Friday, July 18, 2025
Hundreds of patriotic runners gathered at the Bellmore Fire House the morning of July 4 to compete in the 41st annual Bellmore Striders Running Club Independence Day run on the town’s streets.
The final day of the 28 th annual Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) will have a distinct Bellmore-Merrick flavor with four of the projects having production or topical ties to the …
Claire Arnoff, Holly DeGiglio, and Grace Ham became the 95th, 96th, and 97th girls to win the prestigious Gold Award with the Bellmore Girl Scouts Service Unit since the organization began recording the recipients in 1988 and all three were honored during a ceremony at The Brookside Building in North Merrick on June 26.
Hours before the skies were filled with barbeque smoke and fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday, community members gathered at the Old Merrick Library that afternoon for the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Calhoun High School principal Nicole Hollings was arrested during the early morning hours of July 2, and charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle accident in Rockville Centre, according to village officials.
It was a week of joy and celebration for two Merrick elementary schools as they honored their respective students with moving up ceremonies.
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.
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 …
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.
The North Merrick School District honored six educators who retired after the 2024-25 school year.
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These are dangerous times that call for intelligent thought and debate, not partisan buzzwords more suited to campaign fundraising.
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The political dilemma that voters face all goes back to the city’s opting for to the ranked-choice system.
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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.
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 …