Water is a necessity of life, of this there is no debate. When the subject turns to who provides that water to us and at what cost, there the debate begins. For the past five years, the Water Authority of Southeast Nassau County, an authority of which I was a board member, held a series of public meetings to discuss this issue with the residents who receive their water from New York American Water. Recently, the authority’s board voted to retain the company that is supplying our water, rather than pursue the potential purchase of the company by the authority. more

Kennedy High School senior Sarah Moussavi, 17, took on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing, and intriguing, questions: How certain are humans in their own decision-making? To reach a … more

With the temperature hovering right around 32 degrees Fahrenheit, Bellmore-Merrick was once again blanketed in white on Feb. 5. The snowstorm came only two weeks after an historic blizzard pummeled the area. more

Owing to severe winter weather conditions, schools throughout Bellmore-Merrick were closed on Friday, Feb. 5. Forecasters were predicting three to six inches of snow. more

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the Jason Gruen Foundation recently tested 150 ninth-graders over two weekends, checking their hearts with advanced portable electrocardiogram and echocardiogram machines. Screenings took place at Calhoun High School in Merrick on Jan. 9 and 16. more

Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal screamed into the phone when the panel of renowned scientists at the Society for Science & the Public called on Jan. 19. “No way!” she hollered. more

After an historic storm swept across Long Island, dumping more than two feet of snow on Bellmore-Merrick from late on Jan. 22 into the early morning of Jan. 24, folks spent the greater part of Sunday digging out their driveways and sidewalks. more

A fierce storm, brought on by a powerful low-pressure system that swept up the Atlantic Coast, dumped an estimated two feet of snow on Bellmore-Merrick from late on Jan. 22 to the early morning of Jan. 24. more

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a saying: “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” For King, service to others was the highest form of humanity. more

Kennedy High School junior Claire Kelly spent three weeks last summer at the University of Chicago, delving deep into the human brain, examining the connection between impulsivity and drug addiction. Senior Rachel Mashal, the class of 2016 salutatorian, put fruit flies on a restricted diet to determine whether lower food intake would ward off drug addiction — specifically caffeine addiction — while also extending life. (As it turn out, it did both.) And senior Alexis Tillman hung out on lonely street corners (with either her mom or dad nearby) for weeks, filming homeless panhandlers to determine what, precisely, might persuade charitable passersby to give them loose change or even a dollar or two. more