Busy week? No worries. Patch highlighted the top stories of the week so you can catch up on all of the local news. This week, the top stories are:
5. ROBIN RABINOWITZ RECEIVES HADASSAH CENTENNIAL AWARD: The Merrick-Bellmore Dayan Lilah Group has announced that longtime member Robin Rabinowitz of Merrick is the recipient of Hadassah's Centennial Award, awarded for her continued support of Dayan Lilah and possessing the ideals and values that have exemplified Hadassah for 100 years.
4. MTA To Hike LIRR Fares: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday voted to raise its fares across the board, including a 9 percent Long Island Rail Road hike set to impact Long Island commuters and travelers in March.
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3. Merrick Civic Leaders Discuss School Security: Just five days after the shooting that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, local leaders, parents and other community members gathered at the Merrick Road Park Clubhouse to discuss school safety measures when pertaining to local schools.
2. Merrick Businesses Continue to Rebuild After Sandy: Despite the fact that Hurricane Sandy happened more than a month ago, many local businesses are still feeling the sting.
1. Merrick FD Rescues Person from Car: The Merrick Fire Department responded to the scene of a serious accident Monday afternoon, rescuing a victim from their vehicle.
Weekly Recap: Man Rescued from Car, Rebuilding After Sandy
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Suzie Alvey May 23, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Mike, The children are sooo cute! A few of them are from your area.
Mary May 23, 2013 at 09:27 am
Correction on spelling: Susan Becchina or "Soo" as we know and love her!
Bobby Stokel May 21, 2013 at 11:17 am
Thank you to everyone so far in showing your support. We still need more signatures so please help…Read More :-)
Tammy Lovinlife Snowden May 21, 2013 at 09:47 pm
Thank you so much for posting this blog. This happened to be my husbands cousin whom was missing…Read More since Sunday. God is amazing how I was led to this blog, again I thank you, and to let you know you helped someone with this information.
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!