaj, baseball, Caldwell College.
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Scott Brinton
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1/7/10
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W.C. Mepham High School recently announced the winners of the school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.
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1/7/10
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The Guardian Brain Foundation, an organization with headquarters in Bellmore that provides support services to children and adults with brain tumors and injuries, and helps to advance neuroscience research, held its seventh annual Butterfly Ball at the Carltun Restaurant in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow recently.
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Sari Zeidler
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1/7/10
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The year that Helen Gebhard was born, the United States began construction on the Panama Canal. The New York City subway system opened on October 27, and the first New Year’s Eve celebration was held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York.
On December 26, 2009, Gebhard celebrated her 105th birthday among friends and family at Sunrise of North Lynbrook on December 26, 2009. “I am crying, but I think they’re tears of joy,” she said.
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Mary Malloy
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1/7/10
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While taking a thinly veiled swipe at the previous, Democratically controlled county government, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray touted her administration's fiscal and environmental accomplishments in her inaugural speech on Tuesday.
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Scott Brinton
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1/5/10
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Where would Merrick be without Joe Baker, and where would Baker be without Merrick? As president of the South Merrick Community Civic Association, Baker has gone out of his way to make Merrick a safer, happier and more beautiful place to live. For his many achievements, the Herald is proud to name him its 2009 Person of the Year.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/31/09
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