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Kennedy English teacher Christy Rochford, Poetry Out Loud first-place winner Stephanie Person, second-place winner Rachel Mashal, third-place winner Rebecca Stekol and Department Chair Kim Serpe posed for a photo.

Central students take part in Poetry Out Loud

Poetry went from the printed word to dramatic performance when students at schools across the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District recently took part in Poetry Out Loud recitation … more

2/18/15

Kayla Ann Donnelly-Smith, 22, was killed in a car accident on Interstate 95 on Feb. 2. Her funeral was held on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Mepham community mourns cheerleader alum

Many who grew close to Kayla Ann Donnelly-Smith in Bellmore and beyond will remember her as a flyer — in more ways than one. The former Mepham High School cheerleader, who went on to cheer … more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/18/15

The kickline clinic at the Brookside School on Jan. 17. attracted dozens of youngsters.

Mepham kickline leads by example

Members of the Mepham High School varsity kickline became teachers on Jan. 17 when they held an instructional clinic for elementary-age children interested in potentially performing with the dance … more

By Scott Brinton | 2/6/15

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Social Studies Chairwoman Robyn Einbinder, Mepham Social Studies teacher Stu Stein, Johnson Mutibagirana, Mepham English teacher Ed Grosskreuz and Mepham teacher Marie Netto posed for a photo at a Dec. 15 program featuring Mutibagirana, a Rwandan genocide survivor.

Rwandan genocide survivor visits Mepham

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 … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/14/15

Students from MephaM High School’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman J. Levy-Lakeside elementary schools in Merrick to become ‘reading buddies’ to first-graders.

Mepham seniors spread love of literacy

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 … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/8/15

Goldsmith delivered a petition, organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and signed by 60,000 people, to Sen. Harry Reid in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, urging him to bring the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Bill to the Senate floor for a vote.

Local veteran fights to stop suicides

After a trying deployment in Iraq in 2005, former U.S. Army Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. By 2007, the psychic pain seemed inescapable for the Bellmore … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/14

Holzhauer, Collins elected fire commissioners

Residents in the Bellmore and North Bellmore fire districts recently elected the newest members of their boards of fire commissioners. In spite of stormy weather, voters headed to the polls on Dec. 9 to cast their ballots for one candidate for one open seat … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/14

The firefighters running for a position on their respective boards of commissioners are, from left, Bellmore candidate Richard Holzhauer; North Bellmore candidate Robert Bazarewski; and North Bellmore candidate Mark Collins.

Bellmores to elect fire commissioners

Bellmore and North Bellmore residents will head to the polls to choose the newest members of their fire districts’ boards of commissioners next week.Both the Bellmore and North Bellmore fire … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/4/14

Mepham High School science teacher Lee Mattes used indicators to mark each of his beakers and demonstrate the importance of proper labeling to maintain safety in a laboratory.

School districts have good chemistry

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 … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/4/14

Mepham High School students assembled on Nov. 2 at Old Westbury Gardens for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Out of the Darkness Walk,” which raised $303,000 for the AFSP’s work.

Mepham pitches in at suicide-prevention walk

Mepham High School’s Key Club and kickline team recently joined in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Out of the Darkness Walk” at Old Westbury Gardens. more

12/3/14

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