🌱 Rally For Peace In Long Beach Tonight + NCPD Detective Chief

Happy Monday, Merrick! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Merrick today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and mild. High: 59 Low: 39.

Here are the top three stories in and around Merrick today:

1. Merrick residents who want to support the citizens of Ukraine can head over to nearby Long Beach tonight for a scheduled Rally for Peace. The gathering will be held outside Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach at 7 p.m. Community organizations worked together to plan the rally, which will allow the local community to "virtually embrace those families in a war zone or forced to flee their homes." (Patch)
2. On Friday, Chris Ferro, a 29-year veteran of the Nassau County Police Department, was sworn in as its new chief of detectives. Ferro, 56, was most recently a two-star assistant chief and will now be overseeing about 350 investigators. He has served as acting chief of detectives since January 2022, when former Chief Keechant Sewell became the NYPD commissioner. (Free: News 12; Subscription: Newsday)
3. Merrick is in for a cool, cloudy, and breezy week ahead. Low temperatures will be in the 30s and go up to the high 40s over the next few days. Expect wind gusts of up to 36 mph today, and 14 to 23 mph through the rest of the week. (Merrick Patch)

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Today in Merrick:

• District Council Meeting At North Merrick UFSD (9:00 AM)
• Fit Over Fifty Virtual Exercise Class, Hosted By Merrick Library (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• In honor of Women's History Month, the Nassau County Police Department shared a post honoring the legacy of Kathleen Reilly, who became the Nassau County PD’s first female police officer in 1966. She was struck and killed by a vehicle on Christmas night in 1967 while helping a disabled motorist off-duty. Learn more about Officer Reilly in this Facebook post. (Facebook)
• Laurie Delitsky, a Merrick resident who just retired after 20 years as a math professor at Nassau Community College, is now available to tutor local high school/college students in math subjects, including algebra. Get the full details in the Nextdoor post. (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor is looking for a recommendation for a "clean and reasonably priced mobile dog groomer near the Merrick area." Visit Nextdoor to get in touch with the poster. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.