North Merrick News

Written by Long Island Press on Dec 23rd, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Officials in all five Bellmore-Merrick school districts said they should be able to weather current reductions in their state aid packages, but they worry whether possible future cuts will force them to tap reserve funds, borrow money or eventually reduce student services.

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and Town Council members granted themselves pay raises after holding a hearing at town hall.

Valley Stream attorney Albert D'Agostino is fighting back. After finding out last month that the state comptroller plans to revoke his annual $108,088 public pension - again - D'Agostino filed a federal lawsuit on Dec.

The 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be remembered Monday at events throughout the region, with an ever-dwindling number of survivors taking part.

Written by Timothy Bolger on Nov 16th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Anthony J. Santino, a member of Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282, was among the roughly 40 participants in the Merricks' annual Veterans Day ceremony at the War Memorial on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick on Wednesday.

At a New York State Women of Distinction ceremony on Oct. 15 at the Levittown Public Library, five of nine honorees hailed from Merrick.

It's a safe bet that any dust settling on the blackboard in Lisa Drewes's classroom at Fayette Elementary School in North Merrick is a byproduct of abandonment rather than chalk.

Charles J. Tuzzolo, 48, of 49 Gold Place, was also charged with criminal possession of a control substance and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Sep 30th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

An ad hoc group of students and high school parents converged on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting Sept.

Long Islanders opposed to a liquid natural gas terminal that may be built off the shore of Long Beach protested outside a Sept.

The New York State Public Service Commission has announced that it will hold public statement hearings regardding a proposal by the New York Water Service Corporation to increase its rates.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Aug 3rd, 2009 and filed under L.I. News , News . You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Five armed home invasion burglars tied up an elderly man and a teenaged girl before ransacking a North Merrick house on Monday afternoon, Nassau police said.

Jun 27, 2009 9:34 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 Penguins walk towards the ocean on May 21, 2009 after being released on a beach on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa.

Two private attorneys who have collected more than $1 million in public pensions are suing the state comptroller for determining they were not entitled to the pensions.

Longtime Brooklyn Heights resident Lois Raebeck died last Saturday morning at Long Island College Hospital after a long illness.

DERRICK N. MERRICK , age 20 of Lisbon NY, was charged with DWI and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana following a reported vehicle in the ditch on County Route 27 in the Town of Lisbon.

Two graduating students at a Merrick high school took an after-midnight "Senior Day" prank too far when they spray-painted graffiti on the school, causing about $1,000 in damage, police said.