In honor of spring, volunteers from the South Bellmore Civic Association spruced up Merrick Road on May 2. Since its inception in 2013, the organization has focused on several community …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/20/15
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The sky was overcast, a few raindrops fell but that didn’t stop a stalwart group from slogging through the marshes around Island Park on May 17, to clean up the flotsam and jetsam.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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5/20/15
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It may have been just five minutes away, but when Seaford Middle School students visited the Tackapausha Museum and Preserve last Thursday, it was like a whole different world.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/13/15
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Merrick Herald Life Senior Editor Scott Brinton, third from right, who is an adjunct journalism professor at Hofstra University, recently brought his Issues in Science Reporting students to a cleanup in the Merrick woodlands off the Meadowbrook Parkway to help out and report on the event. More than 50 volunteers attended the cleanup.
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5/5/15
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The South Bellmore Civic Association will hold its first-ever fundraiser on Nov. 20. All proceeds from the event –– a comedy show that board members are encouraging residents to attend –– …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/13/14
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Whether it was dropped by humans or brought there by natural forces, there was plenty of garbage to be found in the Tackapausha Preserve last Saturday morning. A group of volunteers spent hours cleaning up the park, which straddles the Seaford-Massapequa border.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/20/14
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The South Merrick Community Civic Association is continuing a yearly tradition this month with its “Spring Clean Sweeps” at several neighborhood mainstays like Camman’s Pond Park, Julian Lane Park and the Merrick post office.
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5/8/14
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Matthew Phillips may only be 4 years old, but he’s already helping beautify Bellmore. With tools in his red wagon and his father, Jason, by his side, Matthew was one of several residents who worked …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/7/14
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The South Bellmore Civic Association is asking residents to bring their brooms out to Merrick Road this weekend, as the organization is hosting its first spring cleanup on Saturday, May 3 …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/1/14
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Hofstra University has been awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant of $75,000 to remove debris accumulated during Superstorm Sandy from a local salt marsh that is used regularly for research and educational projects. Among the professors spearheading the project is Dr. Russell Burke, of Bellmore.
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9/23/13
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