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Dave Francis, front, of Bellmore, said that he’s starting to worry that there will be a Long Island Rail Road strike on July 20. Above, Francis prepared to board a train in Bellmore on Monday.

With LIRR strike looming, Bellmore-Merrick commuters are on edge

Bellmore-Merrick commuters said on Monday that they were growing increasingly anxious as salary and benefit negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road’s eight unions carried on without an agreement to stave off a strike on July 20. more

By Scott Brinton and Brian Racow | 7/14/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

The Bellmore-Merrick Heroin Task Force has met since early March. Above, at the May meeting were, from left, Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central http://liherald.cms.communityq.com/images/icon-move.pngDistrict director of health, physical education and athletics; Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Community Parent Center; County Legislator David Denenberg; David Seinfeld, Calhoun High School principal; and Neil Brown, the North Merrick Board of Education president.

Bellmore-Merrick task force takes on heroin

Larry Glenz, a retired Lynbrook High School history teacher, remembers the good times, when his son Kevin was healthy, before he became a heroin addict whose only thought, awake and asleep, was shooting up. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/14/14

Todd Kaminsky, a former Assistant U.S. District Attorney, said that he is running as a Democrat for the 20th Assembly District seat that will be vacated by Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, who is not seeking re-election this year.

Kaminsky to run for State Assembly

Long Beach resident and Assistant U.S. District Attorney Todd Kaminsky was in Brooklyn on Monday — where his boss, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, announced that New York Rep. Michael Grimm had been … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/30/14

Emily and Jillian Nader, ages 10 and 6, and Ruby and Marcus Ciliabrasi, 6 and 3, were among the dozens of children who took part in the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s 2014 Spring Eggstravaganza last Saturday at Fraser Park in North Merrick.

Merrick families have an ‘eggstravagant’ time

The North and Central Merrick Civic Association threw its annual Spring Eggstravaganza on April 12 at Fraser Park in North Merrick. Merrick families with young children flocked to the park at 11 a.m., finding a Wonka-like field of multi-colored eggs ... more

4/17/14

Long Island Republicans have lined up in support of County Legislator Michael Venditto, a Massapequa Republican, as their party’s candidate to succeed former Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. in the New York State Senate. Joining Venditto at a kick-off campaign rally on March 15 at the American Legion Hall Post 1066 in Massapequa were Dean Skelos, co-majority leader of the State Senate; Carl Marcellino, a North Shore state senator; Ed Mangano, Nassau County's executive; George Maragos, Nassau's comptroller; Norma Gonsalves, presiding officer of the County Legislature; Kate Murray, supervisor of the Town of Hempstead; and Fuschillo.

Legislator Venditto seeking Fuschillo's Senate seat

Nassau County Republicans lined up earlier this month in support of County Legislator Michael Venditto, a Massapequa Republican, as their party’s candidate to succeed former Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. in the New York State Senate. more

By Brian Racow | 3/14/14

Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, of Merrick, announced his candidacy for the State Senate’s 8th District seat at a press conference on Thursday afternoon at Seaford’s American Legion Post 1132.

Denenberg running for State Senate

Dave Denenberg, the Merrick Democrat who has represented the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District for 14 years, has decided he is ready to move from Mineola to Albany. more

By Brian Racow | 3/6/14

Kyle Strober, pictured at left during a recent news conference about the Covanta Energy waste-to-energy incinerator in Westbury, is Sen. Charles Schumer’s Long Island director. Strober grew up in Merrick and graduated from Kennedy High School in Bellmore.

Senator Schumer’s right-hand man

Most pundits agreed: Mitt Romney won the first of three presidential debates in 2012, held at the University of Denver on Oct. 3. President Obama, whose rhetorical skills were the stuff of political legend, appeared tired, and in the weeks after the debate, his poll numbers plummeted. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/5/14

Central, Parent Center to host recruiting forum

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, in conjunction with the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, will hold a panel discussion on the college athletics selection process on Wednesday, March 5, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Mepham High School in North Bellmore. more

2/21/14

A rendering of iStar’s proposed development of the Superblock, which would include retail shops and a promenade along the boardwalk.

Developers make case for Superblock

With a plan to build the two tallest structures in Long Beach — and the first mix of retail shops along the boardwalk in recent memory — a Manhattan-based developer went before the Zoning Board … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 1/29/14

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