As we look forward to the joys of the holidays, it can be all too easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of the season and spend more than you can afford. According to a survey by Price Waterhouse …
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By Mayra DiRico, Astoria Bank, director of Retail Banking
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12/2/14
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Workers for Hogan Plumbing and Heating, Inc. struck a natural gas pipe last Friday afternoon behind Merrick Shopping Center, according to Don Hogan, the company’s owner. The Merrick Fire Department evacuated more than a dozen houses near the shopping center, and the Nassau County Police Department shut down a block of Merrick Road, but officials quickly determined that there was no danger.
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By Brian Racow
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11/28/14
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Before their Thanksgiving dinners even cooled, millions of Americans began lining up outside the mega-stores to be among the first to get at Black Friday deals. Next week . . .
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11/28/14
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A refurbished Stop & Shop store will open its doors in mid-December at the Merrick Mall, a spokeswoman for the grocery chain estimated this week.
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11/7/14
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Two years ago, when he was 11, Cory Nichols saw a documentary on poverty called “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island.” Cory, who has been acting on television and in movies since he was 6, was in the audience at the Long Island International Film Expo, where a film in which he co-starred was screening as well.
But it was “Hard Times” that made the biggest impression on Cory, who is now a ninth-grader at Oceanside High School. “It made me really want to help our community,” he said. “People don’t have to say they’re in need to be in need.” So he decided to take action.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/22/14
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“The waves are here — you guys out here in New York are known for being hardcore surfers,” said professional surfer Jeremy Johnston, of Florida, just after he finished third in the 2014 Volcom …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky
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9/24/14
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The Stop & Shop in the Merrick Mall will close for most of the fall, according to store management.
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8/20/14
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When he’s not working as a camp director at Skudin Surf school, or doing volunteer work with children with special needs for the nonprofit Surf for All, professional surfer TJ Gumiela is training, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/13/14
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A footbridge that connects the parking lot of the professional building at 3205 Jerusalem Avenue with the back alley of the Cherrywood Shopping Center in Wantagh was spray painted with drug-related graffiti. The graffiti also included a Swastika, and other anti-semitic sentiments were written in chalk in the parking lot by the footbridge.
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By Laura Schofer
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8/6/14
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Plans for an overhaul of the Merrick Mall Stop & Shop have been delayed for so long that some its neighbors can scarcely believe that construction work is now under way.
Nevertheless, they say, the chain-link fences, heavy machinery and men in neon vests and hard hats outside Stop & Shop are good signs, and they look forward to seeing the work completed.
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By Brian Racow
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5/28/14
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