An air of dignity, service and honor circulated above the campfire at Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick on Saturday morning. Beside it stood Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, who recognized the Boy and Girl Scouts who reached the highest plateaus of their proud organizations – the rank of Eagle Scout and the Gold Award. more

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick recently dedicated a new playground bench in honor of school aide Shelley Rubin, who died after a long battle with ovarian cancer last year. The Student Council fundraised to purchase the bench. more

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in the Merrick District has cancelled its annual art show because Nassau County is under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. on June 1. The show has been rescheduled for Monday, June 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., said Libby Trencheny, the school principal. more

More than 1,700 runners and walkers took to the streets of south Merrick on May 22 for the sixth annual Robbie’s Run, which has quickly become one of the Merrick-Bellmore community’s go-to events. In total, the event raised $48,000. more

Following months of work, the West Hempstead Public Library and its Board of Trustees proposed a 2011-12 budget that would essentially require the average homeowner to pay an additional $12 dollars a … more

Salaries and benefits make up close to 90 percent of the increase in Malverne’s school budget for 2011-12. That leaves $250,000 of the nearly $1.8 million increase to spend on everything else: … more

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick held its annual Community Read-Aloud last Friday, at which community leaders were invited in to read to classes and discuss their professions. Among those in attendance were New York State Assemblyman David McDonough, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, Merrick American Legion Commander Bernard Hoffman, and Merrick Fire Chief T.J. Fernandez. Scott Brinton, senior editor of the Merrick Herald, read “Secret of a Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman, an anti-bullying book, to a fifth-grade class co-taught by Ginny Bennette and Susan Holland. Above, the fifth-grade class that Brinton visited. more

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick hosted its annual dance-a-thon last Friday inside in the gymnasium. more

On May 1, one month shy of his 50th birthday, Merrick’s Dennis Cohen will run in the St. Anthony’s Triathlon. more

Students at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick recently took part in the annual National Foreign Languages Poster and Essay Contest. more