Welcome to the L&M Publications Community Newspapers Online edition. This is the place for your local news and events for the Merricks, the Bellmores, Freeport, Baldwin, Wantagh and Seaford.

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Featured Stories
Merrick's Gies family opens Hershey’s Ice Cream of Bellmore
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Grand opening on Saturday, January 28 on Bellmore's famed Bedford Avenue.
Merrick Life
Fatal accident at Hewlett and Sunrise in Merrick
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Merokian loses her life crossing Sunrise Highway.
Merokian films ad for Super Bowl XLVI
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Merokian Zach Borst takes the grand prize in Super Bowl commercial contest.
Apply for the Boys State Leadership Program
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
High School juniors of the Merricks - APPLY!
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Mon, Jul 18, 2011
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Mon, Jul 19, 2010
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Wed, Jul 13, 2011
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Lead Stories
Veterans provide firsthand accounts of war to Mepham students
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Mepham takes part in unique veterans preservation project.
Bellmore Life
Learn to exercise gracefully with tai chi
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Yang or Sun style of tai chi is an ideal, safe and gentle introductory form of exercise.
Freeport-Baldwin Leader
Freeport schools talk budget
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Analysis of governor’s executive budget reveals an aid increase of close to $1 million.
AIDS activist Dale Anthony Edmonston dies
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Advisor to Presidents Clinton and Bush, was known as Long Island's AIDS Ambassador.
Freeport will participate in Irene relief program
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Contracts also awarded during session.
Wantagh Seaford Citizen
Wantaghite in guide dog program
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Memory of guide dog lives on through new companion.
Ban pesticides in LI groundwater?
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A myriad of pesticides in our drinking water are remnants of a toxic legacy that started decades ago.