Saturday's forecast was mostly cloudy save for a shower in honor of Katie Sobey Rodriguez, a nurse practitioner who's expecting her first child this June. On April 18, dozens of vehicles lined …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/20/20
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Like most teachers, Merrick resident Hallie Sherman, a speech-language pathologist at Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School in Freeport, is learning how to teach students from a distance …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/17/20
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The Doctor's Office is now offering Covid-19 antibody testing at its facility on Merrick Avenue, according to an email sent to patients Friday.
In his daily briefing Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/17/20
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The NCAA is giving all spring sports athletes — whose 2020 seasons ended after about three weeks of play due to coronavirus — an extra year of eligibility (see box). Of course, …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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4/16/20
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Bellmore-Merrick’s Emergency Medical Services is primarily funded through insurance billings for ambulance transports — but as at-home responses become more frequent to keep patients out …
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By Andrew Garcia
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4/16/20
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Although closed to the public to curb the spread of Covid-19, libraries all over Nassau County are proving to be essential by keeping residents engaged and entertained online during the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/13/20
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A deceased man was found near the Long Island Mar Thoma Church in Merrick on Friday afternoon, according to Nassau County police.
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4/11/20
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Merokeans are still finding ways to celebrate birthdays, bat mitzvahs and other milestones amid the coronavirus pandemic. Car parades have become a popular custom for people to spread the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/10/20
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Mutts and Butts owner Mike Silverman has kept operations running amid the coronavirus outbreak, but the Merrick pet store is making less than half of what it was before, he said.
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By Andrew Garcia
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4/10/20
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Although the statewide gatherings ban has kept houses of worship closed to congregants, Bellmore-Merrick religious leaders are reaching their communities virtually, and keeping the faith through the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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4/6/20
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