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The Merrick Chamber of Commerce Working for You! Femy Aziz - President

P.O. BOX 53, Merrick, N.Y. 11566

Membership applications available online @

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The Merrick Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Reasons to be a part of it...

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1. Enhances your business development by building relationships, sharing resources and a trustworthy referral base.

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2. Maintain the Merrick Chamber of Commerce website, merrickchamber.org, and Facebook page that provides Merrick residents with information and location of your business and all of our upcoming events.

3. Provide our new Chamber Members with a welcome to Merrick ‘Ribbon Cutting’ ceremony along with invited local elected officials, and newspapers giving the necessary exposure and importance of such a momentous event.

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4. FREE listings in the Merrick Chamber Directory and the Merrick Herald Almanac which is mailed to all 12,800 Merrick Homes.

5. Event Sponsorships and Advertising Sponsorships available to promote your business.

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6. FREE participation in the Merrick Fall Festival and the Spring Kids Fest with thousands of attendees.

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7. We sponsor events such as the Halloween Parade, Santa’s Visit, and Holiday Lighting Ceremony.

8. We provide scholarships to 2 students from each of the 3 high school in the district.

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9. Host bi-monthly networking meetings to help promote business growth and host monthly general meetings with informative speakers and topics of discussion relative to small business owners.

10. Recognize and honor our exceptional Merchant and Professional and Man and Woman of the year along with our co-sponsor, Merrick Herald.

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MERRICK GUIDE

a letter from the

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MERRICK

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We are proud to present our annual Merrick Guide, a special supplement to the Merrick Herald Life.

Those of us who live here know that Merrick is a wonderful place. In this handy guide, you’ll find many of the organizations and institutions that make it so very special.

The purpose of the Guide is to expand upon what the Herald Life does each week: describe and celebrate this unique community and its many services Stuart and organizations.

Richner For newcomers, the Guide provides a comprehensive look at all the community has to offer. Longtime residents and business leaders will also find it a convenient reference.

We hope you enjoy this year’s Guide. We’ve tried to make it the best guide Merrick ever published. We also hope you enjoy reading the Merrick Herald Life 52 weeks a year.

And no matter how far from home you find yourself, you can read an online version of the Herald at www.LIHerald.com. At our website, you can access the latest stories and special coverage of breaking news including election results.

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ON THE COVER The annual Robbie's Run attracts hundreds to the streets of South Merrick.

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INSIDE Calendar of events .................... 11 Chamber Kids Fest .................... 19 Clubs & Organizations .............. 24 Elected Officials......................... 34 Fall Festival ................................ 26 Fire............................................. 32 Fun Facts ................................... 21 Greeting from the Chamber ....... 6 Historical Timeline ................12-13 Library ....................................... 18 Living in Merrick ....................8-10 Medical Services Directory ........ 31 Merrick Chamber of Commerce..36-38 Merrick Schools................... 14, 16 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve.............................. 28 Places of Worship ...................... 22 Police ......................................... 32 Publisher Letter ........................... 3 Seniors....................................... 33 South Nassau Communities Hospital .............. 30 Town and County ...................... 35

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Congratulations to our 2019 Photo Contest Winners!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER PatriotS weekend in lYnbrook First pitch to her son at Lynbrook LL Annual 12-year old classic game. Miriam Carpio-Hospedales Master Sergeant in the US Air Force Reserves who has been called to active duty and is going (or is gone) to Kuwait. She is a member of Lynbrook American Legion Post 335.

let Freedom ring Greis Park, Lynbrook

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business-related needs of the memt feels like everywhere I go, bership. the number one question I guess the next question is, people ask me is, “What is the “How the heck do they do all that?”

Chamber of Commerce?” Is it Well, it is through the dedicated just a business organization? Well, board members you see here and let’s just say that is what I thought the many volunteers who selflessly when I first opened my photogracare about this community and phy studio on the corner of Smith want what’s best for it. We live here, Street and Merrick Avenue back in and if we own a business here, then April 2008. Boy, was I wrong! our patrons live here, and we should The Chamber of Commerce do whatever it takes to make it of our town, or for any town, is Femy Aziz thrive, and be proud of the town we way more than that, and every live in. chamber tries to get the informaI fell in love with this town in 2002, and tion out there. But let’s face it, there is so much information being thrown at us from everywhere, have been an active member in the schools, that sometimes, it doesn’t get its message across. where both my boys went to Chatterton, MerFortunately, I have been given the opportunity to rick Avenue Middle School and then Calhoun. tell you exactly what the Merrick Chamber of My husband and I always count our blessings to Commerce does for our community, and I am be here, which gives me the passion and energy hoping you will find it interesting enough to take to give back. Not to mention the utmost support and dedication I have from my board members, the time, reach out and join us for the ride.

If you live in Merrick or own a business here, past presidents and my administrative assistant.

I encourage every business owner, profesthen this is important information for you to know. In fact, when I became a member in 2008, sional and resident in Merrick to join the ChamI was hooked, and three years later I was asked ber of Commerce today. We offer a residential to join the board of directors. This year, yours membership for only $25, so that everyone who truly was installed as the 85th president of this lives here can take part. Register on our website at merrickchamber.org. humble organization.

If you would like to get involved or have any I came to find out that the chamber was run by a group of dedicated volunteers who suggestions or questions, please do not hesitate are responsible for the holiday lights on Merrick to email us at info@merrickchamber.org Avenue and Merrick Road; that it annually sponsors $1,000 scholarships for six hard-working students from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High President School district; that it is responsible for the HalMerrick Chamber of Commerce loween Parade, Santa’s Visit, two annual street festivals and the many meetings that address the

Femy Aziz

Merrick Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 53 Merrick, N.Y. 11566 (516) 771-1171 Fax: (516) 223-1200 www.merrickchamber.org Executive Board President: Femy Aziz, Serengeti Design Studios Vice President: Ira Reiter, Merrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep of Wantagh Secretary: Margaret Biegelman, Douglas Elliman Treasurer: Andrew S. Nachamie, Andrew S. Nachamie, PC Immediate Past President Erin Donohue, Hue Creative Services, Inc. Presidential Adviser: Hon. David McDonough, PP Board of Directors • Audrey Cohen, Merrick Herald Life • Marian Fraker-Gutin, Signature Premier Properties • Arlene Gregory, Century 21 American Homes • Carmela Lage, Sunshine Chairperson • Julie Marchesella, Queen of Hearts • Margaret Mueller • Randy Shotland, New York Life & Annuity • Joe Baker, SMCCA President • Therese Mora, Investors Bank

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The Merrick Chamber of Commerce held their installation dinner in January, at which Femy Aziz was sworn-in as president.

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LOOKING FOR A GREAT ACTIVITY

FOR YOUR CHILD? The Nassau County Police Activity League, Merrick Unit, provides organized sports, crafts and other activities for the youth of our community. Our goal is the development of good citizenship through positive interaction between youth and police officers.

Our unit holds a variety of programs for the children of our community. We hope every child in our community participates in one or more of our programs. We also ask that you consider volunteering your time to our children and help make our community a better, safer and more enjoyable place to live, work and play. To learn more about our programs or to find out how you can volunteer, click through the website .......................................................

WWW.MERRICKPAL.ORG ....................................................... and see what we have to offer. If you need more information please call the Merrick PAL office at

516-867-6279

Merrick Unit 2276 City Place Merrick, NY 11566

(516) 867-6279

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Tyler Cruse, 6, left, and Joseph Lentini, 6, both of Merrick, sped around on a motorcycle ride at the annual Fall Festival, which is held at the Merrick LIRR station every year.

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Jake Gold/Herald Life Ready, set, race! At the sound of a pop, thousands of feet hit the pavement at the 14th annual Robbie’s Run in 2019, hosted next to Levy Lakeside School.

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County Executive Laura Curran lit a towering menorah alongside congregants from the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick at its Hanukkah parade on Merrick Avenue.

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Pipers and drummers from the New York City Fire Department Emerald Society joined in Merrick’s Memorial Day parade.

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Most days in the summer, someone is using the athletic fields at Brookside School in North Merrick: sports teams playing games, fathers and sons having catches, groups of friends holding batting practice, a single soccer player juggling a ball. Across the field often comes wafting the musical jingle of an ice-cream truck passing through the residential blocks behind the school.

It is a common suburban scene set against the backdrop of two of Merrick’s centerpieces: the community’s much sought-after homes and its top-notch school districts, like the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, which has its administration offices at Brookside.

Stretching from North Jerusalem Road in North Merrick south to the peninsulas that jut into Merrick Bay, the community of 34,369 spreads across multiple distinct residential and business areas.

