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David Denenberg, center, pleaded guilty in federal court to eight counts of mail fraud on Jan. 21 and resigned from Nassau County legislator's post. He was joined here after his court appearance by his attorney, Jason Russo, and his wife, Cara.

Denenberg pleads guilty to eight counts of mail fraud

Dave Denenberg, a longtime Nassau County legislator from Merrick accused by his former law firm of over-billing a corporate client for millions of dollars, pleaded guilty to eight counts of mail fraud Wednesday morning in Central Islip federal court. more

By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton | 1/21/15

Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg is due back in court on Jan. 21 to answer to mail fraud charges.

Denenberg due back in court Jan. 21

Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, the Merrick Democrat accused by his former law firm of over-billing a corporate client for millions of dollars, was due in federal court on Jan. 21, after press time, to answer eight federal mail fraud charges. more

By Scott Brinton and Brian Racow | 1/20/15

Construction crews are transforming a large part of 2174 Hewlett Ave.’s ground floor into a Community Center for the Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh. Above, the center’s future multi-purpose room.

Work on Chabad center moves apace

Chabad leaders’ vision for a Jewish Community Center at 2174 Hewlett Ave., neighboring the newly renovated Merrick Mall Stop & Shop, is becoming a reality. more

By Brian Racow | 1/15/15

Adam Lefkowitz, 4, was a fun-loving boy who was connected to the community before he died recently of Degos disease, his mother said.

Adam Lefkowitz: A short but impactful life

On weekdays, Adam Lefkowitz spent his time at South Shore Country Day School and Camp on Newbridge Road. Eager for new projects, he excitedly waited to learn crafts alongside his “little … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/14/15

Kennedy seniors honored in Intel Talent Search

Kennedy High School senior Beatrice Brown’s home was nearly destroyed on Aug. 11, 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene struck. A foot and a half of saltwater inundated the one-story south Merrick home, which took half a year to rebuild. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/14/15

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Social Studies Chairwoman Robyn Einbinder, Mepham Social Studies teacher Stu Stein, Johnson Mutibagirana, Mepham English teacher Ed Grosskreuz and Mepham teacher Marie Netto posed for a photo at a Dec. 15 program featuring Mutibagirana, a Rwandan genocide survivor.

Rwandan genocide survivor visits Mepham

Johnson Mutibagirana was 9 years old when he watched his mother’s execution alongside 40 other Tutsi neighbors when Hutus began the politically driven slaughter of a fellow Rwandan ethnic group in … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/14/15

Students from MephaM High School’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman J. Levy-Lakeside elementary schools in Merrick to become ‘reading buddies’ to first-graders.

Mepham seniors spread love of literacy

Children attending two Merrick schools recently received two gifts from Mepham High School students: a buddy and a book. Students in Mepham’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/8/15

Three Kennedy seniors named Intel semifinalists

Three seniors at Kennedy High School in Bellmore were named semifinalists in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search. They are Beatrice Brown, 18, Samuel Epstein, 18, and Justin Shapiro, 17. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/7/15

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a 2012 ceremony to rename the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, in honor of Cuomo’s predecessor, who appointed him New York’s secretary of state in 1975. He was joined by Carey’s son, Michael.

Bellmore-Merrick remembers Mario Cuomo

On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker. Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/7/15

Volunteers, founders and award recipients of Circle of Hope – a Merrick-based nonprofit organization that aims to help individuals and their families coping with the effects of breast cancer and other illnesses – gathered to celebrate one another’s strength and service in the face of disease at the group’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit on Dec. 9.

Benefit helps spread cancer awareness

Folks from throughout Bellmore-Merrick celebrated stories of survival and service at Circle of Hope’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit for individuals coping with breast cancer and other … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/14

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