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N. Merrick paramedic one of state’s best

Kevin O’Hara has been saving lives for four decades. A volunteer paramedic and firefighter with the North Merrick Fire Department, O’Hara is also a purveyor of life-saving knowledge to others — he has trained thousands of EMTs throughout his career, and thousands more Nassau County residents have learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ... more

8/13/14

Kevin O'Hara Jr., a North Merrick Fire Department member, teaches the Heimlich maneuver in 2011. The North Merrick Fire Department is the Nassau County Regional Emergency Medical Services Council’s 2014 “EMS Agency of the Year.”

N. Merrick F.D. earns ‘EMS Agency of the Year’

The North Merrick Fire Department topped 72 other local agencies this year to be selected as the Nassau County Regional Medical Advisory Council’s “EMS Agency of the Year.” more

8/13/14

Merrick Fire Department gives barbecuing safety tips

Summer weather is here, and with it the promise that many Merokeans will light backyard grills in the coming days and weeks. The Merrick Fire Department has offered the following list of safety tips, which can help prevent fires and injuries ... more

6/30/14

Ex-fire dep't leader sentenced to three years in LIRR fraud case

Michael Costanza, 60, of North Merrick, a retired Long Island Rail Road transportation manager and former North Merrick Fire Department commissioner, was sentenced Tuesday to a three-year term in federal prison for making fraudulent disability claims and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeserved government benefits. more

By Brian Racow | 6/4/14

A federal judge sentenced Robert Ellensohn, former chairman of the North Merrick Fire Department’s Board of Commissioners, to two months’ home confinement and three years’ probation for defrauding the government of $337,000 in nine years. The judge also ordered him to repay the money.

Ex-fire commish avoids jail for $337,000 disability fraud

Robert Ellensohn’s decision to pretend that he had become disabled working for the Long Island Rail Road and retire on a disability pension was an “aberrant” mistake in the life of an otherwise exemplary man, Ellensohn’s lawyer, David Jacobs, told a federal judge last Friday as the judge prepared to sentence Ellensohn for multiple felonies. more

Brian Racow | 3/12/14

Three elected fire commissioners in North Merrick

Voters in the North Merrick Fire District went to the polls on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to elect three members of the five-member North Merrick Fire Department Board of Commissioners. They returned to office one long-serving incumbent, Scott Rockwin, in an unopposed election, and they chose newcomers Gregory Smith and Joseph Vicario for vacant seats. Smith eked out election over his opponent, Scott Sabel, by five votes. more

By Brian Racow | 12/12/13

Ron Luparello, left, the Merrick Fire Department’s public information officer and a former chief, helped the Goldstein family of Bellmore, including Andrew, his wife, Susan, and their daughter, Makenzie, select the perfect tree.

Merrick's Empire Hose Company hosts a tree sale

The parking lot was full at the Merrick Fire Department’s Empire Hose Company on Merrick Avenue last weekend when the company held its annual Christmas tree and wreath sale, which serves as a department fundraiser. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/12/13

Michael Costanza, 60, a Merrick resident, retired LIRR transportation manager and a commissioner of the North Merrick Fire Department, was convicted of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud for making false statements to the federal Railroad Retirement Board claiming that he had become disabled on the job. Costanza drew tens of thousands of dollars in disability payments.

N. Merrick F.D. commish convicted in LIRR fraud case

A federal jury Thursday convicted Michael Costanza, 60, of Merrick, a retired Long Island Rail Road transportation manager and North Merrick Fire Department commissioner, of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Costanza now faces a maximum of 55 years in prison. more

10/14/13

Ambulances sat Thursday afternoon outside Camp Avenue School in North Merrick. A boiler in the school leaked "black smoke," according to the North Merrick School District. School officials called 911 "as a precaution," said North Merrick Superintendent David Feller.

15 at Camp Ave exposed to ‘black smoke,’ taken to hospital

Ambulances rushed one teacher and 14 students Thursday afternoon from Camp Avenue School in North Merrick to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow due to possible carbon monoxide poisoning. All 15 were evaluated at the hospital and released, according to NUMC spokeswoman Shelly Lotenberg. more

By Brian Racow | 10/10/13

Car bursts into flames on the Meadowbrook; Merrick F.D. responds

A Chevy Tahoe burst into flames Monday afternoon on the northbound side of the Meadowbrook State Parkway near Babylon Turnpike. About 12 Merrick Fire Department members rushed to the scene in three fire vehicles and two ambulances and extinguished the fire, according to department spokesman Ron Luparello. more

By Brian Racow | 10/4/13

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