Ron Luparello, an ex-chief of the Merrick Fire Department and lifelong resident of Merrick, said that he wanted to raise his two children, Salvatore and Vincent, in the community where he has had so many positive memories.

“I like the location of the town,” he added, citing its proximity to the South Shore’s beaches, ease of access to New York City via the Long Island Rail Road, and the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, which in 2000 opened on land converted from a former landfill.

In recent years, Merrick’s downtown commerce zone on Merrick Avenue underwent a major revitalization. Many businesses refurbished their facades. Sidewalks were redone. The train station received a complete makeover, as did the Merrick Library.

Since 2006, the Robbie Levine Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Merokeans Jill and Craig Levine that donates automated external defibrillators to youth ball fields and funds CPR/AED classes, has each spring held its annual Robbie’s Run, a 5K fundraiser that draws thousands of runners and supporters to Levy-Lakeside School and the streets of south Merrick.

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After a grassroots effort, by the South Merrick Community Civic Association and its newly-formed Let’s Play 11566 committee, the Wynsum Avenue playground was constructed and opened in 2019.

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best. Ninety-four to 98 percent of the district’s graduates attend college, compared with the state average of 78 percent.

Susan Helsinger, an associate broker at Douglas Elliman Real Estate and longtime resident, pointed to the strength of the library, civic organizations and her friendships with neighbors as the community’s strong points for her.

“It’s a wonderful place to raise our children, speaking from both a Realtor’s point of view and as a resident. The parks are great and safe for children,” Helsinger said. “I have wonderful friends here. We call ourselves ‘the moms.’ We’ve known each other since our kids were in preschool together, and we still go out for dinner all the time.”

Randy Shotland, a former president of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce who has lived in Merrick his entire life, said that the community has shot up in population since he graduated from high school in 1969, but it still has a “small-town” feel.

Merrick has “lawyers, doctors, realtors, gyms, food stores, clothing stores,” Shotland said with pride. The chamber “puts on two festivals each year. We do a Halloween walk and Christmas and menorah lightings. We do a networking meeting for our local business owners.”

Merrick was founded in 1643 when British colonist John Smith moved here from Connecticut and bought land from the Merri-auke-ut Indians. The tribe, which was known as Merric, Meroke and Merikoke, provided the name for the community.

Merrick is remembered in those days as a picturesque wilderness of woods, plains, lakes, ponds and a river that ran along its western border. It is described as a rustic paradise.

Also arriving in 1643 were John Carman and the Rev. Robert Fordham, both of whom bought 64,000 acres for $100 and other “trifling considerations.” England brought Merrick the George Hewlett family in 1649. Many of the Hewletts settled in the community, buying property from Jonathan Smith.

A community begins John Smith Jr. built the first home in the area in 1687 near what is now Merrick Road and Central Boulevard. Six generations of Smiths lived there.

Merrick remained a rural community for roughly two centuries. Merrick Path, which ran north to Hempstead and east to Babylon, was Merrick’s first road. In time, its name changed to Babylon Turnpike.

Carrying mail and passengers between Jamaica and Babylon was a stage coach, which came through daily. Samuel Smith built a store on Babylon Turnpike near Meadowbrook Road, which served as a coach stop, general store and post office. The community flagpole was erected there during the Civil War. When the flag was raised, the villagers came from all over to hear battlefront news. Today, the flag is in the collection of the Historical Society of the Merricks.

In 1866, the South Shore Railroad was built through Merrick to Babylon. Charles Fox, a Merrick resident whose home once stood at Merrick Avenue and Merrick Road, was the railroad’s president.

At the turn of the century, summer residents began to appear upon completion of the railroad. The Long Island Camp Meeting Association was the biggest summer group.

Two young men, Edwin Cray Camman and Richard Peabody Kent, opened the Merrick Library in 1891. An association was formed and incorporated on April 27, 1897, to raise funds to support the library; a building was then erected. At the time, the area’s population was about 500.

World War I accelerated growth in Merrick. Then, the 1920s hit. Houses went up on all sides, and prices were high. Merrick’s population quickly approached 5,000.

The Merrick Woods development was considered a huge success. The Gables neighborhood, which served as home to many famous actors and actresses, was even more popular. Gables homes accented a “Spanish castle” motif.

The railroad was electrified in 1925. At the same time, motor vehicles grew more common, particularly after the Sunrise Highway was built out to Amityville circa 1927.

After World War II, the community’s population grew exponentially. Numerous schools, firehouses and houses of worship were added.

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Mepham High School student Abigail Penny, who has spina bifida, got a dancing lesson from Joann Ferrara, the owner of Dancing Dreams.

in Downtown MERRICK Though not a small town by most any definition, Merrick offers its own version of “Main Street� on the ever-bustling Merrick Avenue, in the heart of its downtown. Between Sunrise Highway and Camp Avenue, Merrick Avenue serves as a center for business during the week and a favorite leisure spot for Merokeans of all ages on weekends. Families can dine out, with Italian, Greek, Southwest, Thai and Japanese options, while teenagers looking for a quick bite with friends or a date can head to the Merrick Mall, which after decades has finally been redone, featuring new sidewalks, facades and signage.

Ice cream, frozen yogurt and Italian ice shops line both sides of the street and offer delicious desserts, while older crowds can gather at any of several local pubs to catch games.

The Merrick Cinemas, a popular weekend and nighttime destination, recently had a modern makeover. Merrick Veterans Memorial Plaza, formerly Broadcast Plaza, at Merrick and Fisher avenues, offers a quiet spot to sit and chat in the gazebo. Robert E. Purick Park, at Merrick and West Loines avenues, is another great spot to sit back and enjoy the summer weather, complete with benches and a breathtaking mural. For children, Chatterton and Camp Avenue elementary schools, which are in the middle and at the northern end of the downtown, respectively, both contain playgrounds, baseball fields and soccer fields.

Though a beloved section of the community throughout the year, downtown Merrick is at its best during the Merrick Fall Festival, sponsored annually in September or October by the Merrick Chamber of Commerce. Cordoned off from traffic, Merrick Avenue swells with Courtesy Melanie Wyremski thousands of smiling families and groups of friends who gather for the Chase Dauman, 3, and his dad, Chad, eagerly awaited the start of the Halloween parade. rides, carnival games, food vendors, arts and crafts, and live animals.

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Sept. Annual 6-7 Chamber of

Commerce Fall Festival

The Merrick Chamber of Commerce also offers residents an opportunity to support local businesses each autumn at the Fall Festival.

Hundreds of vendors attend with crafts and hot and cold food for sale, and visitors can enjoy live entertainment and children’s activities. Carnival rides for all ages are also be provided by Newton Shows.

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Every year, Santa comes down to Merrick to make a list of kids’ Christmas presents. Meet the jolly Saint Nick at the Merrick gazebo, where families can bring cameras to take pictures or purchase photos on site from Serengeti Designs to support a local charity. Join in for some holiday cheer.

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Every year in Merrick, nearly 1,000 trick-or-treaters gather and walk down Merrick Avenue. Children can show off their dazzling Halloween costumes to the business owners handing out candy to the passers-by.

Children are given bags for their candy at the start and travel south to Merrick’s gazebo, where there are fun activities to wind down the event.

Nov. Thanksgiving Festival of Music Thanksgiving is a time to give back and give thanks for the good in life while surrounded by food, friends and family, and the Merrick Brotherhood Council celebrates the holiday every year with its Thanksgiving Festival of Music. Usually held on the Sunday before the holiday, the council gathers choirs from several houses of worship, local community choirs and vocal ensembles from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.

After meeting Santa, gather again at the Merrick gazebo for the Merrick Chamber of Commerce’s annual tree and menorah lighting. Join fellow Merokeans in the holiday cheer and enjoy free light refreshments. Close off your weekend by checking out the local Merrick restaurants.

April Annual Chamber of Commerce Kids Fest Since 1991, the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Kids Fest has been a prime spot for kid-friendly activities, including face-painting, story time, and rides, as well as an opportunity to shop local and support Merrick business owners — professional craft makers and vendors from Merrick offer their handmade and handpicked goods at low costs. The funds from Kids Fest go toward the chamber’s annual scholarship, given to a graduating senior from each of the three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.

May Memorial 27 Day Parade

Each year, members of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Jewish War Veterans march through the streets in honor of all their comrades who made the ultimate sacrifice. The day’s events end with a solemn ceremony at Merrick’s Veterans Memorial Park.

June Strawberry Festival Each year, the Bellmore Kiwanis and Lions Club draw huge crowds and delight families and festival fans with the Strawberry Festival, held on the grounds of Nassau BOCES on Jerusalem Avenue. The venue always brings a variety of carnival rides and live entertainment. Aside from the fresh strawberries being offered, vendors sell strawberry shortcake, cheese cake, chocolate covered strawberries, strawberry daiquiris and many other strawberry-themed goodies.

