The streets of south Merrick hummed with activity Friday as a line of decorated cars snaked through the neighborhood honking their horns. On the sidewalks, Levy Lakeside students and their families …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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6/8/20
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Eleven people — including 10 adults and one minor — were arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct in Merrick after they attempted to move their protest against police brutality onto the Meadowbrook Parkway.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/7/20
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For a third straight night, Black Lives Matter demonstrators convened in Merrick and Bellmore to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the systemic racism that is …
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By Scott Brinton
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6/4/20
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Thousands of demonstrators from all over Long Island flooded the streets of Bellmore and Merrick Thursday night on the third consecutive day of Black Lives Matter protests.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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6/4/20
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Six candidates are vying for a seat on the Merrick School District Board of Education. Get to know them before casting your mail-in vote on June 9.
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6/1/20
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By Alyssa Seidman
aseidman@liherald.com
The boisterous pomp and circumstance that accompany college graduations softened to a hum this year, as restrictions on large gatherings remained in …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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5/27/20
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As projected, Long Island began the Phase One reopening of its battered economy on Wednesday, paving the way for construction and wholesale trade companies to restart operations, along with retailers …
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By Scott Brinton, Alyssa Seidman and Andrew Garcia
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5/27/20
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Three popular Bellmore-Merrick area summer camps — Merrick Woods Day Camp in Merrick, and Coleman Country Day Camp and Twin Oaks Day Camp, both in Freeport — have closed for the summer …
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By Andrew Garcia and Alyssa Seidman
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5/21/20
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May 18 would have been the Lakeside Parent Teacher Association’s annual “End of the Year Dinner,” where we celebrate parents and teachers and induct a new executive board. It is a …
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By Melissa Warshaw
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5/21/20
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The Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick reopened to the public yesterday, May 19, but visitors will have to follow "additional guidelines," according to a release from the Town of …
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By Alyssa Seidman and Tony Bellissimo
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5/20/20
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