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Bellmore-Merrick schools closed Wednesday due to snow

Schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm moving through the area. The Merrick, North Merrick and North Bellmore school districts will also be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22. more

By Brian Racow | 1/21/14

Grace and Brianna Monniello of Wantagh prepared for blastoff at the giant hill at Newbridge Road Park in south Bellmore, with a little help from their dad, Paul.

Video: Sledders hit the slopes at Newbridge

Despite temperatures that dipped into the teens on Friday afternoon, sledders from near and far took to the giant hill at Newbridge Road Park in south Bellmore for an afternoon of fun in the snow. Kids crowded onto the hill, blasting down slopes on snowboards and inner tubes. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/3/14

Firefighters needed 90 minutes to extinguish a fire that started when a tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late on Dec. 17.

Tanker bursts into flames on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore

A tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late Tuesday night, causing a fuel spill that erupted in flames. Officials estimate that 3,000 to 7,000 gallons of fuel escaped from the tanker, which flipped on its side just before midnight.    more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/18/13

Solar panels that were installed at the Merrick Senior Center were activated on Aug. 24.

Hempstead lets the sunshine in

Two familiar Bellmore-Merrick facilities are now home to the Town of Hempstead’s newest solar-energy systems. more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/4/13

JoAnn DeLauter and Frank LaMagra discussed issues facing the North Bellmore School District at the last candidates’ forum in May.

North Bellmore PTA council to host candidates' forum

With a special Board of Education election on the horizon, the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs is inviting residents to meet the candidates one more time. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/19/13

Children scrambled to gather as many eggs as possible on the Newbridge Road Park lawn during the Town of Hempstead’s annual ‘Eggstravaganza’ last Saturday.

Fun for all at town’s ‘Eggstravaganza’

Children from throughout Bellmore-Merrick and across the Town of Hempstead had an “egg-citing” afternoon at Newbridge Road Park last Saturday. more

4/3/13

Severely damaged in Hurricane Sandy, the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick is closed until further notice while repairs are being made.

Sandy cripples Hempstead Town facilities in Merrick-Bellmore

When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it severely damaged a number of Town of Hempstead facilities in the Bellmore-Merrick area. Repair work is under way, but it could be some time before they are up and running again. Particularly hard hit were the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, the Sanitation Department and the Merrick Senior Center. more

By Scott Brinton | 12/12/12

State rewards Bellmore-Merrick schools

Eight Bellmore and Merrick schools were commended for academic excellence recently, receiving Reward School status from the New York State Department of Education, district officials said. more

By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com | 9/28/12

Town of Hempstead officials said they have not received any noise complaints from Bellmore residents living near the site of bulkhead construction at Newbridge Road Park.

Town of Hempstead replacing Newbridge Park bulkhead

In recent months, folks who have stopped off at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore might have noticed the cranes and trucks behind a chain-link fence on the east side of the park. That is where the Town of Hempstead is installing a completely new bulkhead along a canal that flows south to East Bay. more

By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com | 8/22/12

Merrick Herald reporter David Weingrad of North Merrick, at back in blue shirt, recently took a diving class with Hempstead Town instructor Anthony Carbone, in yellow, at Newbridge Road Park pool in Bellmore. Weingrad joined a class of children from Park Avenue Elementary School and wrote a column about his experience learning how to dive. Above were Weingrad’s diving buddies, from left, Danny Shami, 8, Grace Glynn, 6, Miranda Price, 9, Carbone, Khristo Shami, 10, and Violla Shami, 6.

Diving right in at Newbridge Road Park pool

I am 25 years old, and until recently, I had never dived into the water. Call me crazy, but the prospect of plunging headfirst into a deep pool of blue had always spurred a sense of anxiety in me. So I was more of a slowly-ease-yourself-into-the-water-stair-by-stair-while-wincing-and-complaining-about-how-cold-the-water-is kind of guy. more

By David Weingrad | 8/21/12

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