These days, it’s hard to find a government that isn’t teetering on the brink of financial collapse. Too often at the local, state and federal levels, years of runaway spending have led to massive …
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11/7/11
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The staff of the Herald wishes all its readers a very haunting and happy Halloween! Bwaaaahhhhhh!
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10/31/11
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As part of their internships at Herald Community Newspapers this past summer, two Hofstra University students and one Duke University student donned hardhats and rubber boots and headed underground –– 120 feet underground.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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9/27/11
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Tens of thousands of fair-goers from across the South Shore and beyond thronged Bedford Avenue in Bellmore Village on Saturday for the 25th annual Bellmore Family Street Festival, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/17/11
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Eliminating global hunger is a daunting, seemingly insurmountable task that will require the joint efforts of countless people and organizations around the world to coordinate and organize and fight together. In the midst of this effort is Merrick native Daniel Bornstein, who considers himself a hybrid –– simultaneously a scholar and an activist.
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By Alex Krinsky
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7/27/11
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While supernatural creatures like vampires and werewolves have risen in popularity in the media in recent years, two native North Bellmorities have been hard at work trying to popularize another mythical being –– the genie.
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By David Weingrad
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7/1/11
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The Bellmore Herald enthusiastically endorses incumbent Board of Education Trustee Nina Lanci in the North Bellmore School District.
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5/11/11
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Kennedy High School junior Ross Shulman returned to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting last Wednesday to make his case that the district should eliminate substitute-teachers to save money and preserve full-time teaching positions. Instead of substitutes, Shulman advocated for a plan to use empty general-purpose rooms and cafeterias to house students under the direction of aides when their teachers are absent.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/11/11
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Every January, staff members at the Herald Community Newspapers pore over their work from the past year, deciding which entries to submit to the New York Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.
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4/21/11
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Herald Community Newspapers took home 23 awards from the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest at NYPA’s annual spring convention. A dozen Herald staff members attended the conference April 8 and 9 at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/13/11
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