🌱 Boy Hit By Car In North Merrick + $300K To Feed Families

Rise and shine, Merrick! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

A boy was hit by a car and airlifted to the hospital in North Merrick on Wednesday. And Nassau is spending $300,000 to feed more families in need this holiday season.

First, today's weather:

Becoming windier; a.m. rain. High: 49 Low: 33.

Here are the top stories today in Merrick:

1. Jerry Barmash reports that a young boy was airlifted to a hospital after being hit by a car in North Merrick Wednesday, on Merrick Avenue near Camp Avenue Elementary School. (Patch)
2. Newsday has the details on $300,000 in federal funds that the Town of Hempstead has allocated to feed families in need this holiday season. Meals will be distributed through the Interfaith Nutrition Network’s Mary Brennan Soup Kitchen. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. The Daily Voice has the story on a noose found at a Nassau County work site for the second time. An employee at the PSEG Long Island and National Grid site found a rope hanging from the company’s facility on Mill Road in Hewlett that was in the shape of a noose. A similar incident happened there in September. (Daily Voice)

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• Merrick Chamber of Commerce says save the date for Santa's visit to the gazebo at Merrick Ave. and Broadcast Plaza on Saturday, Dec. 4. (Facebook)

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