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Bellmore’s John F. Kennedy High School was more than just the late Lorraine Poppe’s home for her 23-year career as principal — some said it was her life. Those close to her saw her …
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By Andrew Garcia
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12/26/19
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Long before Rabbi Shimon Kramer established the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick, he would walk up 5th Avenue in Brooklyn every Friday with the hope of improving the lives of the business owners and residents he met.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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12/28/17
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For these reasons, and many more, we proudly name Susan Gruen Helsinger the Herald’s 2016 Person of the Year.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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12/29/16
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Bellmore-Merrick Herald seeks Person of the Year
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11/30/16
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The heroin epidemic has ravaged Long Island’s South Shore for years now, and this most insidious of street drugs shows little sign of loosening its vise-like grip.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/30/15
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Lifelong Merokean Doug Mills started working in the back shop of the Printing Emporium, on Merrick Avenue in downtown Merrick, at age 14, as a printer’s apprentice, learning the trade from the ground up. By age 19, he owned the business.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/31/14
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A year and a half after he was born, Michael Giangregorio’s son, Nicholas, was diagnosed with a developmental disability that, for his father, was at once terrifying, mind-numbing and life-altering.
Nicholas, Michael was told, had a severe form of autism.
Michael, who is now 48, had a choice, he said, after Nicholas’s diagnosis. He could wallow in despair, or he could accept his son’s condition and not only live with it, but also embrace a new life within the “autism community.” He chose the latter, which has brought its challenges, for sure, but also great satisfaction and joy.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/26/13
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On Sept. 27, 2005, Jill and Craig Levine faced the unthinkable. Their 9-year-old son Robbie was rounding the bases during a Merrick Little League practice at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick when he suddenly collapsed at home plate. He stopped breathing, and had no pulse.
Craig, an oral surgeon trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, gave his son CPR for five long, terrifying minutes until a paramedic arrived with a defibrillator and administered electric-shock treatment. But Robbie never woke up.
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By Scott Brinton and David Weingrad, sbrinton@liherald.com or dweingrad@liherald.com
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12/30/11
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Thank you very much for the incredible honor of being named the Merrick Herald’s Person of the Year.
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By Liz O'Shaughnessy
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1/10/11
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When an accident or crime occurs in the Bellmores, John Scalesi can often be found on the scene. Scalesi, 54, a lifelong Bellmore resident and a Mepham High School graduate, has served his home community as a volunteer since he was young. He is active in the Bellmore Fire Department and the Kiwanis and Lions clubs, and he’s an honorary lifetime member of the North Bellmore Fire Department’s Company No. 2.
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by Deirdre Krasula
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12/29/10
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