The Elmont School District has agreed to comply with nonprofit transparency group Reclaim New York’s Freedom of Information Law request for records of the district’s 2014 expenditures after …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/3/16
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In each of the Bellmore-Merrick Central District’s five schools, students’ desks are now stacked in halls beside cardboard boxes full of textbooks and teachers’ knickknacks, and …
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By Scott Brinton
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7/26/16
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As current North Merrick Superintendent David Feller has been preparing to retire in recent months, the Board of Education searched for a new superintendent, finally appointing one at its last meeting. The board named Dr. Cynthia Seniuk to the post.
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By Stephany Reyes
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7/21/16
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Alyssa Garbarino’s second concussion came on a frigid Sunday afternoon when she was 17. Under overcast skies, Garbarino, of North Merrick, who was then playing with the East Meadow Soccer Club’s Storm, bruised her way through a sea of bodies. As she battled with her opponent on the Northport Cow Harbor United Soccer Club, she was constantly driven to the ground, her head hitting the hard earth. As fast as she went down, though, she popped back up. As the game wore on, she began to feel dizzy and developed a sharp headache.
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By Alex Boyd
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6/22/16
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Children squirmed and wiggled in their seats as they waited to walk the stage at Harold D. Fayette School to receive their awards in the annual Keep A-Merrick-A Beautiful contest.
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By Stephany Reyes
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6/20/16
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The nonprofit group Reclaim New York filed a lawsuit on June 7 in Nassau County Supreme Court against the Elmont School District for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Law …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/15/16
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There was a lot of public drunkenness in gym class at Kennedy High School in Bellmore last week –– mock drunkenness, that is.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/8/16
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Alva T. Stanforth Sports Complex near Elmont Library on Saturday to kick off the Elmont/Belmont Day Parade, marking the unofficial start of summer and the lead-up …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/8/16
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With gloves on their hands, volunteers collected hundreds of medicine bottles from residents who had come to dispose of unused prescription medications at the third annual Drug Take-back Day at Merrick Avenue Middle School on May 21.
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By Stephany Reyes
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6/1/16
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It’s an easy call to endorse the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s 2016-17 budget, which comes in at a little more than $147.7 million.
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5/12/16
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