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Merokee Drive, near Newbridge Pond, flooded last week.

Rains cause heavy flooding in Bellmore-Merrick

Parts of Bellmore-Merrick were underwater last week, when a rainstorm of historic proportions caused flooding across the area. The National Weather Service issued flash-flood warnings for much of … more

By Julie Mansmann | 8/20/14

Hurricane Sandy took down trees throughout the Faith Laursen Preserve.

Residents raise concerns about Faith Laursen Preserve

Bill Wood, of Orange Street in Bellmore, lives just feet from the Farmers Avenue entrance to the Faith Laursen Preserve, which sits on 25 acres between Bellmore and Merrick. Bill’s wife, … more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/21/14

Paul Laursen, second from left, son of Faith Laursen, joined Barbara and Bill Wood, members of the Friends of the Faith Laursen Preserve, outside the 25-acre nature reserve.

Merrick-Bellmore preserve named for 'force of nature'

The 25-acre Faith Laursen Meroke Preserve, on the Bellmore-Merrick border, is a forest much like most of Long Island used to be. The Meroke Indians camped by its five streams, and Colonists used its tall cedars for ship masts. Legend says during the Revolutionary War British soldiers hid there from marauding Colonials. (Most of the Bellmore-Merrick area farmers were British sympathizers.) more

By Linda Laursen Toscano | 1/31/14

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