Keyword: Merrick Fire Department
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Firefighters Thursday morning made their way inside a burning house at 100 Grand Ave in Merrick.
Firefighters battle blaze at Merrick house
Firefighters Thursday morning encountered “heavy fire” burning through first-floor rooms at the back of a house at 100 Grand Ave in Merrick, according to Ron Luparello, a Merrick Fire Department spokesman. more
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Joseph Santos was among the many children who turned out in 2013 for Santa’s annual visit to Merrick.
Chamber, Fire Department hosting holiday events
The Merrick Chamber of Commerce is busily preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus on Saturday, Dec. 6 ... more
Fire commish faces challenge from fire chief
North Merrick voters will choose next Tuesday between two longtime Fire Department officers running for a five-year term on the department’s Board of Fire Commissioners. more
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National Grid crews responded to Merrick Shopping Center, at Merrick Road and Lindenmere Drive, after workers for Hogan Plumbing and Heating, Inc. accidentally struck a natural gas pipe buried behind the center. Far left, Don Hogan, owner of Hogan Plumbing and Heating, watched the men work.
Workers hit gas pipe behind Merrick Shopping Center
Workers for Hogan Plumbing and Heating, Inc. struck a natural gas pipe last Friday afternoon behind Merrick Shopping Center, according to Don Hogan, the company’s owner. The Merrick Fire Department evacuated more than a dozen houses near the shopping center, and the Nassau County Police Department shut down a block of Merrick Road, but officials quickly determined that there was no danger. more
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A red Honda sedan came to a stop on Oct. 25 partway inside Jim-Jam Cleaners, at 1200 Merrick Ave in North Merrick, after crashing through the building’s front doors. One person inside Jim-Jam suffered a “minor injury” and declined medical assistance, a fire official said.
Car slams into Jim-Jam Cleaners
A red Honda sedan smashed through the front doors of North Merrick’s Jim-Jam Cleaners on Oct. 25, wrecking a section of the building’s façade. more
Paul Waterman, chief of the Merrick Fire Department; Thomas Gies, second assistant chief and son of Ronnie Gies, a Merrick and FDNY firefighter who was killed on Sept. 11; and Christopher Clement, first assistant chief, officiated at Merrick’s 9/11 memorial service.
Merrick commemorates lives lost
Merrick lost 24 of its sons and daughters in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Thirteen years later, their families, friends and community members continue to remember the lives they lived and mourn their loss. more
A ceremony Tuesday morning celebrated the start of construction on a Little Whaleneck Road house that the charity Building Homes for Heroes will give to Kevin Vaughan, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, for free. Vaughan, who grew up in North Merrick, expressed many thanks to BHFH and the community, telling the crowd of about 150 people that it was “the greatest day of my life.”
Community support sustains a veteran, his family and friends
Kevin Vaughan, a Marine corporal who was wounded in Afghanistan and received a hero’s welcome when he returned home to North Merrick in 2012, will now receive a free house, courtesy of Building Homes for Heroes. more
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An 80-year-old man went into cardiac arrest and later died after he fell into the waters of Long Creek, between Point Lookout and Freeport, after the boat he was in began to sink.
Elderly man dies after boat sinks
An 80-year-old man died on Monday after he and his family fell into the water as the boat they were traveling in began to sink between Point Lookout and Freeport. According to Nassau County … more
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Yellow caution tape last week wrapped around parts of the playground at Chatterton School.
Police charge three juveniles with Chatterton playground fire
Three juveniles were arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with a small fire that was set at the Chatterton Elementary School playground sometime between Wednesday evening, Aug. 20, and Thursday morning, Aug. 21, according to Nassau County Police. more
Jim Sarro, representing the Island Park Fire Department, dug into a pile of eight dozen clams last Sunday at the Peter’s Clam Bar Clam Eating Contest.
That’s a lot of clams
Peter’s Clam Bar hosted a clam-eating contest on Sunday to benefit Long Island firehouses that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. A total of 14 contestants from Island Park Fire Department, Oceanside Fire Department, Point Lookout-Lido Fire Department, Long Beach Fire Department, North Merrick Fire Department, and Baldwin Fire Department competed in the first part of the contest . A total of almost 2,000 clams were eaten by all. more
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