With construction well under way on the Bay Park Conveyance Project — a massive effort to improve water quality and storm resiliency across Nassau County — some residents are pleading for a …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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6/2/22
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Social media has grown exponentially in the last decade. With many people on social networking sites nearly every second of the day, businesses and organizations have used this resource to promote …
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By Rocco Law
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2/27/20
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With clean-up tools in hand, Merrick’s youth gathered at Cammanns Pond Park on Nov. 10 for the South Merrick Community Civic Association’s Youth Club’s first group outing. More than 20 children participated by raking leaves and planting fresh, winter-friendly greens.
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11/21/19
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New trustees have been inducted into the South Merrick Community Civic Association, and with them come new initiatives, including a club for Merrick’s younger residents — and, it’s hoped, an …
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By Andrew Garcia
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9/26/19
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Craig Allen said he remembers when the sound of rolling thunder and the crack and flash of lightning would make him curl up in his childhood bedroom, frightened by the approaching storm. Now, he …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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9/19/19
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Kennedy High School parents received an alarming warning Tuesday night: A student at the south Bellmore school has contracted meningococcal meningitis, “a severe bacterial infection of the …
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By Scott Brinton and Erik Hawkins
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5/10/17
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In my backyard, in the shadow of my creaky wooden deck, a holly bush grows. A little over four years ago, I thought it dead.
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3/30/17
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After a fundraising night at the Bellmore Governor’s Brokerage Comedy Club recently, the Let’s Play 11566 committee is one step closer to fulfilling a dream to create a playground on an empty lot on Wynsum Avenue in south Merrick.
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By Stephany Reyes
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9/28/16
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Members of the South Merrick Community Civic Association recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice to a meeting, at which gun control became a heated point of discussion, among other issues.
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By Stephany Reyes
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9/1/16
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One day not long ago, Merokean Susan Saban was sitting in a holiday service at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore-Merrick. A mother of a child with developmental disabilities kept getting up to attend to the boy, who was disrupting the service.
Saban’s heart sunk. She knows well the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families. She is the assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Herricks School District, and is charged with providing services for children with special needs.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/20/16
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