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The smoke at the North Merrick home was so heavy that the houses and garage could not be seen clearly behind it.

Fire consumed a Millwood Lane home in North Merrick on Monday afternoon, causing heavy smoke to spread throughout the neighborhood. more

By Stephany Reyes | 6/6/16

North Merrick firefighters saved a 38-year-man from this home on Thursday morning.

N. Merrick F.D. saves man from burning home

The North Merrick Fire Department’s quick response saved a 38-year-old man who was asleep and trapped in a Maeder Avenue home on Thursday morning, according to James Rogers, the North Merrick fire chief. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/26/16

Candles burned brightly in Paris in remembrance of nearly 130 people who were killed in terrorist attacks in the City of Light last Friday.

Worry and anger in Bellmore-Merrick after Paris terror attacks

On Sept. 11, 2001, Bellmorite Vince Proto was marching warily on Broadway in Manhattan, from the World Trade Center to Brooklyn, shortly after Al Qaeda terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers. Proto worked for Deutsche Bank, at 1 Liberty Plaza, in the towers’ shadow. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/18/15

A van transporting five disabled passengers ran off the road in North Merrick on Tuesday.

Van carrying disabled passengers crashes on Southern State Parkway

A van carrying five disabled passengers careered off the Southern State Parkway in North Merrick around 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 and crashed into a tree, according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/12/15

N. Merrick F.D. rescues 5 after Meadowbrook Parkway crash

North Merrick firefighters used the Jaws of Life to rip the roof and doors off a car to get at passengers who were trapped inside the vehicle after they ran off a northbound lane of the Meadowbrook Parkway on Sept. 7 around 4:30 p.m., according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/10/15

A Calhoun High School student suffered a “severe case of alcohol poisoning” after drinking at a party last Wednesday night in the woods behind Brookside School in North Merrick, according to Calhoun Principal Nicole Hollings. The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, which oversees Calhoun, had asked Uniondale company Summit Security Services to keep watch that night at Brookside, said Central District Superintendent John DeTommaso. Above, a Summit SUV was parked that night outside Brookside as emergency vehicles’ lights flashed at the woods’ edge.

EMTs pull drunken teen from ravine

The teenager, a student at Calhoun High School, had a “severe case of alcohol poisoning,” said Calhoun Principal Nicole Hollings in an email to parents on June 12. He drank at a “large gathering” of Calhoun seniors in the woods between Brookside School and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Hollings wrote. more

By Brian Racow | 6/17/15

North Merrick re-elects fire commissioner

Greg Smith, a commissioner of the North Merrick Fire Department, won re-election on Dec. 9 to his seat on the department’s governing board. more

By Brian Racow | 12/17/14

Fire commish faces challenge from fire chief

North Merrick voters will choose next Tuesday between two longtime Fire Department officers running for a five-year term on the department’s Board of Fire Commissioners. more

By Brian Racow | 12/3/14

A red Honda sedan came to a stop on Oct. 25 partway inside Jim-Jam Cleaners, at 1200 Merrick Ave in North Merrick, after crashing through the building’s front doors. One person inside Jim-Jam suffered a “minor injury” and declined medical assistance, a fire official said.

Car slams into Jim-Jam Cleaners

A red Honda sedan smashed through the front doors of North Merrick’s Jim-Jam Cleaners on Oct. 25, wrecking a section of the building’s façade. more

11/7/14

A ceremony Tuesday morning celebrated the start of construction on a Little Whaleneck Road house that the charity Building Homes for Heroes will give to Kevin Vaughan, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, for free. Vaughan, who grew up in North Merrick, expressed many thanks to BHFH and the community, telling the crowd of about 150 people that it was “the greatest day of my life.”

Community support sustains a veteran, his family and friends

Kevin Vaughan, a Marine corporal who was wounded in Afghanistan and received a hero’s welcome when he returned home to North Merrick in 2012, will now receive a free house, courtesy of Building Homes for Heroes. more

By Brian Racow | 9/10/14

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