July Declaration of 4 Independence reading One of Merrick’s most cherished traditions is the annual Declaration of Independence Day reading. Local historian Larry Garfinkel leads the event, as locals gather in the gazebo at the Long Island Rail Road station on Merrick Avenue. The event mimics how townspeople throughout the original 13 Colonies gathered in 1776, to hear the words of Thomas Jefferson proclaiming the United States’ separation from Great Britain.

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“Memories of the Merricks,” a 1977 booklet produced by the Merrick Historical Society, says a member of John Carman and the Rev. Robert Fordham’s group of settlers, Jonathan “Rock” Smith, became the first European to set up a farm in the Merrick area.

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The family of George Hewlett arrived in America, and some later settled in the Merrick area. The Hewletts built a home on the northeast corner of Merrick Road and Merrick Avenue in 1687. The Hewletts bought a thousand acres that stretched from Merrick Avenue to Newbridge Road.

There were Hewletts living in Merrick right into the 20th century. The house was torn down in 1963.

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Caleb Carman was the first white child to be born in the Merrick area.

Joseph and Philetas Smith operated a roadhouse on Babylon Turnpike near Meadowbrook Road. This building served as a stop in the mid-19th century for a daily stagecoach carrying mail and passengers from Jamaica to Babylon. It also likely served as Merrick’s first post office.

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A flag-waving crowd celebrated the electrification of the railroad in May 1925.

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The Merrick United Methodist Church was established.

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The Birch School was built. It was later expanded.

The Lakeside School was built.

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The Merrick community lost 15 service members, including first responders, in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church was founded.

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The construction of a new library building, at 2279 Merrick Ave., was completed on Nov. 25. According to a New York Times report at the time, the building was 14,000 square feet and held 75,000 books.

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The Long Island Mar Thoma Church was incorporated, in a building first rented from the Church of the Redeemer. By 1994, the church purchased the building and property for $1.3 million.

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The South Side Rail Road — the LIRR’s predecessor — made Merrick more accessible to people from New York City, and Merrick started to become an area where families from Manhattan and Brooklyn had summer homes.

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The Long Island Camp Meeting Association established a Methodist campground on 60 acres in what is now North Merrick, as part of the Third Great Awakening in the United States.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church was founded.

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Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy established Curé of Ars Parish.

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The Merrick Library was founded by Edward C. Cammann and Richard P. Kent, two young men in their late-teens. After being housed in three temporary locations, the library was moved to a cottage in 1897.

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According to “Memories of the Merricks,” the decade hit Merrick “like a bomb,” with development, and a population approaching 5,000, aided by the electrification of the railroad in 1925, and the building of the Southern State Parkway in 1927.

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The current Merrick Library building opened in the fall, with an expanded children’s area, room for community groups and programs, a teen room, wireless Internet and self-service checkout.

Merrick now had its own school district: Common School District 25. Its first school board was headed by Hermann H. Cammann, and the first school was a oneroom building housing 38 students and one teacher.

William Hewlett built what would later be known as the Isaac Narwood house. In the early 1960s, the Merrick Library was moved to this site.

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An article in the Brooklyn Eagle, titled “Beauties of Merricks,” read, “The most beautiful section of the Merrick road is at Merrick, the village from which it takes its name. Here it runs under a grand foliage of big-girthed trees, between glimmering lakes and over rustic bridges spanning picturesque streams. Within sight at the waters of the Great South Bay and the beach.”

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The first stretch of the Meadowbrook Parkway was built between 1932 and 1935 to relieve congestion on the Wantagh Parkway. The Meadowbrook was extended to connect with the Northern State Parkway in the 1950s.

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The Kiwanis Club of Merrick was founded, with 25 members.

A newspaper called the Meroke was first published. It later became Merrick Life, and, in 2013, Merrick Herald Life

The Community Presbyterian Church of Merrick and the Merrick Jewish Centre-Congregation Ohr Torah were both founded.

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The first Robbie’s Run was held at Lakeside in honor of Merokean Robbie Levine. The event is a major fundraiser of Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation, which raises money to donate AEDs to youth leagues to protect children and adults wherever they play sports.

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Hurricane Sandy swept through Merrick and South Shore communities, with waters that reached three to six feet in areas and destroyed homes and cars, while also bringing hurricane-force wind gusts that toppled trees, tore the siding off houses, and ripped apart fences and decks.

Information courtesy Bill Keogan, the Merrick Library and the Merrick Historical Society

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Welcome to

Bellmore-Merrick Schools

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After 11 years as the BMRTA president, Sharon Wisla was re-elected to the position at the association’s luncheon. The group met at Elisa’s Ristorante, her favorite local eatery.

Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District MAMS Principal Dr. Taryn Johnson with seventh-grader Alicia Suss-Pardo, and the mascot (Danielle Dukofsky), on the first day of school.

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ellmore-Merrick’s five school districts — consisting of four elementary districts and one high school district — are consistently ranked among the top school systems in New York state, even the country, with an array of programs to nurture “the whole child.”

The four elementary districts — Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick — feed into the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, one of a few such central districts across the state.

The Central High School District boasts a 94 to 99 percent graduation rate annually, with many students receiving acceptances to top-rated colleges across the country. Just this year, Niche.com ranked the district among the Top 100 in the country.

The elementary districts comprise three to five schools each. The Central High School District is made up of Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools and Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools. Each of the high schools offers advanced programs in the arts, business, engineering and science research. Magnet cosmetology and drama programs, which attract students from all three high schools, are housed at Calhoun. Additionally, the Meadowbrook Alternative Program, an alternative high school housed at the Brookside School in North Merrick, offers a special program for students who are having trouble fitting into their home high schools.

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On Flag Day, former North Merrick BOE President Jennifer Hyland helped Nathan Cook, Paul Meyer, Liam Schmid, Ethan Harbourne and Declan Schmid stand their flag.

Catching up with the Retired Teachers Association “We all come together again in Bellmore, and it feels like home,” Sharon Wisla, the current Bellmore-Merrick Retired Teachers Association president, told dozens of district retirees in May 2019. “There’s almost 50 people here — it’s exciting to see all my old colleagues and friends again.”

The annual luncheon for BMRTA — an extension of the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers Union — was a celebration of education, and thanks for the teachers’ devotion to the district. Retirees old and new filled the backroom of Elisa’s Ristorante in Bellmore, all representing the Central District throughout the decades.

Also in attendance was Pat Christy, who helped establish the association 35 years ago, and past president Gerald Brynien.

“It feels strange” to join the association, said Mark Steinberg, who joined the BMRTA after he retired from Grand Avenue Middle School. “It’ll hit me tonight that it’s really happening.”

Steinberg, one of 14 retirees this year, has taught in the district for 35 years. For the past six, he was also the president of the teachers union. “These are the people you go to if you want to know the history of the district,” he added. “They tell us where the union started.”

“Being a teacher is the best thing I could’ve done with my life,” said Daniel Shannon, a 20-year retiree. As a teacher, “I went to every graduation,” he added, “and they were the most bittersweet moments, always wonderful and sad at the same time.”

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Merrick District Administration Office 21 Babylon Road 992-7200 Superintendent: Dr. Dominick Palma www.merrick.k12.ny.us

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Birch Elementary School (K-6) 2400 Central Parkway 992-7250 Principal: Kerri Galante

Educational Programs Bellmore-Merrick Child-Care Program Brookside School 1260 Meadowbrook Road 868-6027 Director: June Smith

Roland Chatterton Elementary School (K-6) 108 North Merrick Ave. 992-7269 Principal: Dana Bermas Norman J. Levy Lakeside School (K-6) 21 Babylon Road 992-7230 Principal: Elizabeth Trencheny North Merrick District Administration Office 1057 Merrick Ave. 292-3694 Superintendent: Cynthia Seniuk www.nmerrickschools.org Camp Avenue Elementary School (K-6) 1712 Merrick Ave. 379-3732 Principal: Ronald Reinken Harold D. Fayette Elementary School (K-6) 1057 Merrick Ave. 489-3090 Principal: Howard Merims Old Mill Road Elementary School (K-6) 1775 Old Mill Road 379-0945 Principal: Laura DeLuca

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Kenan Yavuz, right, and Carly Curnutt focused their minds and their fingers on taking over virtual territories during the competition.

