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Veterans listened at a Merrick Board of Education meeting this spring.

Merrick district passes vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education on Sept. 9 approved school tax exemptions for local veterans, ending months of rancor that followed the board’s choice last winter to miss a deadline to pass the exemptions for the 2014-15 school year. more

By Brian Racow | 9/17/14

James O’Neill, a Vietnam War veteran and second vice commander of the Merrick American Legion, spoke this spring at a Merrick Board of Education meeting. The board has postponed a vote on veterans’ tax exemptions to Sept. 9.

School board postpones vets’ tax break vote

Merrick School District trustees said in May that they would put tax breaks for community veterans to a vote on Aug. 12, but the board has postponed the vote another 28 days to Sept. 9. more

By Brian Racow | 8/27/14

Kennedy High School seniors celebrated at graduation at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury last Sunday.

310 graduate Kennedy High on Sunday

Some 310 Kennedy High School seniors marched to “Pomp and Circumstance” at the school’s 47th annual commencement at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury last Sunday. In attendance were Kennedy Principal Lorraine Poppe, Central District Superintendent John DeTommaso and Board of Education trustees. more

7/2/14

A group of veterans attended the Merrick Board of Education’s meeting on April 8. Several spoke out in favor of school tax exemptions for veterans.

School board pledges Aug. vote on vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education will vote in three months whether to grant community veterans school tax breaks, board members told a group of veterans, including leaders of Merrick’s American Legion Post 1282, at the board’s May 13 meeting. more

By Brian Racow | 5/21/14

Incumbent, newcomer run for North Merrick school board seats

Information about the candidates. more

5/16/14

Two familiar names in Merrick running for school board seats

The Herald Life profiles the candidates. more

5/16/14

North Merrick School District will comply with state audit

The state comptroller’s office reviewed 2,969 checks the North Merrick School District wrote and 123 wire transfers it made between 2011 and 2013 and found wrong names on all of them. more

By Brian Racow | 4/17/14

Get involved in school budgeting

The average homeowner in Nassau County typically spends 60 to 65 percent of his or her local taxes on schools. Don’t you want to know how your money is being spent? more

3/27/14

Central District Board of Education meeting cancelled

The Feb. 5 meeting of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education has been cancelled owing to inclement weather. more

2/5/14

The bathroom in the Mepham High School football locker room.

Support Bellmore-Merrick Central District's $49.89 million

For years, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education set aside money in its annual budget to maintain its facilities. Residents then had to authorize the spending in the budget vote in May. more

11/14/13

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