The bar industry has taken another hit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s most recent measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The regulation, which prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages without …
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By Victoria Caruso
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8/10/20
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Navigating Bellmore-Merrick’s side streets in the days following Tropical Storm Isaias was comparable to being caught in a dizzying maze.
Drivers were forced to three-point turn at the sight …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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8/7/20
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Power was restored late Thursday afternoon at eateries, shops and supermarkets along Merrick Road in Merrick, from the Four Towns Fire Training Center to Babylon Turnpike, nearly two days after Tropical Storm Isaias struck.
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By Tony Bellissimo and Scott Brinton
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8/6/20
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Students, teachers and administrators in the North Merrick School District’s WINGS program recently organized “Operation Frontline,” during which they supplied Mount Sinai South Nassau nurses and doctors with much needed facemask extenders.
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7/30/20
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After an unprecedented school year, former Merrick Avenue Middle School Science Chair Michael Hughes began his term as the new assistant principal of Sanford H. Calhoun High School on July 1, joining …
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By Victoria Caruso
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7/29/20
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New York State Police are investigating a car crash that killed a Merrick man early Monday morning, according to a press release.
On July 27, at approximately 1:53 a.m., state police were …
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7/27/20
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The Merrick Fire Department responded to several emergency calls between July 24 and 26, including water emergencies involving jet skis and an overturned boat, house fires, carbon monoxide alarms, a …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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7/27/20
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When Calhoun High School rising senior Skyler Basco created an Instagram group chat to keep her fellow classmates connected during distance learning, she had no idea of its potential. Her idea to …
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7/24/20
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After she was recruited to serve on North Merrick School District’s re-entry task force, which formed six weeks ago to develop potential school-reopening plans for September, Board of Education …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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7/21/20
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As rain befell the Merricks early Friday morning, it was hard to discern much of anything between the gray skies and torrential downpours. But at the corner of Merrick Avenue and Sunrise Highway, a …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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7/21/20
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