Sanford H. Calhoun High School (9-12) 1786 State St., Merrick 11566 992-1300 Principal: Nicole Hollings John F. Kennedy High School (9-12) 3000 Bellmore Ave., Bellmore 11710 992-1400 Principal: Gerard Owenburg Wellington C. Mepham High School (9-12) 2401 Camp Ave. Bellmore 11710 992-1500 Principal: Eric Gomez Grand Avenue Middle School (7-8) 2301 Grand Ave. Bellmore 11710 992-1100 Principal: Carlo Conte

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Administration Office 992-1000

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Brookside School 1260 Meadowbrook Road Superintendent: John DeTommaso www.bmchsd.k12.ny.us

Adult Education 1260 Meadowbrook Road Brookside School, N. Merrick 992-1062 Contact: Susan Hickey

Meadowbrook Alternative Program 1260 Meadowbrook Road 992-1083 Principal: Susan Ellinghaus

Parochial Schools St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School (N-8) 2341 Washington Ave. Bellmore 11710 785-5709 Principal: Leeann Graziose

Private Schools Merokee Day School 2655 Clubhouse Road 378-6333 Director: Tracey Ferguson Progressive School of Long Island (K-8) 1425 Merrick Ave., Merrick 11566 868-6835 Director: Eric Jacobson www.progressiveli.org South Shore Country Day School and Camp 1149 Newbridge Road North Bellmore 11710 785-3311 Director: Chris Vicedomini

The Bellmore/Merrick Cultural Arts Foundation Brookside School 1260 Meadowbrook Road 992-1015 Long Island Infant Developmental Program 2174 Hewlett Ave. Merrick 11566, Suite 105 546-2333 Long Island Crisis Center (24 hours, seven days a week) 2740 Martin Ave. Bellmore 11710 Hotline - 679-1111 Business - 826-0244 Executive Director: Linda Leonard www.longislandcrisiscenter.org Nassau BOCES 71 Clinton Road Garden City, 11530 396-2500 District Superintendent: Dr. Robert Dillon www.nassauboces.org

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Though the first public library in 1891 was a barn that held 50 books, Merrick and North Merrick got their own public libraries as their populations grew in the mid-1960s. They now serve as vital outlets in their communities, offering locals a place to gather, learn and enjoy a variety of events throughout the year.

Even though school is out for summer, the summer reading programs ensure that reading doesn’t take a break too. The Merrick libraries, along with the Bellmore and North Bellmore libraries, partnered for the seventh consecutive year in the summer of 2019 to provide opportunities for residents of Merrick and Bellmore of all ages to enjoy the written word and socialize over their favorite books.

Patrons can also catch outdoor movie nights under the stars at the North Merrick Library all summer long, enjoy game days on Tuesdays at the Merrick Library and join in countless other activities and programs.

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Noah Mallacibo, 8, plotted his next block carefully at the LEGO Block Kids competition at the Merrick Library.

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The North Merrick Public Library opened its current location, the former Meadowbrook School, on Oct. 3, 1966.

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ids with painted, smiling faces take over the heart of Merrick once a year, when the Merrick Chamber of Commerce holds its Kids Fest.

The festival is traditionally held in April, and is open to kids of all ages. Children and their families can enjoy the spring weather, along with carnival rides, local attractions and flavors.

There are discounts on pay-one-price bracelets for the rides, which are set up at the Merrick train station on Sunrise highway.

Chamber of Commerce members also set up booths to showcase their businesses which parents can check out in-between family activities like storytime and crafts.

The Merrick chamber promotes “shop local.� The group gives its members a chance to promote their businesses at their other community events during the year like the Fall Festival, the Halloween parade and menorah and tree lighting.

Kids Fest, which has been held for over 15 years, supports scholarships for graduating seniors in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Each year, the event attracts bigger crowds of guests and businesses, according to event organizers.

From Knit from the Heart to Bagel Boss, the Merrick Chamber of Commerce Kids Fest gives businesses the opportunity to connect with some of their youngest community members and their families.

Caitlin Thiel, 4, showed off the colorful unicorn and penguin she won at the carnival.

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The name “Merrick” comes from the Meroke tribe that lived on the land before the settlers took over. Meroke means, ‘barren land.’

“The Godfather” author Mario Puzo was a Merrick resident.

In 1643, John Carmen and the Rev. Robert Fordham paid $100 dollars for what is now the Town of Hempstead, and Merrick was designated as farm land.

Merrick was a trading center in the colonial period, and pirates once robbed the Hewletts, a historical family who helped build Long Island.

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WORSHIP The Chabad Center finished drafting its new Torah scroll in the Merrick Train Station Gazebo. Pictured here are Rabbi Moshe Klein, the Torah’s scribe, right, Rabbi Shimon Kramer, his wife, Chanie, and his children Leah, left, Mirel, Binyamin, Leibel and Sarah.

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Ian Fishman helped Rabbi Mickey Baum shake the Lulav at a dinner in the sukkah at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore and Merrick.

rom a religious perspective, the Merricks are incredibly diverse, with seven churches and five temples and synagogues, as well as the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, which focuses on Jewish studies.

And in nearby Bellmore, there is a mosque, Jaam’e Masjid, attended by many Merokeans.

Chabad Center for Jewish Life 833-3057 2174 Hewlett Ave., Suite 101 Rabbi Shimon Kramer Community Presbyterian Church 378-7761 2101 William Place The Rev. Moira Ahearne Congregation Ohav Sholom 378-1988 Affiliated with the Orthodox Union 145 South Merrick Ave. Rabbi Ira Ebbin Congregation Ohr Torah (Conservative) 225 Fox Blvd.

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Curé of Ars Roman Catholic Church 623-1400 2323 Merrick Ave. www.cureofarschurch.org Pastor: Monsignor Frank Caldwell Religious Education: 623-1400 Director: Lee Hlavacek Grace Reform Baptist Church 379-2408 36 Smith St. Pastor Marc Grimaldi Mar Thoma Church 208-3523 2350 Merrick Ave. The Rev. Sajit Thomas John Merrick Jewish Centre 379-8650 225 Fox Blvd.

Merrick United Methodist Church 378-9222 1425 Merrick Ave. The Rev. Akio Iyoda Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 379-1356 720 Merrick Ave. The Rev. Stephen Brigandi, Jr. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church 379-1368 2421 Hewlett Ave. Pastor: The Rev. Nikiforos Fakinos Sunday School Director: Cynthia Golding

St. John’s Lutheran Church 379-3858 1 Van Roo Ave. The Rev. Perry J. Kirschbaum Temple Beth Am (Reform) 378-3477 2377 Merrick Ave. Rabbi Ronald Brown Temple Israel of South Merrick (Conservative) 378-1963 2655 Clubhouse Road Rabbi Scott Hoffman Young Israel of Merrick (Orthodox) 378-2573 107 South Hewlett Ave. Rabbi Dov Winston

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Clubs & Organizations Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services 785-7700 2434 Grand Ave., Bellmore Chief: Scott Resnik Asst. Chief: James Shimer Circle of Hope (Illness support group) 833-3057 ext. 104 2174 Hewlett Ave., Suite 101 Community Parent Center 771-9346 1260 Meadowbrook Road, Brookside School, Room 31 Director: Wendy Tepfer Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC 379-9386 225 Fox Blvd., Oceanside Vice President: Ellen Hoffman Dayan Lilah Group of Hadassah 766-2725 President: Cheryl Sperber Historical Society of the Merricks 868-9833 lg_2000@yahoo.com President: Lawrence Garfinkel Knights of Columbus: The Rev. Jeremiah J. Reilly Council No. 6561 679-5639 Grand Knight: Neil Franzese Friends of the Merrick Library 2279 Merrick Ave. President: Karen Tusa 377-6112 Ext. 131 Merrick Brotherhood Council 868-9833 President: Lawrence Garfinkel Merrick Chamber of Commerce 771-1171 P.O Box 53 President: Erin Donohue Merrick Chorale 378-2285 1872 Old Mill Road President: Frances Guercio Merrick Kiwanis Club 223-2220 P.O. Box 108 www.merrickkiwanis.com Merrick Lions Club 960-1428 President: Russell Sparks Merrick-Bellmore-Oceanside Auxiliary of United Cerebral Palsy 378-2000 www.ucpn.org Merrick-Bellmore Pnina Chapter 766-2725 President: Cheryl Sperber Merrick Symphony 623-6118 P.O. Box 125

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Darlene Boden, left, and Karin McMahon organize the Community Cupboard year-round. Last Thanksgiving, the group gave out 86 bags and baskets of holiday goods to families in need.

