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Merrick Fire Department volunteers were called to extinguish a house fire that gutted a first-floor kitchen on Oakbrook Lane in Merrick on Friday. Volunteers knocked down the blaze in 15 minutes, containing it to the kitchen, but the rest of the house suffered water and smoke damage. Merrick firefighters were assisted by volunteers from the North Merrick, North Bellmore, Bellmore and Freeport fire departments.
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12/13/11
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An unidentified 54-year-old man was struck by a van while attempting to cross Merrick Road in Merrick on Thursday, Nov. 10. The victim suffered head trauma and broken bones.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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11/11/11
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The North Merrick Fire Department recently took part in “Gone in 6 Hours,” an exercise in which volunteer firefighters practiced extricating people trapped in cars.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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11/9/11
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A Lexus SUV traveling eastbound on the Southern State Parkway slammed into the Meadowbrook Parkway bridge in North Merrick on Friday at around 11:30 a.m., and the driver was trapped inside the vehicle when it caught fire.
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11/4/11
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The Merrick Fire Department marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a memorial ceremony at Sunrise Highway and Merrick Avenue in Merrick on Sunday.
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By David Weingrad
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9/13/11
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The eastbound side of the Sunrise Highway was shut down sometime between 9:15 and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday when Merrick Fire Department volunteers responded to a car fire that consumed a black Audi.
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By Scott Brinton and David Weingrad
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9/7/11
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Merrick Fire Department volunteers and Nassau County Police officers joined forces when a westbound car ran off the Sunrise Highway on the night of Aug. 24, near Henry Street in Merrick.
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8/25/11
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A massive storm barreling out of the southern Atlantic dumped more than nine inches of driving rain on Merrick and Bellmore from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway, Coleman Country Day Camp and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain fell at a rate of more than an inch an hour, on par with a hurricane, according to the National Weather Service.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/16/11
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A massive storm dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the Merrick-Bellmore area from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, flooding the Meadowbrook Parkway and homes throughout the community. At the storm’s height, rain was falling at a rate of more than an inch an hour.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/14/11
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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.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/26/11
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