With the temperature hovering right around 32 degrees Fahrenheit, Bellmore-Merrick was once again blanketed in white on Feb. 5. The snowstorm came only two weeks after an historic blizzard pummeled the area.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/5/16
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Owing to severe winter weather conditions, schools throughout Bellmore-Merrick were closed on Friday, Feb. 5. Forecasters were predicting three to six inches of snow.
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2/5/16
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the Jason Gruen Foundation recently tested 150 ninth-graders over two weekends, checking their hearts with advanced portable electrocardiogram and echocardiogram machines. Screenings took place at Calhoun High School in Merrick on Jan. 9 and 16.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/28/16
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A jury in Suffolk County needed only two hours to convict a Huntington Station man of shooting Suffolk police officer Mark Collins, of North Bellmore, during a traffic stop last March, according to a representative of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
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By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann
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1/27/16
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Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal screamed into the phone when the panel of renowned scientists at the Society for Science & the Public called on Jan. 19.
“No way!” she hollered.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/26/16
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A 38-year-old Bellmore man died after shoveling snow on Sunday morning after a blizzard barreled through the South Shore over the weekend, according to Nassau County Executive Mangano.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/25/16
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After an historic storm swept across Long Island, dumping more than two feet of snow on Bellmore-Merrick from late on Jan. 22 into the early morning of Jan. 24, folks spent the greater part of Sunday digging out their driveways and sidewalks.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/24/16
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores pulled out all the stops to honor its Chamber Member of the Year, Community Person of the Year, Board Member of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award winner at the Woodbury Country Club on Jan. 16.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/21/16
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a saying: “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” For King, service to others was the highest form of humanity.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/20/16
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A major streetscape project that was announced in September, and was intended to beautify the Merrick Road business district between Bellmore and Merrick, has been delayed until the spring. The …
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By Daine Taylor
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1/15/16
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