National Federation of the Blind, Long Island Chapter 631-521-3018 2704 Beach Drive President: Kathryn Carroll South Shore Audubon Society 764-3596 P.O. Box 31 Freeport 11520 President: Michael Sperling

Civic Central Merrick Homeowners Assocation 458-2050 P.O. Box 44 President: Michele Walsh Merrick Estates Civic Association 867-9605 2935 Shore Drive Merrick Gables Homeowners Association 623-8924 P.O. Box 677 President: Derek Donnelly Merrick Park Homeowners Association 379-3232 P.O. Box 178 President: Barry Fox North and Central Merrick Community Association ncmcivic@gmail.com Presidents: Sue Moller and Lou Ciccone Old Lindenmere Civic Association 546-5632 P.O. Box 298 President: Joe Kralovich

South Merrick Civic Association 978-8310 P.O. Box 381 President: Joe Baker southmerrickcivic.org

Fraternal Organizations Knights of Columbus Council No. 3689 785-9407 101 Frederick Ave., Bellmore Grand knight: Austin Cannon III Meets second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 8 p.m.

Youth Bellmore-Merrick Youth Association (The Braves) 361-0604 President: Gary Ouelette www.bellmorebraves.org Catholic Youth Organization CurĂŠ of Ars CYO 623-1400 2323 Merrick Ave. Contact: Don Murphy Sacred Heart CYO 379-1356 720 Merrick Ave.

Sons of Italy in America Giovanni Caboto Lodge No. 2372 (800) 322-6742 2101 Bellmore Ave., North Bellmore 11710 President: Josephine Capriola

Boy Scouts of Nassau County Theodore Roosevelt Council 797-7600 544 Broadway, Massapequa Scout executive: Christopher Coscia www.trcbsa.org

Jewish War Veterans Ensign: Laurence Solowey Commander: David Zwerin Post No. 652 2080 Kenneth Road 868-1393

Girl Scouts, Nassau County 741-2550 110 Ring Road West, Garden City 11530 Volunteer resource manager: Cathy Ciccone gsnc.org

American Legion Post No. 1282 521-6989 160 W. Merrick Road, Commander: Kenneth Braun Veterans of Foreign Wars Merrick-Freeport Post No. 1310 1 Harvard Ave. 546-6976 Commander: Paul Zydor

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The festival has been held since 2000, and runs rain or shine. The fair annually attracts 10,000 to 20,000 attendees. The festival offers everything from cotton candy to amusement park rides and live music. There are even pony rides and special exhibits from the local fire departments.

Each year, the Kiwanis Club of Merrick sets up its tent in the middle of the fair to raise money for local causes. The Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services unit and representatives of the armed forces are on hand as well. Students from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District volunteer to help run booths for children. And, of course, the fair offers Merrick businesses the opportunity to market their wares and services.

This year, the festival will be held Sept. 6-8, along Merrick Avenue, as well as in the Merrick Train Station parking lot.

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Marty Neuringer, of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, and his boa constrictor, Slinky, greeted guests at the Merrick Fall Festival and Street Fair in 2017. Graham Galligan, 3, right, and his friend Kellan Mayoral, 6, both of Merrick, got acquainted with the reptile.

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The Nigerion dwarf goats that prune Levy Park and Preserve crowded around Sue Nurmi, left, and Scott Devine, both park rangers, in the summer of 2017.

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ooking to experience the green side of Merrick? Visit one of Merrick’s crown jewels, the beautiful and expansive Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve. Dedicated to the late New York State Sen. Norman J. Levy — who was a Merrick resident and a champion for the environment — the park opened to all visitors in October of 2000. It serves as a plant and wildlife sanctuary that welcomes residents from across Long Island throughout the year.

Situated along Meadowbrook Parkway and accessible from Merrick Road in South Merrick, access to the original Meadow Brook is included, where the park features kayak launches for park-goers to enjoy in June, July and August.

Three miles of hiking or jogging trails with 18 exercising stations are also available, from which a glimpse of the park’s fully operational windmill can be caught. The windmill circulates the water in twoman made ponds that are the homes to a variety of wildlife.

One of the quirkier — and most popular — features of the preserve is a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats that are employed by the town to provide an ecologically sensitive method of controlling weed and brush overgrowth. A flock of Guinea fowl — turkey-sized birds — also patrol the preserve to control the population of ticks.

If you are looking for a relaxing day experiencing nature — whether on the water or on land — the Merrick’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve is the place to go.

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A kayaker drifted beneath the Levy Preserve’s fishing pier, which juts into Merrick Bay.

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MEDICAL

Services South Nassau Communities Hospital, the Long Island flagship of the Mount Sinai Health System, is committed to delivering standard-setting, patient-centered health care. It is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees.

The hospital is an acute-care, not-forprofit teaching hospital that provides stateof-the-art care in cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. It is a designated Stroke Center, boasts Long Island’s first and only Gamma Knife® and Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery technologies for superior cancer care, expert orthopedic services, and emergency and elective angioplasty. South Nassau has been designated as an Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center by MBSAQIP and is also a recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines®”-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite.

South Nassau’s beautiful North Addition houses two 36-bed medical surgical units, a 36-bed inpatient behavioral health unit and comprehensive maternity services center with 26 private postpartum rooms, spacious labor and delivery rooms and a

neonatal intensive care unit.

South Nassau’s Emergency Services department is one of the largest and most advanced on Nassau County’s South Shore. Designated a regional stroke center

South Nassau Communities Hospital 1 Healthy Way Oceanside, N.Y. Emergency: 911 Non-emergency line: (516) 632-3000 www.southnassau.org and Level II Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons, the department houses 35 treatment rooms and specialty care, including a high-speed CT-scan and x-ray facility, pediatric emergency room and psychiatric emergency room.

And that capacity will soon be expanding. South Nassau is working on building a new four-story, 58,000-square-foot wing.

The new wing will nearly double the size of the emergency room, add new and larger op-

Courtesy South Nassau Communities Hospital

erating rooms, add more beds in the criticalcare wing, and will also help prepare the hospital in case of another hurricane like Sandy.

South Nassau is the only hospital on Nassau’s South Shore permitted to perform angioplasty in an emergency or an elective basis. In the event you or a loved one need angioplasty, it can be performed on the spot at South Nassau’s Center for Cardiovascular Health, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

South Nassau’s Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) and has received the Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) for three consecutive survey cycles (2009, 2012, 2015). With leading-edge cancer fighting technologies, including Novalis Tx™ radiosurgery, daVinci robotic-assisted surgery, the Long Island Gamma Knife® and world-class physician talent specializing in cancer, South Nassau offers South Shore residents expert cancer care without the need to travel to points north or into the city.

For more information about South Nassau Communities Hospital and its services, call (877) 768-8462 or (516) 632-3000, or go to www.southnassau.org. We encourage you to “like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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American Heart Association 125 E. Bethpage Rd., Suite 100 Plainview 11803 777-8447

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Mercy Medical Center 1000 N. Village Ave. Rockville Centre 11570 705-2525 Nassau University Medical Center 2201 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow 11554 572-0123 North Shore University Hospital 300 Community Drive Manhasset 11030 562-0100 Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Valley Stream 900 Franklin Ave. Valley Stream 11580 256-6000 Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Medical Center 270-05 76th Ave. New Hyde Park 11040 (718) 470-7000 Northwell Health St. Joseph’s Hospital 4295 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage 11714 579-6000 St. Francis Hospital 100 Port Washington Blvd.

Roslyn 11576 562-6000 St. John’s Episcopal Hospital 327 Beach 19th St. Far Rockaway 11691 (718) 869-7000 South Nassau Communities Hospital One Healthy Way Oceanside 11572 632-3000 South Nassau Urgent Care Center at Long Beach 325 E. Bay Drive Long Beach 11561 870-1010 Winthrop University Hospital 259 First St., Mineola 11501 663-0333

Services Drugs, Alcohol Dependencies Alcoholics Anonymous 292-3045 Hotline: 292-3040 www.nassauny-aa.org Al-Anon and Alateen (For families and friends of alcoholics) 433-8003 Families Anonymous (800) 736-9805 Gam-Anon Hotline Gamblers Anonymous (877) 442-4248 LINK Center for Drug Info Inc. 185 Merrick Road, Suite 2D Lynbrook 11563 887-4848

For the Disabled ANCHOR (Answering the Needs of Citizens with Handicaps through Organized Recreation) 431-6946 Helen Keller Services for the Blind (718) 522-2122 Office for the Physically Challenged 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Suite 140 Uniondale 11553 227-7399

Mental Health Family and Children’s Association 100 E. Old Country Road Mineola 11501 746-0350

L.I. Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence 1025 Old Country Road Suite 221 Westbury 11590 747-2606

Long Island Crisis Center 2740 Martin Ave., Suite 2 Bellmore 11710 826-0244 Hotline: 679-1111 (24-hour crisis hotline and suicide prevention services)

Mineola Community Treatment Center 366 Jericho Turnpike Mineola 11501 531-6124

Mental Health Association of Nassau County 16 Main St., Hempstead 11550 489-2322

Narcotics Anonymous 827-9500

Nassau County Department of Mental Health 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.

