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Four incumbents and one newcomer are running for election to the Merricks’ school boards this year, and they are just about certain to win. All are running unopposed. more

5/13/15

George Haile, president of the North Merrick School District Board of Education, center, and Jonathan Butler, vice president of the school board, left, listened as David Feller, district superintendent, spoke at a board meeting this school year.

North Merrick to vote on schools budget

The budget for next school year would sustain funding for the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

5/13/15

Butch Yamali, president of the Merrick School District Board of Education, left, listened as Dr. Dominick Palma, district superintendent, spoke at a board meeting this school year.

Merrick to vote on schools budget

The district would add one English as a new language teacher, who would rotate between Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside, and two special education teachers, who would work at Birch and Levy-Lakeside. more

5/13/15

More than $340 in combined school spending is on the ballot in Levittown, Wantagh and Seaford on May 19.

Budget votes are Tuesday

Wantagh and Seaford residents will have their say on Tuesday on more than $340 million worth of spending in three local districts for the 2015-16 school year. more

By Andrew Hackmack and Laura Schofer | 5/13/15

Community still supports Skelos

Hours after he announced that he would be resigning from his leadership position in the Senate, constituents of Dean Skelos poured their support onto his Facebook page. more

By Alex Costello | 5/13/15

Craig Levine, a Merrick oral surgeon, leapt as he crossed the finish line of the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run, the Merrick 5K his family’s foundation held on April 26 at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to tap an overhanging photo of his late son, Robbie. On Sept. 27, 2005, Robbie died suddenly at the age of 9 when he his heart stopped while he was running the bases of the Lakeside baseball field visible in the background. Craig tried giving CPR to his son, but there was no AED on hand. Craig and his wife, Jill, founded Forever 9: The Robbie Levine Foundation, which since 2006 has organized the annual Robbie’s Run 5K fundraiser, to purchase AEDs for schools and youth ball fields and provide classes in CPR.

Hundreds race in Robbie’s Run

They came from Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City, upstate New York — even Virginia. Most of the hundreds of runners in the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run, however, came from Merrick. more

4/29/15

Runners took off from the starting line at the 2013 Robbie’s Run. The annual Merrick 5K raises money for automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training. This year’s Robbie Run will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School.

Robbie’s Run is set for April 26

The 10th Annual Robbie’s Run — the Merrick 5K fundraiser for Forever 9: The Robbie Levine Foundation, which funds automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training — will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School. more

4/22/15

Parents and teachers took part in a rally against New York educational policies on March 27 in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.

Parents throw brake on state tests

Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests. more

By Brian Racow | 4/22/15

No tax hike in Wantagh

The Wantagh School District will maintain all programs next year, and will do so without collecting a dollar more from the public. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/22/15

Patrons of the Bellmore Memorial Library will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 14, from 1 to 8 p.m.

Libraries to hold elections

Bellmore and North Bellmore residents will vote in their respective libraries’ budget and trustee elections next week. The North Bellmore Public Library vote is first on the calendar, and polls … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/6/15

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