Kennedy High School graduate Brett Cohen did not star in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” He is not on a television show on NBC, and he did not release a hit album. But Cohen was able to convince hundreds in the heart of New York City otherwise with the help of a camera crew, bodyguards and makeup. more

Merokean Beth Josephson graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore in 1979. Her high-school-sweetheart husband, Maury, finished his Kennedy career in 1978, and their daughter Leanne … more

A Bellmore man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment over the weekend for allegedly flying his plane below the federal minimum safe altitude near a Bellmore-Merrick Central District high school, police said. more

For her senior thesis as part of Kennedy High School’s Authentic Science Research Program, 17-year-old Brittany Mascaro of Merrick wanted to answer what one would have thought would be an obvious … more

Six Kennedy High School seniors recently competed in the prestigious Long Island Science & Engineering Fair, hoping to win one of 20 slots in the International Science & Engineering Fair, which began last Sunday in Pittsburgh. LISEF was held in two stages –– at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury in February, and at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale in March. All six Kennedy students, who were participants in the school’s three-year Authentic Science Research Program, were finalists in the competition. One of them, 18-year-old Brett Gossett of Bellmore, prevailed, winning a place at ISEF for a behavioral science project that he completed at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital last summer. more

Nearly two years ago, three Kennedy High School students –– Samantha Finkel, Ross Iscowitz and Jordan Horowitz –– had an idea. They wanted to start a tutoring business so they could educate their peers in a variety of subjects. They put their plan into action during their junior year, but instead of keeping the profits, they sent part of the proceeds to the American Cancer Society, and thus, Tutors for a Cure was born. more

Editor’s note: Daniel Bornstein, a former student columnist for the Bellmore and Merrick Heralds, is now a sophomore at Dartmouth College. An Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist, and salutatorian of his class at Kennedy, Bornstein is now conducting research at the World Agroforestry Center in Kenya. He wrote this column about his experiences there. more

With the lights dimmed in the auditorium at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, students chanted the well-known ESPN SportsCenter theme song. The buzz was electric as more than 200 students, faculty members, parents and alumni eagerly awaited the arrival of ESPN broadcasters, and Kennedy alumni, Steve Levy and Adam Schefter. more

Three top Nassau County Police Department commanding officers were indicted on March 1 for misconduct and conspiracy after they attempted to cover up a crime allegedly committed by the son of an influential South Shore accountant with deep ties to the department, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said last Thursday. more

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was expected to indict three top-ranking Nassau County Police Department officers on Thursday stemming from the alleged mishandling of a burglary investigation at Kennedy High School in Bellmore in 2009. more