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Bellmore residents Julie and Michael Alveari opened AR Workshop’s Bellmore location earlier this year, giving the community a place to create and collaborate over DIY activities.

At Bellmore's AR Workshop, create to your heart's content

In the open space of AR Workshop in Bellmore, the warm scent of sawdust wafts through the air. The sound of fresh paint being brushed onto wood panels is muffled by conversation at one of six workstations, where empty paint buckets are repurposed for organizational use — holding sandpaper, pencils, scissors and other craft supplies. Here people meet and mingle while creating a personal piece of art. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/15/19

Nassau County Police Department officers carried the casket of former county executive Tom Gulotta outside Sacred Heart Church in North Merrick on Aug. 9.

Former County Executive Tom Gulotta laid to rest in North Merrick

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta was laid to rest in his hometown of North Merrick on Aug. 9. more

By Andrew Garcia | 8/15/19

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, at lectern, announced Monday that she and Sen. John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, have requested an operational audit of the town’s Building Department from the New York State Department of State.

Officials call for state audit of Town of Hempstead Building Department

Disagreements within the Hempstead Town council on how to effectively revitalize the town’s troubled Building Department — a subject of myriad complaints from residents — came to a standstill when the Republican majority shot down Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposed audit from an outside consultant in July. Gillen, renewing a hard-line stance, stood with State Sen. John Brooks on Monday as they called on the Department of State to audit the Building Department. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/15/19

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick and Old Westbury, stopped by the Hofstra University Summer High School Journalism Institute on July 29 to discuss journalism with participants.

Author Michael Otterman, formerly of Merrick, revealing truth, doing good

Editor’s note: Devin Johnson, one of 10 participants in Hofstra University’s Summer High School Journalism Institute, is a rising junior at Elmont Memorial High School. The following … more

By Devin Johnson | 8/13/19

Alex Coulard and Emily Demino, of Massapequa, spent their Sunday morning roaming the Bellmore Flea Market, a weekly event held at the Bellmore LIRR station. Coulard was amused by a statuette of a gorilla reading The Wall Street Journal.

A treasure trove at the Bellmore Flea Market

Every Sunday, a tangle of tent tops can be seen from the platform of the Bellmore LIRR station. Down below, local vendors entice savvy shoppers with antiques, vintage knick-knacks and handpicked treasures at an affordable price. more

8/8/19

John F. Kennedy graduate Mara Friedman, of Merrick, wowed the crowd at the 13th annual Broadway Rising Stars concert on July 22, singing “Electricity” from the Broadway show “Billy Elliot.”

A Merokean on the rise

Prepared with the skills she had learned as a vocal performance major at NYU Steinhardt, Mara Friedman, of Merrick, decided to go on an audition. In May, right after she graduated, Friedman submitted her résumé and headshot to be considered for Broadway Rising Stars’ annual concert. After an initial audition of her classical repertoire and a callback a week later, she was asked to sing alongside 17 other recent college graduates at the concert on July 22. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/8/19

memberS of The Eremitaggio family, who live on Davenport Place, are fighting for a traffic light at the intersection of Davenport Place and Bellmore and Alice avenues in Bellmore, which they say is dangerous.

Residents call for traffic light in Bellmore

A high-speed crash on July 6 in Bellmore, which left a Nassau County police officer hospitalized, is one in a series of accidents that have spurred residents to call for a traffic light at the intersection of Davenport Place and Bellmore and Alice avenues. more

By Andrew Garcia | 8/8/19

The crew visited Iceland last month. On July 6, they hiked up the Sòlheimajökull Glacier.

Local scout Venture Crew 577 takes a trip to Iceland

The Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew 577, of North Bellmore, traveled to Iceland July 2-8, where members explored the Gjabakkahellir Cave in Thingvellir National Park, hiked up Sòlheimajökull … more

By Alexandra Dieckmann | 8/8/19

Thomas Gulotta was a former state assemblyman for the 13th District. In 1978, East Meadow residents Jess, left, and Charlie Bunshaft, 12 and 9, visited Gulotta at his office in the state capitol in Albany.

Former County Executive Tom Gulotta dies at 75

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta, of North Merrick, died on Sunday, Aug. 4. He was 75. Gulotta, a Republican, served as the county executive from 1987 to 2001. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 8/5/19

The Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew 577 recently traveled to Iceland last month. On July 6 they hiked Sòlheimajökull Glacier.

Venture Crew 577 of North Bellmore takes a trip to Iceland

The Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew 577, of North Bellmore, traveled to Iceland July 2-8, where members explored the Gjabakkahellir Cave in Thingvellir National Park, hiked up Sòlheimajökull … more

By Alexandra Dieckmann | 8/1/19