There’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America.
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7/3/20
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As the wife of a Nassau County Police Department sergeant, Meredith Wilson, of Merrick, said she wanted to mobilize her community to show solidarity with the police. While out on a run recently, she …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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7/2/20
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The heinous murder of George Floyd by a police officer sworn to uphold the law . . .
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6/19/20
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Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York. During two weeks of intense protests at hundreds of locales across the state . . .
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6/19/20
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The largest pandemic in 100 years gave us a crash course in public health. We quickly learned the epidemiological concepts of “flattening the curve, the risk of exposure, asymptomatic carriers, incubation periods, and why we must quarantine.
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By Martine Hackett
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6/12/20
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Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages has called for the review of a former Nassau County Police Department officer who used a racial slur in a Twitter video posted June 4.
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By Andrew Garcia
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6/11/20
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Hundreds of local residents gathered at the Freeport Long Island Rail Road station today to march into Merrick as they continued to protest for the Black Lives Matters movement and justice for George …
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By Ronny Reyes, Bridget Downes and Scott Brinton
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6/7/20
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The Nassau County Police Department blared their car sirens as they paraded in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside to thank their health-care workers on Wednesday …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/13/20
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A man was found dead off the Meadowbrook State Parkway in North Merrick Saturday afternoon, according to New York state police.
Officials discovered the body near Mullener …
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4/19/20
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A deceased man was found near the Long Island Mar Thoma Church in Merrick on Friday afternoon, according to Nassau County police.
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4/11/20
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