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Members of Theatre Three performed an anti-DWI play at the Bellmore-Merrick Central District forum last Thursday.

Central District confronts the DWI epidemic

His every word beat the audience chatter into submission. “The silence in this room means the message penetrated—it hit a core.," said David Swarts, commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles. more

Vikas Girdhar | 5/24/10

Members of One Is Greater Than None gather with Kennedy HIgh School officials at a walk-a-thon to benefit Remote Area Medical, a non-profit group that provides health care to Americans in need.

Kennedy, One Is Greater Than None team up on health care

Kennedy High School students recently helped One Is Greater Than None, a non-profit group created by JFK students, to raise more than $3,500 to supply free health care to Americans in need. Some 207 participants walked at the high school track under sunny skies to raise money for and awareness of the cause. more

5/24/10

When will the unions wake up?

Once again, New York state’s two biggest enemies — the ravenous unions and the legislators who are afraid to vote against them — have reared their ugly heads. Love him or hate him, let’s give our lame duck governor, David Paterson, credit for taking a stand. more

Al D'Amato | 5/20/10

All 5 Bellmore-Merrick school budgets pass

Voters overwhelmingly passed school budgets in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School, Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick school districts. The vote tally was as follows: more

Scott Brinton | 5/18/10

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10

Wendy Tepfer, director of the Community Parent Center, and Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, review plans for an anti-DWI production, "And These Our Friends," to be held May 20.

Parent Center, Central District taking on DWI

According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, more than 17,000 people die in drunk-driving crashes annually -- one person every 30 minutes. Officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and at the Community Parent Center take that statistic to heart, said Wendy Tepfer, the parent center's director. And so she teamed up with Saul Lerner, the Central District's health and physical education director, to bring an innovative anti-DWI program to Bellmore-Merrick next Thursday. more

Scott Brinton | 5/14/10

Support your local school budgets

The Herald enthusiastically endorses the Bellmore, North Bellmore and Bellmore-Merrick Central school districts' 2010-11 budgets. more

5/13/10

N. Bellmore teacher contract negotiations at impasse

The North Bellmore School District and and the North Bellmore Teachers' Association have been at an impasse in contract negotiations since April 12, Superintendent Arnold Goldstein announced at last Thursday's Board of Education meeting. more

Deirdre Krasula | 5/10/10

June Irvin, former superintendent, fondly remembered

June Irvin, a former North Merrick School District superintendent, Old Mill Road School principal and active community member, died on April 27 of natural causes. She was 76. more

Sari Zeidler | 5/4/10

Louis Kruh with his grandchildren. Kruh was known throughout the Merrick-Bellmore community as an advocate for children.

Louis Kruh, war hero, community activist, dies at 87

Louis Kruh of Merrick, a decorated World War II hero, 30-year veteran of the Merrick School District Board of Education, former president of the Bellmore-Merrick School District board, and longtime advertising executive turned attorney, died after a long illness on May 1. He was 87. more

Scott Brinton | 5/4/10

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