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Since the onset of the pandemic, the Kiwanis Club of the Bellmores has provided additional support to the dozen local families it assists regularly.

Bellmore Kiwanis keeps on giving amid the pandemic

Local families impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic have faced many hardships in recent months, including financial insecurity, but service organizations, like the Bellmore Kiwanis Club, have stepped up … more

By Justin Dynia | 8/10/20

Lucious berries set the stage for the popular festival, attracting visitors from throughout the area for fun, games and, of course, strawberry treats in Bellmore.

Strawberry delights

Strawberries get their due at the popular festival this weekend. more

5/27/15

Merrick Memorial Day parade grand marshal Leonard Tucker saluted the crowds that turned out to remember America's heroes on Monday.

Merricks honor America's war heroes on Memorial Day

Spectators filled the sidewalks as marchers made their way up Merrick Avenue on Monday for the Merricks’ annual Memorial Day parade, which ended in a solemn ceremony at the community’s war monument in North Merrick. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/27/15

The Merrick Kiwanis Club donated an automated external defibrillator to the North Merrick Public Library. From left were Susan Helsinger, past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club; Tom Witt, director of the North Merrick Public Library; Mark Davis, a library trustee; Kim Scharoff, president of the Kiwanis Club; Bill Pezzulo, the library president; Marion Schurade, a library trustee; Barbara Behrens, trustee; Richard Smith, trustee; and Michael Reid, a Kiwanis Club member.

Kiwanis makes heartfelt donations

Martin Valk, a past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, noticed that the Merrick and North Merrick libraries did not have automated external defibrillators. Thanks to his and other Kiwanians’ actions, that soon will change. more

3/5/15

Betty Lippai and Neil Yeoman are the Merrick Chamber of Commerce's Woman and Man of the Year.

Merrick Chamber names Man and Woman of the Year

Merrick Chamber of Commerce members will celebrate at the organization’s annual gala at Chateau Briand in Carle Place on Jan. 22, and two Merokeans –– Neil Yeoman and Betty Lippai –– will be honored as the organization’s Man and Woman of the Year. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/14/15

Doug Mills, the Merrick Herald Life's Person of the Year for 2014

Doug Mills, the 2014 Person of the Year

Lifelong Merokean Doug Mills started working in the back shop of the Printing Emporium, on Merrick Avenue in downtown Merrick, at age 14, as a printer’s apprentice, learning the trade from the ground up. By age 19, he owned the business. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/31/14

Lenny Heide, Calhoun High School’s chief custodian, with Anne Ruvolo, the Kiwanis Club’s toy drive chairwoman, were among the attendees at the Food for Those in Need collection at Calhoun High School on Saturday.

Kiwanis reaches out to families in need

The Merrick Kiwanis Club brought holiday cheer –– and loads of food and toys –– to 43 families in need last Saturday. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/17/14

Children of all ages had a blast on the many amusement rides at the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

Video: Merrick Chamber fair delights thousands

Rain shut down the 24th annual Merrick Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival in the middle of the afternoon last Saturday. By Sunday morning, however, the rainclouds had moved northeast and the sun came out, offering a perfect day of family fun up and down Merrick Avenue, from the Long Island Rail Road station to the famed southwestern eatery R.S. Jones, at the corner of Loines Avenue. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/15/14

Isabella Mra and Patrick Sanchez, fifth-graders at Fayette, left, and Rhiannon Bradley and Jessica Mark, fifth-graders at Levy-Lakeside School, right, flashed smiles.

Scrabble tourney a blast for Merrick, North Merrick students

Elementary school students from the Progressive School of Long Island and Camp Avenue, Chatterton, Fayette, Levy-Lakeside, and Old Mill Road schools recently participated in a Scrabble tournament on May 27 at the Merrick Library. more

6/12/14

Reshma Pharsi and Yuvraj Singh stayed connected while enjoying the carnival rides at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival last year.

Strawberry fest is on the way

Hundreds of Long Islanders are set to gather in North Bellmore this weekend at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Bellmore Lions and Kiwanis clubs. more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/28/14

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