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1 day ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
Vladimir Tate has been a mainstay at the Cure of Ars Church in Merrick for the past eight years, entertaining and enlightening the parishioners with his inspirational piano and organ playing. He performs at the Sunday masses, as well as weddings and funerals, and even rented space in the Parish Center to start his own music school.
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1 day ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
The future of soccer in Merrick and Bellmore is extremely bright thanks to a group of young boys who have ripped through the competition in recent months. Winning has become the norm for the U10 Merrick Sharks Academy travel soccer team with first-place finishes in two different leagues as well as several tournament victories.
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2 days ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
A former Merrick resident was indicted by a grand jury on June 25 for grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, and other charges for allegedly embezzling nearly $1 million from his employer and failing to pay income tax.
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2 weeks ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
For eight Long Island residents, the stories of surviving the Holocaust remain just as vivid over eight decades later. Those heroic men and women visited the Kennedy High School library on May 29 to speak to approximately 35 students about experiences during World War II, how they emigrated to the United States, and the antisemitism that still plagues society today.
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2 weeks ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
The Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting students still have the gift of the gab. The Mepham High School-based student-centered program once again took home the big prize during the Broadcast Alliance for Senior High awards at Hofstra on May 22, winning the Best Broadcast award for the second straight year and third time in four tries with their BMB morning announcements.
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2 weeks ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
A North Bellmore man was one of three men were arrested at their respective stores on Wednesday for violating the “Project 21” initiative, which targets the sale of alcohol and tobacco products to minors, according to Nassau County police. Ali Ashraf, 24, of North Bellmore, Rashad Fadhel, 45, of Hempstead, and Juan Blanco, 24, of New Cassel have all been charged with unlawfully dealing with a child, second degree, the sale of tobacco products to minors, and other violations.
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2 weeks ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
Massapequa’s high school teams may or may not be calling themselves the Chiefs next season, but the area could start using “Hamlet of Champions” if this keeps up. It started with the football team capturing the Long Island championship last fall and carried over into the spring with both lacrosse teams winning their respective county titles and the softball team walking if off two days ago to continue their journey upstate.
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3 weeks ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba |Tony Bellissimo
After a heartbreaking loss to start its best-of-three championship baseball series with Farmingdale, Massapequa went on to dominate the final two games and re-claim bragging rights between the crosstown rivals.
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1 month ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
Everything was lining up right again for the Calhoun girls’ track and field team this spring. They extended their meet winning streak to 113 en route to an eighth straight conference championship and was one event away from successfully defending their county title, but a rival school swooped in and stole it away.
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1 month ago | 
liherald.com | Brian Kacharaba
The final event literally vaulted the Hewlett girls’ spring track and field team to the Nassau Class AA county title. Junior Maree Drayling won the deciding pole vault and senior Jayden Yochai and sophomore Ella Findling finished second and fifth, respectively, as the Bulldogs collected 20 points in the event to ‘vault’ over four schools and claim the program’s tenth county title and first since 2018 on May 19.
