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A Few Clouds New American Sign Language Club at Calhoun shows 'signs' of progress
Sitting in a pew at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Plainview, Lily Hodson watched a woman standing near the altar, using her hands to translate the hour-long service into American …
Longtime Merokean, storied World War II veteran, dies at 101
Andrew Conlin, a World War II veteran, former New York City police officer and longtime Merrick resident, died Feb. 7, at age 101. His maintained his jovial, fun-loving attitude into his later years, …
Merrick author writes book about her 'fur-ever' friends
By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com Merrick resident Stasie Fishman’s newest books are not just cute tales about her beloved pets. Through her work, she hopes to educate readers on how …
Bellmore-Merrick's bowlers clinch Nassau County championship
The Bellmore-Merrick girls varsity bowling team won the Nassau County championships on Feb. 21. The team went undefeated in conference play and held the top average countywide heading into the …
Merrick Library receives $20k grant from Town of Hempstead
Funding will reimburse Covid-related expenses
Earlier this month, alongside local library directors, Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin announced the approval of more than $340,000 in grants to support several public libraries within the …
Carroll’s Kitchen in Bellmore prepared to feed thousands — again
The year is shaping up to be a busy one for Carroll’s Kitchen, a nonprofit that opened in Bellmore late last year to help feed those in need. A number of events are scheduled for the coming …
Local teens among first female Eagle Scouts in the nation
Boy Scout Troop 186 of Wantagh made history this week, as three of its scouts were among the first girls in the nation to achieve the rank of Eagle.
Volunteers from Ohav Sholom in Merrick help seniors get vaccinated
“I would go on the computer and be in a sweat,” recalled Lettie Werbel. Last month, Werbel’s husband, Steve, 82, spent six days in the hospital after contracting Covid-19. The …
OBITUARY
Longtime Merrick resident Giuseppe Levanti dies at 76
Those who remember Violetta’s would recall it as one of the more popular hangout spots in Merrick in the 1970s. It had an old-fashioned jukebox, a sought-after salad recipe and an owner who …
For local Broadway actor, the show must go on
North Bellmore resident Jared Zirilli said he believes the pandemic may be the hardest time of a theatre actor’s life. After the lights went out on Broadway last March to curb the spread of …
Kennedy softball players team up to strike out cancer
Two John F. Kennedy High School students are teaming up to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through its Student of the Year campaign. Merrick residents Sami Levine, 15, and Lara …
Winter sports kick off locally in Bellmore-Merrick
Last week marked the start of a vastly different winter sports season for the athletes of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Tryouts for basketball, wrestling, kickline and …
Editorial
A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc.
Randi Kreiss
A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake
I admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys.
Op-Ed
So now that you’re vaccinated . . .
I applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19.
Op-Ed
How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?
I was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store.