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Children at Merrick Woods, a day camp on Merrick Avenue near the Merrick and East Meadow border, took part in a cavalcade of games and competitions last week as part of the camp’s Olympics. In between the opening ceremonies on Wednesday and closing ceremonies on Friday, campers played sports, ran relays, jumped rope, climbed over obstacles, learned cheers, wrote sing-a-longs, made banners, and carried out a scavenger hunt.
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By Brian Racow
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8/21/13
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State test scores plummeted to historic lows in most school districts in Nassau County and New York, a result that was expected following the implementation of a more rigorous curriculum.
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By Scott Brinton, Brian Racow and Andrew Hackmack, sbrinton@liherald.com
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8/14/13
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Stefan Serie, a Merrick Avenue Middle School health teacher and multi-sport coach who recently lost his job, apparently because of his appearance on the Bravo TV series “Princesses Long Island,” is threatening to sue the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District if he doesn’t get his position back.
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By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton, bracow@liherald.com,
sbrinton@liherald.com
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8/7/13
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A Merrick Avenue Middle School health teacher and football, wrestling, softball and track coach will no longer have a job come September, after he appeared in two episodes of the Bravo TV show “Princesses Long Island.”
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By Brian Racow
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7/25/13
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The North Merrick Public Library recently jumped, jived and wailed with the help of the Calhoun High School Jazz Band, North Merrick Jazz Band, Merrick Avenue Middle School a cappella group Word of Mouth and the Calhoun-Mepham Chamber Orchestra. These groups performed on June 6 at the Library’s 6th Annual Merricks Make Music Outdoor Summer Concert, a showcase of local student musical talent kicking off the Library’s summer concert series.
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6/27/13
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Merrick Avenue Middle School held its Moving-Up Day ceremonies on June 7 to celebrate the graduation of its eighth-grade class of 2013. Hundreds of students, decked out in formal wear, and their proud parents attended the ceremonies, at which students were called one by one to the auditorium’s stage to be recognized for their academic achievements.
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By Brian Racow
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6/21/13
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As is the longstanding tradition, hundreds of people representing dozens of local organizations will line up Monday for Merrick’s Memorial Day parade, weather permitting. Members of Merrick …
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5/24/13
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On April 15, 1985, 15-year-old Jason Gruen was walking into Manhasset High School, headed to class, when his heart suddenly stopped and he dropped to the ground, dead. A heart defect had gone undetected. His mother, Susan Gruen Helsinger, who now makes her home in Merrick, was devastated. She still is.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/10/13
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A van carrying a mother and her child burst into flames this morning outside Merrick Avenue Middle School around 8:30 a.m. on May 1.
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5/1/13
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Surrounded by police and school officials, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano vowed during a news conference at Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick on Monday to catch the man or men who have approached and frightened Bellmore-Merrick children in recent weeks. In at least once incident, a middle school student reported that a man had attempted to grab him.
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By Scott Brinton and Brian Racow, sbrinton@liherald.com or bracow@liherald.com
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4/29/13
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