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Five years ago, people might have had a difficult time understanding when North Bellmore native John Scalesi spoke. But thanks to a new device, Scalesi, 53, who suffers from disfluency, or stuttering, can now be heard loud and clear.
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Deirdre Krasula
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8/18/10
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The Calhoun Sports Boosters Association recently raised $20,000 for sports programs at the high school with its annual golf outing at Bethpage State Park.
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8/16/10
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To the Editor:
As a Merrick taxpayer, parent of four, public school teacher and CPA, I've learned that sometimes the most obvious ideas become very good ideas. Consolidating the four Merrick and Bellmore elementary school districts would reduce school taxes with no impact of the quality of education or change in the daily activities of students.
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Jeff Glass
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8/12/10
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The State Department of Education recently upped its "cut scores" for elementary-level English and math tests, making it harder for children to pass the exams, and the change became a topic of discussion at Tuesday night's Merrick Board of Education meeting.
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David Weingrad
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8/11/10
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York.
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8/5/10
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The 28th Annual Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers’ Awards Dinner and Dance was recently held at the Woodbury Country Club.
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8/5/10
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Mr. Frank P. Doyle of North Merrick, along with his wife, Joann, announces the engagement of his sixth daughter, Brittany Marie, to Joseph Peter Schutta, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Schutta of …
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8/4/10
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After a one-year hiatus due to financial reasons, the Empire State Games made a triumphant return this summer with more than 4,500 athletes competing in the 32nd edition, held July 21-25 at various sites throughout Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Amherst.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/4/10
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Betty Milano, co-director of the North Merrick Summer Recreation Program, appeared a tad nervous as the drizzle started to fall on July 23. The balloon slide was already set up. The tables full of games of chance were out. And, most important, the children were already on the back field at Old Mill Road Elementary School, prepared for a morning of fun at the program’s annual Penny Carnival.
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Scott Brinton
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8/3/10
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The wind blew hard across the Kennedy High School athletic fields in Bellmore on July 28, and so the ball was tricky to play for the dozen participants in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s annual boys’ soccer camp.
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Scott Brinton
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7/30/10
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