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Merrick Fire Department volunteers saluted two World Trade Center beams that will be used to create memorials in the community, just before they were transported from Kennedy Airport’s Hangar 17 to Friendship Engine and Hose Company, off Meadowbrook Road.

Dressed in a black blouse and blue jeans, Carol Gies stood silently on Tuesday morning, her chin in her hands, her elbows resting on a crane that was lifting a twisted World Trade Center girder into the parking lot at the Merrick Fire Department’s Friendship Engine and Hose Company. Gies, who lost her husband, Ronnie, in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, looked forlorn. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/26/11

Fire ripped through Joan's GF Great Bakes of Bellmore on Wednesday night.

Fire damages Bellmore bakery

Joan’s GF Great Bakes of Bellmore, a 1,600-square-foot commercial kitchen, suffered extensive damage in a fire Wednesday night, according to owner Joan Popkin, of Merrick. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 7/21/11

This Oswego Street home in North Bellmore was ravaged by fire on Saturday night.

Fire guts North Bellmore home

Members of the North Bellmore Fire District were out for their annual installation dinner last Saturday night and several neighboring fire departments were on standby when a call for a raging fire at an Oswego Street home in North Bellmore came in. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 5/12/11

A steel beam from the World Trade Center now forms the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial at the Brookside School in North Merrick. Local residents say that Osama bin Laden’s death brings a small measure of comfort, but nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, people still feel the psychic pain of losing their loved ones, friends and neighbors.

Merrick-Bellmore ‘thrilled’ that bin Laden is gone

“I’m thrilled that he’s gone.” That is what Merokean Carol Gies had to say on Monday morning about the death of Osama bin Laden, shortly after President Obama announced to the world on Sunday night that the al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind was killed in a 40-minute firefight with U.S. Navy seals at a fortified compound outside of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/2/11

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... African American DollsA selection of African American dolls from the collection of Freeport artist April Marius are on view, commemorating Black History Month. Through April … more

4/7/11

Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more... African American DollsA selection of African American dolls from the collection of Freeport artist April Marius are on view, commemorating Black History Month. Through April … more

4/1/11

Comptroller audits N. Bellmore Fire District

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the North Bellmore Fire District. The district received a handful of recommendations for changes in its accounting. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 3/15/11

Firefighters battled a fierce blaze at Abby's Dry Cleaners over the weekend.

Fire engulfs N. Merrick dry cleaner

Fire ripped through Abby’s Dry Cleaners in North Merrick just after midnight on Friday. The North Bellmore and North Merrick fire departments responded to the blaze, which engulfed the structure in flames. Police investigators said they consider the fire “suspicious.” more

By David Weingrad | 3/14/11

Joseph Sikorski, left, of Babylon and Victor Elefante of Bellmore are working to produce a film, “Fragments from Olympus,” about the life and times of largely misunderstood inventor Nikola Tesla, who did much of his best work on Long Island.

Bringing life to inventor Nikola Tesla

With metal coils, Nikola Tesla made electricity dance through the air in wild, hyperactive arcs, which led many in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to believe he was a magician, others to say he was a mad scientist. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/9/11

Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey addressed reporters' questions on the shooting on Wednesday afternoon.

Police: Shooter ‘out to commit mayhem’

The man who fired at least eight rounds at Bellmore fire volunteers and Nassau County Police officers Tuesday night may have had “turmoil in his personal life,” Commissioner Lawerence Mulvey said Wednesday afternoon. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 3/2/11