Students at the North Bellmore School District’s Park Avenue School recently received a lesson in garden-to-table cooking. Youngsters at the school, which is in North Merrick…
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/14
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, the Merrick Democrat accused by his former employer of overbilling a large corporate client for millions of dollars, was expected to plead guilty to mail fraud charges in federal court in Central Islip on Dec. 11, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
He didn’t, however.
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By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton
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12/10/14
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Cold Spring Harbor fired a scorching corner kick straight to the center of the 18-yard box –– and straight to the head of the squad’s best player, who was unmarked.
“Our hearts sank,” remembered Anthony DeMartinis, the Kennedy soccer team’s assistant coach.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/10/14
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A Bellmore-Merrick breast cancer charity will hold its largest fundraiser of the year next week.On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Circle of Hope will host “Journey for a Purpose” at 7 p.m. at the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/4/14
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The Bellmore-based Guardian Brain Foundation honored Merokean Douglas Mills at its Purple Passion Ball, held at The Carltun in East Meadow on Nov. 7.
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11/28/14
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Mepham High School students came ready for an evening of good-natured competition at the sixth annual Battle of the Classes at the Brookside School on Nov. 12.
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11/28/14
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The local Jewish community is expanding at a rapid pace. In fact, the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York found that 7,900 Jews moved to Merrick, Bellmore, East …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/28/14
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“How are you doing so far?” Hempstead Town Councilman Gary Hudes bellowed, addressing Peter Palazzo’s class at Calhoun High School on a recent Thursday.
“Outstanding!” senior Spencer Kaufman replied.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/26/14
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The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/26/14
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Sharon Lavelle, a 50-year resident of Mitchell Street in Bellmore, said she was in her basement when 5 ½ feet of water gushed in from the pond. “I nearly got sucked down my sump pump,” Lavelle said. “I nearly drowned in my basement.”
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By Brian Racow
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11/20/14
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