Johnson Mutibagirana was 9 years old when he watched his mother’s execution alongside 40 other Tutsi neighbors when Hutus began the politically driven slaughter of a fellow Rwandan ethnic group in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/14/15
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Children attending two Merrick schools recently received two gifts from Mepham High School students: a buddy and a book. Students in Mepham’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/8/15
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Grand Avenue Middle School science teacher Kenneth Abbot was honored by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education at its Dec. 3 meeting.Abbot was recently awarded the …
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12/17/14
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Students in the Bellmore School District recently had the chance to work with a local high school teacher to further their understanding of the sciences. Fourth-graders in Lauren McHale’s …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/4/14
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The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/26/14
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In recognition of National Teen Driver Safety Week, Mepham High School officials recently teamed up with Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice to host AT&T’s “It Can Wait” assembly -- …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/13/14
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Taking on an almost human dimension, Kennedy High School’s new Cougar Walk of Recognition was born after nine months in development. Members of Bellmore JFK Alumni Inc., who created the walkway …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/5/14
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New York Comic Con may have been held two weeks ago, but local folks were still able cosplay, attend panels and immerse themselves in popular culture at the Bellmore Memorial Library’s first-ever …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/29/14
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The New York State School Music Association has selected five Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students to perform with its All-State ensembles when the organization gathers for its …
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10/22/14
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Mepham High School English teacher Nicole Maresca was recently recognized as a 2014 New York State English Council Educator of Excellence for her efforts in the classroom, and she will be honored at …
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10/22/14
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