Merrick School District celebrates graduating sixth graders

It was a week of joy and celebration for two Merrick elementary schools as they honored their respective students with moving up ceremonies.

Rotary installs Merrick resident as secretary

The Freeport-Merrick Rotary club installed new leadership at the Rotary Club’s annual Installation Dinner on June 26 at Mangia Bene in Rockville Centre.

Merrick school hosts Emmy-nominated science magician

Throughout history, wizards, magicians, and alchemists have been experts in mixing mystical presentation with real science. On June 20, one of the country’s most famous “Science …

NCPD resuces standed jet skier in Merrick

Nassau County Police rescued a jet skier on June 25 after she was stranded on a marsh for several hours near the False Channel in Merrick.

North Merrick says goodbye to retiring teachers

The North Merrick School District honored six educators who retired after the 2024-25 school year.

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With their big foreign-relation decisions, presidents always draw enemy fire

These are dangerous times that call for intelligent thought and debate, not partisan buzzwords more suited to campaign fundraising.

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Ranked-choice voting threw New York City for a loop

The political dilemma that voters face all goes back to the city’s opting for to the ranked-choice system.

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We are building a more affordable New York

As secretary of state, I travel all over New York. I talk to local leaders and residents from the North Country to Long Island, from Syracuse to Buffalo, from Mid-Hudson to New York City and many communities in between, and they all tell me the same thing: “We need help.” Prices are up, inflation continues, and Washington’s economic policies are making things worse.

It’s time for Governor Hochul to show some love to dying New Yorkers

I am so grateful to the State Legislature — particularly Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — for green-lighting medical aid in dying in New …