Suite 20, Uniondale 11553 227-7057

Nassau County Alliance for Addiction Services Hotline: 481-4000 Northwell Health Project Outreach 600 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 250 West Hempstead 11552 481-2890

South Nassau Communities Hospital Mental Health Counseling Center 2277 Grand Ave Baldwin, 11510 337-5400 South Shore Child Guidance Center 91 Guy Lombardo Ave. Freeport 11520 868-3030 (Outpatient services for children 18 and under) Tempo Group 1260 Meadowbrook Road Merrick NY 11566 (516) 374-3671

Special Services AHRC Nassau 189 Wheatley Road Glen Head 11545 626-1000 HIV, AIDS, STD Hotline (800) 462-6785 American Cancer Society (800) 227-2345 American Diabetes Association 534 Broadhollow Rd., Suite 10 Melville 11747 (631) 348-0422

American Lung Association 700 Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge 11788 (631) 265-3848 www.alany.org Arthritis Foundation 501 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville 11747 (631) 427-8272 Birthright International (Anti-abortion counseling) 1859 Wantagh Ave. Wantagh 11793 785-4070 Hotline: 1-800-550-4900 Breast Cancer Hotline 800-877-8077 Breast Cancer Action Coalition 1 in 9: Hewlett House 86 East Rockaway Road Hewlett 11557 374-3190 (Programs for breast cancer patients and survivors) Planned Parenthood 540 Fulton Ave. Hempstead 11550 750-2500 The Safe Center LI Against Domestic Violence 542-0404 - www.cadvnc.org

Urgent Care City MD (212) 772-3627 citymd.com

Radiology Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology 868-9300 (631) 992-6437

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The Merrick Fire Department in 2017 received a “Survivor Tree,” or a seedling from the Callery pear tree that was brought back to health after making it through the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

FIRE

Herald file photo

Patrick Ryder was sworn in as commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department in February 2017. He has worked on a number of new department initiatives, including a new multi-pronged opioid battle plan, as well as a new social media platform and the Commissioner’s Community Council, a police task force that will establish a subdivision in each of the 19 legislative districts.

POLICE

Department

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he Merricks have a long and storied history of fire service. Merrick and North Merrick are each served by their own all-volunteer fire departments, with the chiefs and assistant chiefs elected by department members.

The Merrick Fire Department is responsible for protection of homes and businesses south of Camp Avenue, while the North Merrick Fire Department is responsible keeping watch over all properties north of the thoroughfare.

Merrick Fire Department Merrick Hook and Ladder 867-4459 Company No. 1 1893 Oakwood Ave., Merrick Chief Thomas Gies Friendship Engine and Hose Company 378-9599 2075 Meadowbrook Road Chief Thomas Gies Empire Hose Company No. 3 Inc. 378-3633 2300 Merrick Ave. Chief Thomas Gies North Merrick Fire Department 223-4102 2095 Camp Ave., North Merrick Chief Brian Ellensohn Emergency 221-7044 221-1500 Merrick non-emergency 221-7055

James Rogers, of the North Merrick Fire Department, fed a hose through the back of a local family’s house to extinguish the flames Bill Kelly/Herald Life

North Merrick non-emergency 223-4102

Department

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s of 2017, the Nassau County police 1st Precinct has been housed in a 20,000-square-foot, state of the art facility on Merrick Road in Baldwin, which includes a line-up room, several private interview rooms, a locker room and break room.

The building is designed to make sure that crime suspects cannot interact with members of the public inside the precinct without authorization.

A plaque at the entrance states that the building is dedicated to “the brave men and women of the Nassau County Police Department, past, present and future.”

The 1st Precinct encompasses Baldwin, South Hempstead, Uniondale, Roosevelt, East Meadow, North Merrick, North Bellmore, Merrick, Bellmore, and parts of North Wantagh and Wantagh.

The 7th Precinct, on Merrick Road in Seaford, also serves parts of Merrick, as well as Bellmore, Wantagh, North Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and East Massapequa.

Important Phone Numbers Police Emergency 911 1st Precinct 573-6100 Covers north of the Sunrise Highway.

7th Precinct 573-6700 Covers south of the Sunrise Highway.

Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services Non-emergency: 785-7700 Emergency: 742-3300 Chief Scott Resnik Assistant Chiefs Matthew Lubliner and Nicholas Lilli 2434 Grand Ave., Bellmore 11710

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Participants of the Creative Writing Workshop at the Merrick Senior Center shared their writing at a showcase in 2017.

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The Senior Life in...

Merrick T

he Merrick Senior Center, run by the Town of Hempstead, sits just south of Merrick Road, in the heart of Merrick Road Park, an athletic complex with a shuffle board court, softball fields, and basketball and tennis courts.

Participants in the Senior Center’s programs can often be seen engaging in athletic activities –– particularly shuffle board, tennis and pickleball.

For those seeking a quieter experience, the Senior Center offers a range of classes, from writing to painting. Particularly popular is the center’s Creative Writing Program, sponsored by Poets & Writers and the Town of Hempstead. Acclaimed writer Paula Rodenas teaches the 16-week workshop. Participants cap off the experience by reading their work at the Merrick Theatre and Centre for the Arts in downtown Merrick.

Senior Adult Programs Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC 766-4341 15 Neil Court, Oceanside 11572 www.friedbergjcc.org Jewel Quinn Senior Center at North Merrick Brookside School 571-8675 1260 Meadowbrook Road Director: Jeanne Ruvolo Nassau County Senior Citizens 227-8900 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Suite 260 Uniondale 11533 Commissioner: Carolyn McCummings

Merrick Senior Center 868-4777 2550 Clubhouse Road Director: April Kodila Bellmore Senior Center 221-9696 2000 Bellmore Ave. Director: Donna Abriola Over 50 Club of Sacred Heart 378-1335 2200 Cameron Ave. President: Mary DeSantis

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ELECTED OFFICIALS Town Officials

Laura Gillen

Town of Hempstead Supervisor

Sylvia Cabana

Erin King Sweeney

Town Clerk

Dennis Dunne

Councilwoman 5th District

Councilman 6th District

COUNTY

FEDERAL

United States Senator

Charles E. Schumer (D) Nassau County Executive

Laura Curran (D)

1550 Franklin Ave. Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-3131

Nassau County District Attorney

Madeline Singas (D) 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-3800

Nassau County Comptroller

Jack Schnirman (D) 240 Old Country Road Mineola, NY 11501 (516) 571-2386 NCComptroller@ NassauCountyNY.gov

757 3rd Ave., Suite 1702 New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 486-4430 United States Senate 313 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6542

United States Senator

Nassau County Clerk

Maureen O’Connell (R) 240 Old Country Road Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-2664

Nassau County Legislator District 13

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D)

Thomas McKevitt (R) 1550 Franklin Ave. Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-6213

Nassau County Legislator District 19

Steve Rhoads (R) 1550 Franklin Ave. Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-6219

780 3rd Ave., Suite 2601 New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 688-6262 United States Senate 478 Russell Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4451

STATE

Governor

Andrew M. Cuomo (D) NYS State Capitol Building Albany, N.Y. 12224 (518) 474-8390

State Attorney General

Letitia James (D)

200 Old Country Road, Suite 240 Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 248-3300 NYS State Capitol Building Albany, N.Y. 12224 (518) 776-2000

State Comptroller

Thomas P. DiNapoli (D) 110 State St., Albany, N.Y. 12236 (518) 474-4044

State Assemblyman 14th District

David G. McDonough (R) 404 Bedford Ave., Bellmore, N.Y. 11710 (516) 409-2070 Legislative Office Building 443, Albany, N.Y. 12248 (518) 455-4633

State Senator 8th District

John Brooks (D)

5550 Merrick Road, Massapequa, N.Y. 11758 (516) 882-0630 Legislative Office Building 806, Albany, N.Y. 12247 (518) 455-2765

United States Representative Fourth District

Kathleen Rice (D)

200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 200 Garden City, N.Y. 11530 (516) 739-3008 1508 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5516

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Staying connected to your

Town & County Nassau County Nassau County is governed by an elected Legislature, which is comprised of members from 19 districts. It includes an independent budget director who advises the Legislature on spending and revenue matters. Residents may submit petitions for proposed laws that legislators must consider. Legislators serve two-year terms.

The county executive — currently Democrat Laura Curran — serves a four-year term and is the chief administrator. Nassau also has an elected comptroller, currently Jack Schnirman; district attorney, Madeline Singas; and a county clerk, Maureen O’Connell.

