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Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/17/12

Calhoun High School senior Asia Brown, seated, was named an Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist this past week for her project on cancer research. She was joined here by her Calhoun science advisers, Nick Pappas, Kim Lascarides and Jennifer Pefanis.

Central District boasts five Intel semifinalists

One Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District senior examined teachers’ biases toward students with disabilities, mental and physical, and found in a survey of 5,000 educators across the country that teachers tended to grade students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and diabetes lower than students with a “visible disability,” such as cerebral palsy. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/15/12

The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.

Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic

They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/12/12

Nine Calhoun seniors to play college ball

Seven members of the Calhoun High School varsity baseball team, one member of the boys’ lacrosse team and one member of the girls’ varsity soccer team have signed letters of intent to play college ball next year. more

1/9/12

Calhoun soccer stars honored

Six members of the Calhoun High School boys’ varsity soccer team recently received All-Conference honors. They are, from left, Alejandro Miguel (defense), Joe Cassisi (midfield), Angelo DiMatteo (forward), Vito Cassisi (midfield), Matt Donnelly (goalkeeper) and Dylan Delloiacono (forward). They were joined here by coach James Cantley. The squad made the playoffs this past season. more

1/9/12

Get involved in the school budget process

Now that we’ve flipped the calendar, our local school officials will soon start getting into the nitty-gritty of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year. more

1/5/12

The county Legislature voted on Monday to approve about 380 layoffs of county workers by the end of the month.

County Legislature OKs layoff plans

The Nassau County Legislature voted Monday night to approve about 380 layoffs of county employees. The layoffs could take place before the end of the month. According to Dave Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick who represents the 19th District, the layoff plan was approved along party lines, with 11 Republicans voting for it and six Democrats against it. Two Democratic legislators were absent for the vote. more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 12/21/11

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and … more

By Scott Brinton, Alex Costello and Jackie Nash | 12/14/11

Superintendent James Hunderfund, left, three high school administrators and the Malverne school district are being sued for alleged racial discrimination. Teacher Sherwyn Besson, right, says even his children became targets.

Malverne school district sued for racial discrimination

“It is not hard to figure out that you are being discriminated against when your supervisor calls you a nigger and routinely reminds you that you are a black woman.” So opens the … more

By Lee Landor | 12/12/11

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 12/6/11