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Overcast Bellmore man dies after striking stanchion at Merrick LIRR station
Nassau County police are investigating a fatal car accident that occurred on Tuesday night at the Long Island Rail Road station in Merrick. According to detectives, Lloyd Sagendorph, 30, of …
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will open to hybrid model
Students will be back in school next month
Schools statewide will be allowed to reopen for in-person learning next month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week, and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s three reopening …
Bellmore-Merrick bars adjust to new state regulation
Purchase of alcohol now requires ordering food
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 …
Bellmore Kiwanis keeps on giving amid the pandemic
Local families impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic have faced many hardships in recent months, including financial insecurity, but service organizations, like the Bellmore Kiwanis Club, have stepped up …
Housing in high demand in Bellmore, Merrick
Finding Bigfoot might be easier than finding a house to purchase on Long Island this summer.
Nassau County police canvas Merrick in search of man who exposed himself to two nine-year-old girls
On Thursday, Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun held a news conference at the corner of Webster Street and Petit Avenue in Merrick regarding an "indecent exposure" incident that occurred at …
Tropical Storm Isaias batters Bellmore-Merrick
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 …
Metro Physical Therapy relocates its Bellmore location
Metro Physical & Aquatic Therapy, a leading provider of comprehensive therapy and wellness services with locations across Long Island and in Florida, is on the move again, expanding its …
New track among Mepham H.S. upgrades
Mepham High School is receiving a facelift of sorts this summer as part of the district’s capital project referendum approved by residents in spring 2017.
Bellmorite steps up during time of need
May was a whirlwind month for Chrissa Schmerler, who logged 20-hour workdays to provide meals for frontline workers, members of law enforcement and pretty much anyone else in need.
John F. Kennedy High School graduate takes home $80,000 Regeneron prize
Katherine St George, John F. Kennedy High School’s 2020 valedictorian, was named among the top 10 finalists of the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition on Wednesday, placing higher than …
Officials condemn anti-police graffiti in North Bellmore
After a spate of police-targeted graffiti tags were found on North Bellmore School District property last week, Town of Hempstead officials gathered at Newbridge Road Elementary School on Monday to …
Send the Herald your stories, photos of how you're coping with the coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has vastly altered our daily routines. Parents are at home. Children are at home. College students are at home. All must stay put, we are told, for now. People are making …
Editorial
We’ll say it again: It’s time to fix the SALT cap
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, has campaigned relentlessly to eliminate the $10,000 cap on deductions of state and local taxes imposed by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Trump shepherded through Congress.
Editorial
Young people: Cut out the big gatherings
About a thousand people — most young people — gathered on the beach in Long Beach on July 18, in clear violation of the state’s current ban . . .
Scott Brinton
What a poet can teach us about death — and life
I was out for a drive in mid-April, rounding the corner from Beach Street to Merrick Road in Merrick, when Emily Dickinson’s words suddenly came to my mind . . .
Randi Kreiss
Breaking news: President discovers gravity
After months of denying that gravity exists, President Trump dropped a golf ball from the White House roof and declared that Isaac Newton was right.
Alfonse D'Amato
We need a can-do attitude to beat Covid-19
It seems like we’ve been living with the coronavirus pandemic in a slow-motion time warp. But it’s time we snap out of it and beat this plague with the attitude that has characterized Americans’ character when faced with other seemingly insurmountable crises.