Nassau County Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building 1550 Franklin Ave., Mineola, N.Y. 11501 571-6000 www.nassaucountyny.gov Assessor’s Office ............571-1500 Assessment Review .......571-2391 Board of Elections ..........571-2411 Bus Information .............542-0100 Civil Service ....................572-1873 Community College .......572-7500 Consumer Affairs ...........571-2600 Coordinating Agency for Spanish Americans (CASA) .........572-0750 County Attorney .............571-3056 County Clerk ..................571-2664 County Comptroller .......571-2386 County Executive ...........571-3131 County Legislature .........571-6636 Department of Drug and Alcohol Addiction .......................227-7007 District Attorney .............571-3800 Economic Development .572-1915 Film Commission ...........572-0012 Fire Commission ............572-1000 Health Department ........227-9697 Housing & Intergov. Affairs ..............572-1915 Human Resources ..........571-4246 Human Rights Commission ...................571-3663 Investigations .................571-0533 Leg. Budget Review Office .................571-6296

Management and Budget Office .................571-4273 Medical Center ..............572-0123 Medical Examiner ..........572-6400 Mental Health ................227-7057 Minority Affairs ..............571-6174 Parks, Recreation, Museums .......................572-0200 Planning Commission ....571-5844 Physically Challenged.....227-7399 Probation Department ...571-5700 Public Works ..................571-9600 Purchasing Office ...........571-4200 Recreation ......................571-3090 Section 8 and Homeless 571-0360 Senior Citizen Affairs ......227-8900 Sheriff’s Department ......571-2113 Social Services Department....................227-8519 Traffic and Parking Violations .......................572-2700 Traffic Safety Board ........571-5032 Treasurer’s Office............571-2090 Veterans Services ...........572-8452 Volunteer Services ..........572-8452 Youth Board ...................227-7134

Numbers to know Town of Hempstead The Town of Hempstead, founded in 1644, is the largest township in the United States, encompassing 142 square miles, with a population of roughly 760,000 people. Within the town, there are 34 unincorporated areas and 22 incorporated villages, more than 65 parks and marinas, and 2,500 miles of roads.

Hempstead is overseen by a town supervisor — currently Democrat Laura Gillen — and a six-member Town Council. The six council members are elected from one of six districts. The supervisor has a two-year term, and the council members have four-year terms of office.

The supervisor is the chief executive officer of town government, presiding over all town board meetings and directing the legislative and administrative functions of that body. The supervisor also oversees the day-to-day operations of a municipal government of 24 major departments. As the town’s chief financial officer, the supervisor is responsible for the creation and the implementation of a town budget.

Council members are responsible for adopting the annual budget, amending the town code and the building zone ordinances, adopting all traffic regulations, and hearing applications for changes of zone and special exceptions to zoning codes.

Town Hall One Washington St., Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 489-5000 www.townofhempstead.org Numbers to know Supervisor Laura Gillen ...................812-3260 Councilmembers Bruce Blakeman .............812-3523 Anthony D’Esposito .......812-3242 Dennis Dunne..................812-3180 Dorothy Goosby...............439-5000 Thomas Muscarella.........812-3179 Erin King Sweeney............812-3285 Receiver of Taxes Donald X. Clavin Jr. ........538-1500 Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana .....489-5000 x3046 Town Attorney ...............489-5000 Animal Shelter ...............785-5220 3320 Beltagh Ave., Wantagh 11793 Civil Service Commission 489-5000 Comptroller ....................489-5000

Conservation and Waterways .....................431-9200 Highway Department .....489-5000 Housing Authority ..........485-9666 Occupational Resources .485-5000 Parks and Recreation .....292-9000 Planning and Economic Development .................538-7100 Public Safety ..................538-1900 Sanitation.......................378-4210 Special pick-up ...............378-8484 Program Info and Sanitation Inspectors.......................378-2200 Senior Enrichment ..........485-8100 Water department .........794-8300 24-hour emergency line ...............794-8181 Zoning Board of Appeals ......................489-5000

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31 Merrick Avenue Bill Elliot (516) 379-6366 31 Merrick Avenue Able Health Care Steven Shapiro (516) 394-3252 1240 Broadcast Plaza Alexander Madison Realty Jonathan Matute (516) 307-0800 48 Merrick Avenue All Dazzle Boutique Carol D'Amato (516) 557-2035 75 Cedar Shore Drive Massapequa, NY 11758 Amazing Lash Studio Melissa Fuentes (516) 634-3700 2073 Merrick Rd. Ambassador Protection Services John Kelly (516) 223-4500 28 Merrick Avenue American Coin & Stamp Brokerage Richard Cincotta (516) 546-2300 30 Merrick Avenue Andrew S. Nachamie, PC (516) 678-7110 7 Smith Street Ann Parry Photography (516) 732-9454 1542 Park Avenue As You Wish Parties Brooke Lodge (516) 590-7878 59 Merrick Avenue Bagel Boss John Mascaro (516) 442-3006 2101 Merrick Road Bagel Plaza Sam Asatur (516) 378-3455 1704 Merrick Road Bags N Things Shari Greenberg (516) 509-5068 2746 Judith Drive Bellmore, NY 11710 Bayou Jones Lisa Livermore (516) 378-7177 153 Merrick Avenue Beautiful People Salon Judy Abreu (516) 341-0276 145 Merrick Avenue

In July 2019, the Merrick Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Bayou Jones.

Bellmore-Merrick United CMC Design Architect, PC Douglas Elliman Gary Lenhart Secondary Teachers Louise Pitlake (516) 378-9000 (516) 623-2253 Meg Hirsch One Broadcast Plaza 2300 Merrick Road (516) 992-1068 1260 Meadowbrook Rd. Cobra Consulting Douglas Elliman Group, LLC Margaret Biegelman Boost Your Dave Denenberg (516) 510-9290 Beauty Medispa (516) 330-9930 2300 Merrick Road Mena Howe-Abitino 2340 McCord Avenue (516) 868-3450 Douglas Elliman Coleman Country 2159 Merrick Road Seth Pitlake Day Camp (516) 521-7976 Ross Coleman Brookside 2300 Merrick Road (516) 620-4300 Auto Body PO Box 34 Richard Mangels Douglas Elliman Barbara Shultis Companions (516) 378-9162 (516) 623-4500 Animal Hospital 2108 Sunrise Highway Irene Jiminez 2300 Merrick Road Carmela Lage (516) 431-1133 Dr. Lori Landrio (516) 379-5634 1798 Merrick Road (516) 546-4800 Cross Fit Strong Island Cathy's Touch Inc. 2126 Merrick Mall Richard Rubin Cathy Boddy Dr. Michael Brody (516) 868-7767 (516) 377-1127 (516) 378-7788 26 Benson Lane 67 Merrick Avenue 2450 Hewlett Avenue CSM Engineering Century 21 Carolyn Shah Moeringer Dr. Scott Schonfeld American Homes (516) 378-4887 (516) 705-8020 Arlene Gregory 626 RXR Plaza 31 Merrick Avenue (516) 302-8500 Uniondale, NY 11550 55 Merrick Avenue Drobbin Chiropractic D & P Auto Sales, Inc. Dr. Douglas Drobbin Century 21 Phil Assabi (516) 379-8500 American Homes (516) 781-5641 1298 Newbridge Rd. Betty Lippai 18 E. Sunrise Highway Bellmore, NY 11710 (516) 302-8500 Debbie's Boutique Enchanted Santa 55 Merrick Avenue Debbie Valentino Randy Hicks (516) 996-2818 CertaPro Painters (516) 223-0203 44 Merrick Avenue of Merrick 1721 Webster Avenue DeMarco & Basia Leon Esquire Tuxedos Nesi CPA's, LLC (516) 705-8266 Michael Zisman Robert Schwinn 2324 Merrick Road (516) 378-6060 (516) 248-5000 2156 Merrick Road 1010 Franklin Avenue Ste. Chabad Center for Jewish Life 400 Garden City, NY 11530 Expedia Cruise Ship Rabbi Shimon Kramer Dime Community Bank Centers Merrick (516) 833-3057 Diane Duel Joyce Mariner 2174 Hewlett Ave. (516) 868-9200 (516) 900-5483 1775 Merrick Avenue 29A Merrick Avenue Cipriano Landscaping & Nursery Donna Carbone's First National Bank John Nunnencamp Dance Arts of Long Island Carrie Dale (516) 542-0499 Joe Nappi (516) 377-7733 (516) 771-6000 1 1660 Front Street East 57 Merrick Avenue 810 Merrick Avenue Meadow, NY 11554

