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Merrick resident Carol Gies placed a wreath on the memorial in honor of her late husband, Ronnie Gies, who died on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Merrick Fire Department marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a memorial ceremony at Sunrise Highway and Merrick Avenue in Merrick on Sunday. more

By David Weingrad | 9/13/11

Four firefighters from the Elmont Fire Department were injured on Aug. 30 while participating in training exercises at North Woodmere Park.

Sept. 13 update: Injured Elmont firefighter now in stable condition

Four firefighters from the Elmont Fire Department suffered injuries, one seriously hurt, while participating in training exercises at North Woodmere County Park around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 30. The injuries were to their heads, chests and faces. more

By Jackie Nash | 9/9/11

A Merrick fire volunteer inspected the remains of an Audi that was consumed by flames on the Sunrise Highway on Wednesday.

Car fire shuts down eastbound Sunrise on Wednesday morning

The eastbound side of the Sunrise Highway was shut down sometime between 9:15 and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday when Merrick Fire Department volunteers responded to a car fire that consumed a black Audi. more

By Scott Brinton and David Weingrad | 9/7/11

Car careens off Sunrise Highway

Merrick Fire Department volunteers and Nassau County Police officers joined forces when a westbound car ran off the Sunrise Highway on the night of Aug. 24, near Henry Street in Merrick. more

8/25/11

Coleman Country Day Camp was underwater on Sunday. Above, Camp Director Ross Coleman was waist-deep.

Monster storm swamps Merrick-Bellmore

A massive storm barreling out of the southern Atlantic dumped more than nine inches of driving rain on Merrick and Bellmore from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway, Coleman Country Day Camp and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain fell at a rate of more than an inch an hour, on par with a hurricane, according to the National Weather Service. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/16/11

Merrick volunteer firefighters assisted a stranded motorist on the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Rainstorm inundates Merrick-Bellmore

A massive storm dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the Merrick-Bellmore area from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain was falling at a rate of more than an inch an hour. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/14/11

Merrick Fire Department volunteers saluted two World Trade Center beams that will be used to create memorials in the community, just before they were transported from Kennedy Airport’s Hangar 17 to Friendship Engine and Hose Company, off Meadowbrook Road.

Merrick F.D. salutes 9/11 heroes

Dressed in a black blouse and blue jeans, Carol Gies stood silently on Tuesday morning, her chin in her hands, her elbows resting on a crane that was lifting a twisted World Trade Center girder into the parking lot at the Merrick Fire Department’s Friendship Engine and Hose Company. Gies, who lost her husband, Ronnie, in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, looked forlorn. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/26/11

Members of the North Merrick Fire Department administered oxygen to a dog that was found unconscious during a house fire on Arms Avenue. The dog was taken to a nearby veterinarian and released an hour later, fully recovered.

N. Merrick F.D. saves dog from blaze

Volunteers from the North Merrick Fire Department rescued a dog from a house fire on Arms Avenue in North Merrick at about 2 a.m. on June 20. more

By David Weingrad | 6/20/11

A steel beam from the World Trade Center now forms the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial at the Brookside School in North Merrick. Local residents say that Osama bin Laden’s death brings a small measure of comfort, but nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, people still feel the psychic pain of losing their loved ones, friends and neighbors.

Merrick-Bellmore ‘thrilled’ that bin Laden is gone

“I’m thrilled that he’s gone.” That is what Merokean Carol Gies had to say on Monday morning about the death of Osama bin Laden, shortly after President Obama announced to the world on Sunday night that the al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind was killed in a 40-minute firefight with U.S. Navy seals at a fortified compound outside of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/2/11

Birch Elementary School celebrates reading

Birch Elementary School in Merrick celebrated the written word at its annual Community Read-Aloud on Friday. School officials, elected leaders and community activists were invited to read to children … more

4/8/11

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