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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.

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

8/20/14

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

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

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

Van catches fire outside Merrick Ave. Middle School

A van carrying a mother and her child burst into flames this morning outside Merrick Avenue Middle School around 8:30 a.m. on May 1. more

5/1/13

Among the honorees during the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual installation dinner were volunteers from the North Merrick Fire Department.

Chamber pays tribute to Merricks' first responders

The Merrick Chamber of Commerce installation dinner at Château Briand in Carle Place on Jan. 24 was a night to celebrate the firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians who … more

By Scott Brinton | 1/30/13

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