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The Bellmore Family Street Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores, the fair has long … more

By Daine Taylor | 8/25/16

Go trick-or-treating with the Merrick Chamber

The Merrick Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat Parade on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. The costume procession will start at Purick Park, at Merrick and Loines avenues. more

10/17/14

Eagle Scout candidate Benjamin Heo recently built a bench at the Merricks’ 9/11 memorial, on Hewlett Avenue, near the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station. Joining him were Barry Fox, left, president of the Merrick Park Home Owners Association, and Doug Davis, scoutmaster of Merrick Troop 351.

Merokean building on a fateful legacy

Just to the northeast of the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station is a long, rectangular park shaded by oak trees and hemmed in by a black, wrought-iron fence, with a date above the gate –– 09 11 2001. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/20/14

Despite the snow, the parking lots surrounding the Merrick LIRR station were, as usual, full on Tuesday morning.

Permit parking is coming to Merrick LIRR lot

As soon as dawn breaks on typical weekday mornings, the race is on for a parking spot in the lot at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station. Within a few hours, the lot is full, and many commuters have missed their chance. That’s the way it’s been for decades in Merrick. more

By Brian Racow | 2/19/14

Insults, old as the ages, scrawled on walls

Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . . more

1/31/14

Margaret Biegelman, left, a member of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and Lisa DeTurris had a blast dressing up at the chamber

It was a ghoulishly good time at Merrick Chamber's Halloween parade

Dozens of ghosts, ghouls and goblins of all ages descended on downtown Merrick last Saturday for the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Halloween Parade, co-sponsored by the Merrick Herald Life. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/31/13

Town of Hempstead Councilman Gary Hudes, Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Angie Cullin appeared at the Bellmore train station on Sept. 28 to provide information about a new permit parking program.

Town offers permit parking in Bellmore

Town of Hempstead officials gathered in Bellmore on Sept. 28 to announce the launch of a new permit-parking program for a portion of the lots at the Long Island Rail Road station at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Sunrise Highway. more

By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com | 10/2/12

Blaze engulfs Audi parked at Merrick train station

Merrick Fire Department volunteers were called to extinguish a car fire that engulfed a blue Audi that was parked at the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station in the middle of Wednesday afternoon. Black smoke billowed from the car and could be seen for blocks around. The blaze, though, was quickly contained, and it did not spread to surrounding vehicles. The cause of the fire was unclear, and no one was hurt. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/4/12

Rielyn MacDermott enjoyed a snack during the annual Merrick Kids Festival.

Merrick Chamber’s Kids Fest draws a crowd

The Merrick Kids Festival attracted thousands of fair-goers to the grounds around the Long Island Rail Road station on the weekend of April 16 to 17. more

By David Weingrad | 4/25/11

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