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After Sandy, Merrick Senior Center reopens to a crowd of smiling members
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Merrick Senior Center member Sadie Salerno, front –– age 106 –– cut the ribbon to reopen the center. She was joined here by her daughter, Pauline Luparello, 86. Salerno’s Merrick home was flooded during Sandy.
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at the lectern, was all smiles as she led the ceremony to officially reopen the Merrick Center, on Clubhouse Road, which was devastated during Hurricane Sandy.
Scott Brinton/Herald
In a joyous ceremony full of smiles, the Merrick Senior Center, at 2550 Clubhouse Road in Merrick, reopened its doors today to several dozen senior citizens from the local community after spending five months shuttered because it was flooded with four feet of water during Hurricane Sandy.
The seniors gathered in the newly rebuilt and refurbished center for a luncheon and ribbon-cutting ceremony, which Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin and reporters from several news organizations also attended.
Full story to follow on liherald.com/merrick on Tuesday and in this Thursday’s issue of the Merrick Herald.
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