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Denyse Ramirez, 17 worked fast on her fashion creation, weaving a basket into her model head.
Making the cut at Sewanhaka High School [Photo gallery]
Students at Sewanhaka High School’s cosmetology program put their best hair on display last week. more
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No Triple Crown threat for Belmont Stakes
Elmont residents hoping for a big crowd at this year's Belmont Stakes suffered another blow last Saturday as Super Saver was defeated by Lookin At Lucky at the Preakness Stakes in Maryland. more
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Franklin Square, Sewanhaka budgets pass
Franklin Square and Sewanhaka both successfully passed school budgets Tuesday night. more
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Elmont, Sewanhaka budgets pass with record turnout
Despite some community opposition, both the Elmont and Sewanhaka district budgets passed on Tuesday. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.
Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC
A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more
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Next time we may not be so lucky
On May 1, a Pakistani-born American citizen, Faisal Shahzad, attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. His intent was simple — to kill innocent American citizens and create economic chaos. more
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Editor named finalist in Press Club competition
Scott Brinton, senior editor of the Merrick and Bellmore Heralds, has been named a finalist in two categories –– News and Editorial Writing –– in the Press Club of Long Island’s annual Media Awards competition. more
A tot takes a taste of a rainbow ice at last year's festival.
A taste of festival fun
The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce is hosting their annual Spring Festival at Greis Park May 13-16. more
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Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick, far right, at the New York in China Center in December.
What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?
The question of how involved Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick has been in talks with the Chinese Zhondge Group to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport has been a point of concern among local residents since news of the proposal broke last month. more
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Sources close to Freeport Village Mayor Andrew Hardwick say he has not entirely killed plans to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. The incincerator would sit at the head of several tidal creeks leading into the nearby South Shore Estuary Reserve.
Toxic threat to nature's nursery?
Part one of a two-part series. Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery. That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health. more
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