Merrick News

Written by Timothy Bolger on Nov 24th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Monday to fight a rate hike proposed by the private water company that serves 45,000 customers in Nassau County - residents who he says pay as much as five times the rate of neighbors served by public water districts.

The Democrat -dominated North Hempstead Town Board, headed by Suozzi ally Jon Kaiman , unanimously approved a $60-million bond to upgrade Great Neck wastewater treatment facilities rather than follow a plan pushed by Suozzi to divert North Shore sewage to the county's South Shore Cedar Creek sewage treatment plant.

Friday, November 20, 2009 Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation Increasing Penalties for DWI with Child Passenger - Toughest DWI Law in the Nation announced that on Wednesday, November 18, the Senate passed legislation drastically increasing the penalty for any person who drives intoxicated with a child passenger.

Merrick NEW YORK CITY-Mid-sized and small banks face greater credit risks from their commercial real estate exposure than does the US banking sector as a whole, Fitch Ratings says in a new report.

At 11 a.m. Thursday, the Nassau County Firefighters Museum in Uniondale is set to reveal a $160,000 interactive memorial honoring Nassau firefighters killed in the line of duty.

A. Paterson conceded Monday that a bill making it a felony to drive drunk with a child in the car may have to be watered down to pass the Assembly.

On Oct. 22, the New York State Assembly Minority Task Force on Crime in Our Communities held a roundtable discussion at the Levittown Public Library to discuss various matters related to crime in Nassau County.

"We need to protect our children," said Lenny Rosado, whose daughter, Leandra Rosado, was a passenger in a car driven by a woman who police said drank at a party before crashing on the Henry Hudson Parkway on Oct.

Photographs of Eugerie Andre Narcisse, a Yale student who was found dead in his dorm the morning after Halloween .

Written by Timothy Bolger on Nov 10th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Frank T. Carney, 16, of 2747 Court St., is charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor aggravated harassment, both as hate crimes.

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

Maria Katherine Vecchione and Liam Owen Begley were married Jan. 10, at CurAA© of Ars Roman Catholic Church in Merrick, with Father Charles Mangano performing the double-ring ceremony.

But local residents and park activists aren't convinced. More than 100 of them attended a save-our-park rally yesterday morning - a month after the county issued a statement saying it had pulled the project.

Anthony Badalamenti, 31, was arrested along with his girlfriend Jessica Muniz, 29, and both charged with Assault 2nd Degree, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

Merrick, N.Y.--The 2010 Centurion show, a by-invitation-only event that showcases 100-plus prestige jewelry designers and manufacturers, will be held from Jan.

About a dozen members of the North and South Merrick civic associations marched and chanted Friday in front of the new MetroPCS store on Old Country Road, urging people not to sign up with or switch to the company.

ATF agents lead Johnny Cerda out of Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola.

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.