Fortune Crystals Pooja Mehta (516) 214-6018 2116 Merrick Avenue Genesis Karate for Kids Jeff Leibowitz (516) 757-1188 34 Merrick Avenue Goshinkan Dojo Jeff Lovering 516-223-7233 1754 Merrick Ave Grady.edu Gyssel Danzine (516) 401-4100 1399 Jerusalem Avenue Graystone Properties Evan Lerner (516) 667-0777 2326 Merrick Road HDH Davidson, Inc. Donald & Helen Davidson (516) 385-6958 985 Little Whaleneck Rd. Healthy with Lisa Frasca Lisa Frasca (917) 834-2000 86 Kirkwood Avenue Home Instead Senior Care Mark Labib (516) 826-6307 19 Merrick Ave. Income Tax Plus Martha Verdi (516) 785-3046 1725 Bellmore Avenue Bellmore, NY 11710 Investors Bank Therese Mora (516) 608-1880 2150 Merrick Road J & D Invitations, Etc. Jan Lum (516) 378-3636 1752A Merrick Avenue JEI Learning Center Amy Ko (516) 661-6305 2583 Merrick Road Bellmore, NY 11710 Khan Orthodontic Group Sabeeh Khan (516) 378-1033 28 Merrick Ave. Kiddsmiles Gaby Morgan (516) 365-5439 2211 Merrick Road Kona Ice of LI South Shore Julieann Puglin (516) 342-5757 1483 Merrick Avenue Continued on next page

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Krohn, Rosenblum and Rosenblum Charles Rosenblum (516) 868-0808 25 Merrick Avenue Kumon of Merrick Steve Dershowitz (516) 206-4200 71 Merrick Avenue La Strada of Merrick Eva & Guy Saraniero (516) 867-5488 2100 Merrick Avenue Land & Home Design, Inc. Mike Marzigliano (516) 378-1840 1760 Gildersleeve Street Little Kitchen Creations by Wendy Wendy Lantigua (516) 448-5126 1924 Webster Street Mangia Mish & The Pampered Chef Michele Kaplan (516) 380-1435 2781 Beach Dr. Marissa's Brow & Beauty Bar Marissa Mazzie (516) 644-9056 63 Merrick Avenue Merokee Day School & Camp Tracey Ferguson (516) 378-6333 2655 Clubhouse Road Merrick Bicycles Dan Yuricic (516) 544-4770 1829 Merrick Avenue Merrick Champions Tae Kwon Do Han Ra Kim (516) 223-5425 391 Merrick Ave Merrick Cinemas Dean Theodorous (516) 868-1601 15 Fisher Avenue Merrick Community Nursery School Christine Cicero (516) 868-1071 69 Willis Avenue Merrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep of Wantagh Ira Reiter 516-868-4400 x1119 3614 Sunrise Highway Wantagh, NY 11793

Merrick Estates Civic Association Scott Kohen 2935 Shore Drive Merrick Herald Life 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 www.liherald.com

Merrick House & Gardens Jay Pitti (516) 378-5128 319 N Merrick Avenue Merrick Library Ellen Firer (516) 377-6112 2279 Merrick Avenue Merrick Master Locksmiths Steven Talisman (516) 868-3434 34 Babylon Turnpike Merrick Oral Surgery Steve D'Abundo (516) 546-1444 2116 Merrick Ave. Merrick Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Rania Elbaz (516) 547-1997 1756A Merrick Avenue Merrick Physical Therapy Joseph Ruisi (516) 223-4300 2092 Merrick Avenue Merrick Surgical Supplies & Home Care Inc. Leo and Andra Levine (516) 378-0119 139 Merrick Avenue Merrick Woods Country Day School Adam Langbart (516) 483-7272 1075 Merrick Avenue Moms & Tots Judy Rubin (516) 623-4099 145 S Merrick Road Mortgage Professionals Corp.

Lisa Napolitano (516) 369-5129 12 Merrick Avenue Nassau County Craft & Gift Shows Alan Finchley (516) 442-6000 PO Box 431 Pt. Lookout, NY 11569 National Grid (631) 755-5338 25 Hub Drive Melville, NY 11747

New York Life & Annuity Randy Shotland (516) 909-5813 95 Halley Drive Blue Point, NY 11772 New York Life Insurance Company Robert Bricken (516) 354-5749 1983 Marcus Avenue Lake Success, NY 11042 North Merrick Public Library Thomas Witt 516-378-7474 Ext.10 1691 Meadowbrook Rd On Point Land Services Corp.

Bea Demirakos (516) 600-9750 2163 Merrick Ave. OrangeTheory Fitness Nick Galanis (516) 299-9901 1976 Merrick Road

S. Robert Kroll, Esq. (516) 378-3051 25 Merrick Avenue Salon Plush Mellissa Mennella (516) 868-3900 2150 Merrick Mall Sandra G. Johnson, CPA PC (516) 409-1120 109 Bedford Avenue Bellmore, NY 11710 Santorini Greek Restaurant Peter Katsaros (516) 867-5175 133 Merrick Avenue Scott Russ Music (516) 377-7907 2170 Sunrise Highway Selective Associates, Inc. Michael Chuber (516) 546-5500 1687 Merrick Avenue

Outback Steakhouse Jenny Medina (516) 377-7761 2124 Merrick Mall

Serengeti Design Studios Femy Aziz (516) 623-2828 65 Merrick Avenue

Paddy Power Colin McInerney (516) 223-3900 70 Merrick Avenue

Signature Premier Properties Lynn Karp Lynn Karp (516) 659-2291 324 Merrick Avenue

Polished Dental Care Lauren Greco (516) 344-5353 31 Merrick Avenue PrimeTime 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 www.liprimetime.com

Printing Emporium Douglas Mills (516) 223-2220 14 Kees Place Queen of Hearts Julie Marchesella (516) 377-1357 29 Merrick Avenue Richner Communications, Inc. 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 Richner Printing and Mailing Services 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 www.richnerprinting.com

Risk Strategies Company Sean Rosenfeld 516-336-5962 900 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530

Signature Premier Properties Marian Fraker-Gutin (516) 868-6660 324 Merrick Avenue Signature Premier Properties (516) 223-9463 324 Merrick Avenue Sip & Say Craft Wine & Spirits Dawn Vieira (516) 992-8111 2067 Merrick Road Smith Street Deli Douglas Gerber (516) 546-8925 1736 Smith Street South Merrick Community Civic Association Joe Baker (516) 978-8310 2642 Colonial Avenue St. John's Lutheran Church Anita Fiedel (516) 379-3858 1 Van Roo Avenue Star Smiles Orthodontics Christopher Paladino (516) 705-8900 2201 Merrick Road

Starfish Creations Ellyn Ladd (516) 445-1605 8 Arbor Lane State Farm Insurance, Agent Scott Hermann (516) 783-5522 1012 Jerusalem Ave Steven Kaplan, CPA, PC (516) 868-6300 25 Merrick Avenue Stop & Shop (516) 867-9892 2160 Merrick Mall Sukoff Orthodontics David Sukoff (516) 868-3131 47 Merrick Avenue Sunrise Chiropractic & Wellness Office Dr. Fred Jones (516) 378-0404 2260 Hewlett Avenue Teachers Federal Credit Union Joan Flannery 631-698-7000 x6944 1638 Merrick Road Temptations for Her Jeff & Randi Grann (516) 623-5772 2165 Merrick Road The Annex Wellness & Fitness Center Jamie Rockwin (516) 623-4386 1757 Merrick Ave. The Art Academy of Long Island James Anzalone (516) 605-3600 69 Merrick Avenue The Best Kept Secret Sheri Bleiwas (516) 581-7825 2769 Lindenmere Drive The Needlepaint Nook Janice Tillis (516) 623-0250 2110 Merrick Mall Therapeutic Solutions Physical Therapy Jamie L. Rockwin (516) 623-4388 1757 Merrick Avenue TLC Day Care Francina Cerrone (516) 378-3890 1731 Merrick Avenue Continued on next page

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Valley Ornamental Iron Works Joseph and Susan Volpe (516) 377-6684 411 Babylon Tpke.

Freeport, NY 11520 Verizon North Merrick Christian Connors (516) 457-2005 1167 Merrick Avenue

YourNewsMag Jill Bromberg (516) 633-8590 PO Box 15 Bellmore NY 11710

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Zuckerman's Fine Jewelry Bob Zuckerman (516) 546-8688 2164 Merrick Road

The Heide family’s holiday display features nearly 440 blow molds spread throughout the yard of their Merrick home. The decorations were seen on 2018’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” on ABC.

Verizon Wireless Abi Sharma (516) 623-5200 2151 Merrick Road WIN Home Inspections Steven Enella (516) 221-2023 1643 Hendrickson Avenue Xpress Coups 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000

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TOM McKEVITT Legislator, District 13

NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATURE 1550 FRANkLIN AvE MINEOLA, NY 11501

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