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Dedicated longtime community member Joe Baker believes his deep-rooted connections and wealth of experience from a 32-year career in law enforcement, will make him a perfect Nassau County Legislator for the community.

Baker's lifelong commitment a beacon of dedication

Joe Baker is a lifelong resident with a record of more than three decades of active involvement in public service — one that he hopes will take him to the Nassau County Legislature. The … more

By Mohamed Farghaly | 10/25/23

South Merrick park moves closer to reality

After a fundraising night at the Bellmore Governor’s Brokerage Comedy Club recently, the Let’s Play 11566 committee is one step closer to fulfilling a dream to create a playground on an empty lot on Wynsum Avenue in south Merrick. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/28/16

Rice talks gun control

Members of the South Merrick Community Civic Association recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice to a meeting, at which gun control became a heated point of discussion, among other issues. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/1/16

National Grid installing new piping in south Merrick

In recent weeks, residents on Florence Street and Riverside and Colonial avenues in Merrick have been moving their cars off the streets to make way for an unannounced gas main project. more

By Stephany Reyes | 8/26/16

South Merrick Community Civic Association President Joe Baker, far left, was joined by Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, second from left, and families at the civic group’s annual Spring Clean Sweep on May 15.

South Merrick gets a clean sweep by civic association

Children, parents and local government officials dedicated a few Sunday hours to the South Merrick Community Civic Association’s annual Spring Clean Sweep on May 15. more

By Stephany Reyes | 6/1/16

Workers used heavy machinery to tear down a crumbling, abandoned Sunoco station at 150 Merrick Road in Merrick.

Summer opening planned for 7-Eleven

A demolition crew began clearing the property at 150 Merrick Road, diagonally across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to make way for a 7-Eleven store just hours after Merokeans who had protested the proposed store signaled their reluctant surrender. more

By Brian Racow | 3/5/15

This map, found on the state's New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program website, evaluates the flooding risk across Bellmore and Merrick

Building a more resilient coastline

New York is working to shore up Irene-, Lee- and Sandy-damaged communities against future catastrophic storms, but the effort will take time, said officials at the state and local levels of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program. more

10/29/14

The property at 150 Merrick Road, opposite Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, may become the site of a new 7-Eleven store.

7-Eleven plans Merrick Road location

Though there is now just a vacant, dilapidated building and gravel lot at 150 Merrick Road, at the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Babylon Turnpike, by December there will be a new, aesthetically pleasing convenience store at the site. more

By Brian Racow | 5/28/14

In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that a 7-Eleven might move into 150 Merrick Road in Merrick, across from Levy Lakeside School, raising concerns among some residents.

Meeting tonight will focus on property opposite Lakeside School

The meeting, which will take place at 7 p.m. at the Merrick Road Park golf course clubhouse, is intended to address community concerns about a 7-Eleven store that may open at 150 Merrick Road, according to Civic Association President Joe Baker. more

5/14/14

Addison Soffer, 7, Ellie Gelman, 7, Shelby Watstein, 7, Ella Alesia, 7, Sadie Jacobs, 6, and Eden Goldberg, 7, were among the volunteers who helped on May 3 to spruce up Cammans Pond Park.

A clean sweep for south Merrick

The South Merrick Community Civic Association is continuing a yearly tradition this month with its “Spring Clean Sweeps” at several neighborhood mainstays like Camman’s Pond Park, Julian Lane Park and the Merrick post office. more

5/8/14

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