The market is down, oil prices are up, the Arab world is imploding and I have this annoying pain in my shoulder. What to do but pick up a good book? more

A “Fat Tax,” a “Broccoli Sundae,” bickering couples and a talking coffee pot were among the many subjects taken on by members of the Merrick Senior Center’s Creative Writing Workshop during a poetry reading and dramatic presentation at the Merrick Theater and Center for the Arts on May 18. more

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

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick held its annual Community Read-Aloud last Friday, at which community leaders were invited in to read to classes and discuss their professions. Among those in attendance were New York State Assemblyman David McDonough, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, Merrick American Legion Commander Bernard Hoffman, and Merrick Fire Chief T.J. Fernandez. Scott Brinton, senior editor of the Merrick Herald, read “Secret of a Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman, an anti-bullying book, to a fifth-grade class co-taught by Ginny Bennette and Susan Holland. Above, the fifth-grade class that Brinton visited. more

Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick recently invited Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg to be a guest reader for the students in Mr. Keenan’s sixth-grade class. more

Even though multitasking is king, there are so many things we can’t do at the same time: drink a martini and ride a roller coaster, text and take a shower, watch a movie and mow the lawn, run a marathon and flip pancakes. more

As is the longstanding tradition, the Historical Society of the Merricks will host its annual reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July at the Merrick gazebo in Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Merrick at 10 a. more

egistration will begin on Monday, June 21, for the Merrick Library's summer reading program, Make a Splash –– Read. more

Elected officials, fires officials, school principals, librarians, and community members met up at Levy-Lakeside Friday morning for the school;s annual Community Read In. They came to read special books to classes and discussed what they do in their work. Among the participants were Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. more

Elected leaders, fire officials, school principals, librarians and Board of Education trustees converged on Birch Elementary on Wednesday morning for school’s the annual Community Read In. The event is intended to stimulate the children’s interest in –– what else? –– reading. more