North Bellmore resident Carsyn Volpe spent Halloween the way no 11-year-old should.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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11/23/20
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Calhoun High School’s On Tour Company is preparing for its 35th annual Shakespeare performance, “The Comedy of Errors,” amid the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Club …
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By Charlotte Dippel
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11/16/20
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A new installation at Park Avenue Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District is shining a light during the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, a rainbow rock garden was …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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11/13/20
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John DeTommaso, the superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District for the past eight years and an educator for 33 years, has announced his retirement, effective next June.
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By Andrew Garcia
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11/13/20
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Scene 1: The butcher at the local food store turned to face me from behind the counter. I noticed his mask in the below-the-nose position. I gave him my food order, and calmly asked him to wear his mask appropriately.
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By Eric C. Last
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11/12/20
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A Calhoun High School freshman has used his musical talents to raise money for Long Island Cares and The Harry Chapin Food Bank.
Last month, Joseph Darcourt, of Merrick, received a letter from the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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10/29/20
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A John F. Kennedy High School student has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19, but due to the nature of the case, the Nassau County Department of Health has determined that the school can remain …
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By Andrew Garcia
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10/27/20
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Joan Mesy, a senior at Sanford H. Calhoun High School, has experienced racial prejudice firsthand. As a freshman, she mentally struggled in the face of harassment by her peers, and as one of the few …
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By Andrew Garcia
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10/27/20
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There is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts.
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By Lisa Tyson
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10/22/20
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Late last month, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.”
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10/22/20
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