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Mostly Cloudy Nassau County police canvas Merrick in search of man who exposed himself to two nine-year-old girls
On Thursday, Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun held a news conference at the corner of Webster Street and Petit Avenue in Merrick regarding an "indecent exposure" incident that occurred at …
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will open to hybrid model
Students will be back in school next month
Schools statewide will be allowed to reopen for in-person learning next month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week, and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s three reopening …
Merrick family without power almost brought newborn home in the dark
Power outages persist one week post-Isaias
The pandemic was the last of Gabrielle Fox's worries as she checked in to North Shore University Hospital early Monday morning. The expecting mother from Merrick was prepped for a cesarean, and at …
Bellmore-Merrick bars adjust to new state regulation
Purchase of alcohol now requires ordering food
The bar industry has taken another hit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s most recent measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The regulation, which prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages without …
Housing in high demand in Bellmore, Merrick
Finding Bigfoot might be easier than finding a house to purchase on Long Island this summer.
Tropical Storm Isaias batters Bellmore-Merrick
Navigating Bellmore-Merrick’s side streets in the days following Tropical Storm Isaias was comparable to being caught in a dizzying maze. Drivers were forced to three-point turn at the sight …
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Merrick schools undergo exciting upgrades
Funded by a capital bond approved by voters in December 2016, the Merrick School District continues to make significant renovations and upgrades at Chatterton, Birch and Levy Lakeside Elementary Schools.
Former Bellmore-JFK teacher honors 2020 graduates
Instead of simply handing out a scholarship to a student, Ronald Steiger, the public relations director of John F. Kennedy High School’s alumni association, decided to put his network’s …
Calhoun High School to get new assistant principal
After an unprecedented school year, former Merrick Avenue Middle School Science Chair Michael Hughes began his term as the new assistant principal of Sanford H. Calhoun High School on July 1, joining …
Petition for NYAW takeover gets more than 1,000 signatures
The Public Service Commission has extended the deadline by which local municipalities and authorities can submit proposals for a public takeover of New York American Water, which could halt the …
Convicted doctor from Merrick denied new trial
Michael Belfiore, a physician who practiced in Merrick, was denied a request for a new trial following his conviction on 28 federal charges related to his prescribing of opioids, including causing …
North Merrick School District receives temperature-checking tech from Friends for Good Health
After she was recruited to serve on North Merrick School District’s re-entry task force, which formed six weeks ago to develop potential school-reopening plans for September, Board of Education …
Send the Herald your stories, photos of how you're coping with the coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has vastly altered our daily routines. Parents are at home. Children are at home. College students are at home. All must stay put, we are told, for now. People are making …
Editorial
We’ll say it again: It’s time to fix the SALT cap
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, has campaigned relentlessly to eliminate the $10,000 cap on deductions of state and local taxes imposed by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Trump shepherded through Congress.
Editorial
Young people: Cut out the big gatherings
About a thousand people — most young people — gathered on the beach in Long Beach on July 18, in clear violation of the state’s current ban . . .
Scott Brinton
What a poet can teach us about death — and life
I was out for a drive in mid-April, rounding the corner from Beach Street to Merrick Road in Merrick, when Emily Dickinson’s words suddenly came to my mind . . .
Randi Kreiss
Breaking news: President discovers gravity
After months of denying that gravity exists, President Trump dropped a golf ball from the White House roof and declared that Isaac Newton was right.
Alfonse D'Amato
We need a can-do attitude to beat Covid-19
It seems like we’ve been living with the coronavirus pandemic in a slow-motion time warp. But it’s time we snap out of it and beat this plague with the attitude that has characterized Americans’ character when faced with other seemingly insurmountable crises.