The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation has named the Merrick School District one of the Best Communities for Music Education. Roughly 4 percent, or 527, of the nation’s districts are being acknowledged this year, and roughly 30 percent are in New York. This is the third consecutive year that Merrick has earned this distinction.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/20/17
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The gymnasium at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick was filled with the sound and excitement of fourth- through sixth-grade students enjoying the school’s annual Dance-a-Thon on March 31.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/6/17
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Marcia Ball is joined by the Subdudes for lively Mardi Gras concert.
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2/22/17
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The beloved book takes on new life as a musical.
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1/4/17
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For anyone who has not served in combat, it’s impossible to understand the horrors of war. We can try to imagine them, however. We can imagine . . .
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11/10/16
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On Sept. 26, our very own Hofstra University hosted the first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This was the third time . . .
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10/6/16
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Let’s talk about the “deplorables.” At a recent fundraiser in New York City, Hillary Clinton told her audience . . .
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9/22/16
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Bellmorite Billy Esposito never had the chance to see the marriages of his two children or the births of his five grandchildren. Esposito, a vice president and partner of the equity investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/14/16
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It should come as no surprise that Hillary Clinton and her family have become embroiled in yet another scandal. The Clinton email scandal is the gift that keeps on giving . . .
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9/1/16
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When I was a kid growing up in Island Park, “water play” was a sprinkler set up on the front yard of the family lucky enough to have enough property to grow a lawn.
A couple of generations later . . .
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8/24/16
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