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Red foxes at home at Merrick's Levy Park and Preserve

With the sun beating down at mid-morning, a girls’ cross-country team was recently running up and down the half-mile-long hill on the south side of the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, sweating profusely and breathing hard in the 90-degree-plus heat. Taking it all in from the side of the seashell-coated path was a red fox –– yes, a red fox –– which stood in the shade, motionless and silent, panting continuously, its eyes half-shut. The runners appeared unfazed by its presence. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/24/16

The 11th annual Robbie’s Run attracted hundreds of runners to south Merrick on Sunday. Proceeds from the race and walk go to purchase automated external defibrillators for youth athletic fields and schools.

Robbie's Run keeps on growing

A heavy rain could not stop hundreds from running or walking in the 11th annual Robbie’s Run at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on May 22, as the event has continued to grow since its start in 2006. James Forte, a 17-year-old senior on the Calhoun High School track team, won the 5K for the second straight year, with a time of 17 minutes, 15 seconds. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/25/16

Friends Jessica Rosen and Emmie Levy founded Choice Bracelets, a company that produces bracelets with inspiring words geared toward anyone who is experiencing personal struggles.

Teens create charming bracelets for a cause

When sophomore Jessica Rosen walked the John F. Kennedy High School hallways, she heard something peculiar. Something disturbing. Something that sparked a need to take action. And fast. more

By Stephany Reyes | 5/10/16

Marion Blumenthal Lazan gave Levy-Lakeside Elementary School sixth-graders a first-hand account of the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivor recalls horrors, speaks with students

Sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick listened closely as Marion Blumenthal Lazan slowly told the story of her childhood years in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The students looked up at her with curiosity as she softly spoke, her words lingering. more

By Stephany Reyes | 3/23/16

An unidentified man crashed this Village of Freeport Police SUV into several vehicles at Babylon and Merrick roads in Merrick on Thursday night.

Man steals police SUV in Freeport, crashes it in Merrick

Updated 12:15 p.m., March 11: A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with grand larceny, weapon possession and a battery of other charges after he stole a Village of Freeport police SUV on Thursday around 10:10 p.m., Nassau County police say. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/11/16

It’s time to restore full state aid to schools

In his State of the State address on Jan. 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment that school districts across the state have been subject to by 2017-18. That’s a major step in the right direction, but . . . more

1/21/16

Hailey Boas, Alexis Reiner, Levy-Lakeside Assistant Principal Allison Banhazl, Book Fairies founder Amy Zaslansky and Zachary Boas held up bookmarks that students crafted as part of the book collection.

Levy-Lakeside lends a hand to Book Fairies

The Book Fairy is out and about again, this time at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick, to collect roughly 800 books raised by children eager to help those in need. Amy Zaslansky, of Bellmore, has been the Book Fairy for the past three years, collaborating with Levy-Lakeside and other Bellmore-Merrick Schools to gather the books. more

By Stephany Reyes | 11/5/15

Herald staffers took a break from their routine to kayak the Meadow Brook to Merrick Bay in Merrick last Friday. From left were Editor Brian Croce, Senior Editor Scott Brinton, reporter Vanessa Parker, intern Ryan Pane and Editor David Weingrad.

Herald staffers paddle the Meadow Brook

A group of Herald Community Newspapers editors, reporters and interns took a kayak tour on Nassau County’s wild side, at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, on July 24. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/28/15

Kindergarten winners of the 2015 Keep-A-Merrick Beautiful contest included, from left, Brooke Wiles, Aaron Kaplan, Juliana Reynolds, Naina Kapadia and Emma Fischetti. Joining them were Town of Hemsptead Supervisor Kate Murray, left, and Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney; second row, from left, Nassau County Legislator Norma Gonsalves, Robin Schultz, Ilene Klein, Tracy Fischetti, Sheila Kuschner and Stephanie Grossman; and third row, Charles Rosenblum, Howard Merins and David Feller.

Kids helping to keep Merrick beautiful

Since the 1960s, the annual Keep-A-Merrick Beautiful contest has challenged students at local elementary schools and Merrick Avenue Middle School to think deeply about their community and the environment. 2015 was no different. This year children crafted posters and penned essays on “The Future of Merrick and the World Finding Renewable Energy Sources.” Contest winners were announced during a joyous ceremony at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on June 2. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/1/15

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15