At least one holiday commercial aired before many children headed back to school from their summer vacations: Kmart rolled out a television spot called “Ridiculous” during the first week of September . . .
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11/25/15
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With the swing of a sledgehammer into one of the walls of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the renovation of the 43-year-old arena officially began on Nov. 5. Nassau County Executive Ed …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/11/15
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The Waldbaum’s at 1686 Merrick Road in Merrick is currently open for business. Whether it will remain so is uncertain.
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By Brian Racow
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7/29/15
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Even as Stop & Shop employees, community leaders from the Chamber of Commerce and the fire department, a Town of Hempstead official and local reporters gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:45 a.m. last Friday, and snowflakes fell fast and thick, customers hurried past to see all that the new Merrick Mall supermarket offers and start filling their shopping carts.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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As we look forward to the joys of the holidays, it can be all too easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of the season and spend more than you can afford. According to a survey by Price Waterhouse …
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By Mayra DiRico, Astoria Bank, director of Retail Banking
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12/2/14
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Workers for Hogan Plumbing and Heating, Inc. struck a natural gas pipe last Friday afternoon behind Merrick Shopping Center, according to Don Hogan, the company’s owner. The Merrick Fire Department evacuated more than a dozen houses near the shopping center, and the Nassau County Police Department shut down a block of Merrick Road, but officials quickly determined that there was no danger.
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By Brian Racow
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11/28/14
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Before their Thanksgiving dinners even cooled, millions of Americans began lining up outside the mega-stores to be among the first to get at Black Friday deals. Next week . . .
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11/28/14
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A refurbished Stop & Shop store will open its doors in mid-December at the Merrick Mall, a spokeswoman for the grocery chain estimated this week.
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11/7/14
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The Stop & Shop in the Merrick Mall will close for most of the fall, according to store management.
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8/20/14
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Plans for an overhaul of the Merrick Mall Stop & Shop have been delayed for so long that some its neighbors can scarcely believe that construction work is now under way.
Nevertheless, they say, the chain-link fences, heavy machinery and men in neon vests and hard hats outside Stop & Shop are good signs, and they look forward to seeing the work completed.
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By Brian Racow
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5/28/14
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