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Near the end of the Merricks' 2013 Memorial Day parade, members of Merrick's American Legion Post 1282 watched the process pass from the reviewing stand.

As is longstanding tradition, hundreds of people representing dozens of local organizations will line up Monday for Merrick’s Memorial Day parade. more

5/23/14

A group of veterans attended the Merrick Board of Education’s meeting on April 8. Several spoke out in favor of school tax exemptions for veterans.

School board pledges Aug. vote on vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education will vote in three months whether to grant community veterans school tax breaks, board members told a group of veterans, including leaders of Merrick’s American Legion Post 1282, at the board’s May 13 meeting. more

By Brian Racow | 5/21/14

This photograph, with the words “Jimmy’s baby picture” written on it, was found on a bulletin board at a Town of Hempstead facility in Levittown. Officials are now investigating the posting as a possible hate crime.

D.A. probes racial incident as hate crime

Officials at the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County district attorney’s office are investigating what they described as a racially charged incident at a town Highway Department facility in … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/7/14

Hempstead Town investigates racist incident

Hempstead Town officials said they are investigating a racist notice posted at a Town Highway Department facility in Levittown… more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/29/14

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

Senator Reid, character attacks are never the best defense

The possibility that the Democratic Party will lose control of the U.S. Senate in November has put Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in attack mode. more

4/17/14

Joy Ma, Merrick Avenue Middle School eighth-grader, won first place in the 14-year-old Women’s Eppe division of the 2014 March North American Cup, a fencing competition that took place last month in Memphis.

MAMS student is tops in fencing

It is not often that a student-athlete who wins a national championship in her sport has the time for another extracurricular activity. For well-rounded Merokean Joy Ma, however, the national title is just the beginning. more

4/9/14

Volinist Muneko Otani and cellist Nicole Johnson will perform with the South Shore Symphony Orchestra.

Stepping into spring with the South Shore Symphony

The South Shore Symphony welcomes the season with its latest concert, "Two Virtuosos and a Virtuoso Orchestra" this weekend. more

3/26/14

'Medical' marijuana — we should look before we leap

Marijuana legalization is all the rage these days, much to my chagrin. I oppose it. Always have. Always will. more

3/6/14

Understanding L.I.'s African-American history

It is an ignominious history that Long Islanders don’t like to remember or even recognize. For nearly 200 years, from the early 1600s to the early 1800s, Long Islanders owned slaves. more

2/20/14

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