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Exhibits and more... A Feast for the EyesAn exhibit that explores how food has inspired art. Eclectic portrayals of food, restaurants, cafes, shops, parties, and table decorations are presented … more

10/20/16

Claudia Borecky, second from left, president of the North Merrick Civic Association, and David Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, led a news conference last Thursday to urge the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take over cleanup of an underground chemical plume caused by Grumman and the Navy. They were joined by Dr. Dean Hart, of Brookville, and Audrey Ciuffo and David Stonehill, both of Merrick.

A widening toxic threat

A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/25/16

Walmart at Westfield Sunrise Mall will be closing in March.

Walmart to leave Sunrise Mall

After being there for the past 12 years, the Walmart at the Westfield Sunrise Mall in Massapequa is getting ready to leave. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 1/13/15

This chart shows George E. Sansoucy, P.E., LLC’s forecast of the cost to operate New York American Water Company, Inc. and two theoretical municipal water authorities through 2044. Sansoucy predicted that municipal water would be more costly in either scenario.

Water authority releases study

In 2010, people in Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh and Seaford paid nearly five times more for tap water than people in East Meadow, Levittown, Lido Beach and Uniondale, according to an engineering firm working for the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County. The first four communities got their water from the company Long Island American Water. The second four got theirs from the Town of Hempstead ... more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

Children don't hate math . . . they hate being confused by it

Now that school is coming to an end, math will take a back seat to vacations. A math foundation is built from one concept to the next . . . more

6/26/14

Mike Majikas, of North Merrick, held up a sunfish that Samira Sandoval caught at the Memorare Fishing Club’s “fish-a-thon” last Friday at the Rev. Arthur Mackey Park in Roosevelt. The club held the event for students at the United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau school in Roosevelt.

Fun and fishing at Rev. Mackey Park

Seven-year-old Javier Reyes felt a sudden tug on his line last Friday morning. Mike Majikas, of North Merrick, who stood nearby, bent down to Javier’s level and instructed him to “reel it … more

By Scott Brinton | 6/11/14

Local Sandy groups to showcase rebuilding plans

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Baldwin, Freeport, Bellmore-Merrick, Seaford-Wantagh, and Massapequa planning committees will hold a public meeting on May 8 to showcase their final project proposals. more

5/2/14

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

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