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How strange the past 12 months have been, for us all. Personally, I’ve been holed up for most of it at my desk in my bedroom, papers stacked up around me . . . more
A Freeport High School senior and a 70-year-old Elmont man died in two separate crashes on the Meadowbrook Parkway on Nov. 11, according to New York State police. The first fatality, they said, … more
From the look of the damage sustained by a charter bus after it crashed into the Eagle Avenue Bridge on the Southern State Parkway in early April, the incident should have been a mass tragedy. more
A portion of the Meadowbrook Parkway is scheduled to be closed next year as state highway officials repair and improve two drawbridges, said Stephen Canzoneri, a spokesman for the state Department of … more
An East Meadow man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, after a cinderblock he launched from an overpass on the Meadowbrook Parkway in December 2015 struck a car below, injuring a woman. more
Legislator Laura Curran and Senator John Brooks are co-sponsoring a community cleanup in Merrick on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. more
It has been nearly three years since the bright blue eyesores began appearing on highways statewide. That’s three years of complaints from local officials and residents . . . more
The Meadowbrook Parkway was designed as part of developer Robert Moses and the Long Island State Parks Commission’s grand vision in the early 20th century of connecting all residents and visitors to Long Island’s parks through scenic thoroughfares. more
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
North Merrick firefighters used the Jaws of Life to rip the roof and doors off a car to get at passengers who were trapped inside the vehicle after they ran off a northbound lane of the Meadowbrook Parkway on Sept. 7 around 4:30 p.m., according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief. more
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