Police responded to Merrick Avenue Middle School this morning at around 9:30 a.m. to investigate a threat made on Facebook that authorities called "fictitous."
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Sari Zeidler
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1/7/10
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Mepham High School officials recently announced its 2009-2010 athletes who have signed letter of intent to play in college, and who have received partial or full athletic scholarship. With their parents and coaches, they are, above, from left, J.C. Brandmaier, baseball, Dowling College; Doug Marshall, baseball, SUNY New Paltz; Lauren Johnson, lacrosse, Monmouth University, New Jersey; Thomas Pisano, baseball, Caldwell College, New Jersey; Stephen Luczaj, baseball, Caldwell College.
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Scott Brinton
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1/7/10
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W.C. Mepham High School recently announced the winners of the school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.
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1/7/10
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As we batted around ideas for this week’s editorial, we agreed that a new take on an old idea — New Year’s resolutions — was in order. Rather than offer our own ideas, we decided, we’d ask the experts.
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12/24/09
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More than 30 students and nearly 200 audience members took part in a night of laughs on Dec. 13 at the Calhoun High School On Tour Company's annual Improv Night.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/24/09
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The Principal’s Office is taking a break from its usual lineup of heavy-hitting topics for one of the most popular features since the column’s inception –– the Writing Quiz (this time in the form of a spelling test).
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Steve Kussin
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12/23/09
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All five local school districts –– including the Bellmore-Merrick Central, and Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary districts –– had part of their state allotments for December held back after Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay solvent.
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Sari Zeidler
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12/22/09
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In last week's column, I made the case for more time in the classroom. Based on the research, eight powerful arguments were presented for adding more instructional time. The case for maintaining the status quo, however, is just as compelling.
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Steve Kussin
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12/18/09
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It's common these days for school children to bring in toys for donation for children in need, but at Martin Avenue School in North Bellmore, students had the opportunity to learn about the children and circumstances that inspired giving this year.
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Nancy Hiler
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12/18/09
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Six Kennedy High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are among 34,000 high school seniors (out of more than 1.5 million) to be recognized for their exceptional academic promise as evidenced by their performance on the 2008 PSAT / National Merit Qualifying Test. Above are, back row, from left, Barri Bruno, Kenneth Dolitsky, Daniel Reisner and Jeremy Roberts; front row, from left, Logan Sorrentino and Stephanie Weiner.
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12/17/09
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