Halloween came early in the Merricks this year: On Saturday, Oct. 25, ghosts, ghouls and goblins haunted downtown Merrick and North Merrick’s Fraser Avenue Park. more

Andrew Nachamie, a commercial attorney who lives and practices law in Merrick, is the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 “Small Businessperson of the Year.” more

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

The race for the New York State Legislature’s 14th Assembly District pits the incumbent, Republican David McDonough, of North Merrick, against Gaspare Tumminello, a Democrat from Merrick, who is deputy chief of staff for the Nassau County Legislature’s Democratic minority. Tumminello, a native of Franklin Square, had previously run unsuccessfully for Nassau County legislator in the 8th District in 2009. This year, the Herald asked each of the candidates to fill in a four-question survey about their positions on salient state issues. The 14th Assembly District takes in all or parts of Freeport, Roosevelt, Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore, Wantagh, North Wantagh, Seaford and Massapequa. more

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

Anticipation is building for the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall Festival, a long-held local tradition, which will take place Sept. 12 to 14. The festival spans Merrick Avenue north of the Long Island Rail Road station to Loines Avenue and annually attracts 10,000 to 20,000 fair-goers. more

With a Long Island Rail Road strike looming, Bellmore-Merrick residents and business owners are preparing for the distinct possibility that tens of thousands of commuters might be bused from the … more

The Merrick Chamber of Commerce recently recognized two Merokeans for their service to the community, naming Arlene Gregory as its Professional of the Year and Robert Klieger as its Merchant of the Year in a ceremony at R.S. Jones restaurant on Monday. more

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. more

Thousands of children and their parents crowded into the Merrick train station parking lot last Friday to Sunday for the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual Kids Fest, which serves as a scholarship fundraiser. more