🌱3 Charged In Freeport Murder + Dairy Barn Now Coffee Drive-Thru

Get on up, Merrick! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on today in Merrick.

A former Dairy Barn is now a new drive-thru coffee business. Three men have been charged in a September murder in Freeport. And police want information about a noose found at a PSEG building in Nassau.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 53 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Alex Costello reports that three men were arrested and charged with murder for the death of a Long Beach man in Freeport on Sept. 10: Corey Grier, of Freeport; Eric R. Baldwin, of Freeport and Todd Brant, from Middle Island, were charged on Wednesday with the murder of James Diamond, 28, of Long Beach. (Patch)
2. The Herald checks out a new coffee shop in North Bellmore. Buzz'd Coffee is a new drive-thru coffee shop that took over the former Bellmore Dairy Barn. (LI Herald)
3. Patch has details on a possible bias crime in Hewlett. A reward of $25,000 is now being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the case of a noose that was found at a PSEG building, located at 455 Mill Road on Sept. 10. (Patch)

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Today in Merrick:

• L- Photo Retake Day, Merrick UFSD.
• C- Yearbook and Photo Retake Day, Merrick UFSD.
• B- Bingo Night, Merrick UFSD, 7 p.m.
• HDF Fall Dance (Rain Date) North Merrick UFSD, 6:30 p.m.

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• Merrick teenagers made heart kirigami at the Open Heart Origami Lab at Merrick Library: Hearts with notes inside were made for hospital workers, prisoners, and those in need. (Facebook)

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