An employee of a Bellmore pharmacy fired a shot from his licensed handgun when a Freeport man tried to steal prescription drugs last week, according to authorities.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/17/13
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At a June 5 ceremony at the Woodbury Country Club, Herald Community Newspapers took home four honors in the Press Club of Long Island’s annual Media Awards contest.
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6/12/13
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Dozens gathered on May 18 at Merrick Road Park to take part in the Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event in which teams of people collect donations and then join together for nighttime walks and candlelight vigils.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/31/13
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Michele Meehan, a 19-year special-education aide at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick, heard a “funny cough” behind her earlier this month in the classroom in which she works. When she turned around, Meehan saw a fifth-grade girl clearly in distress — the girl had begun choking while eating an apple during snack time.
“She was in trouble,” Meehan later recalled.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/30/13
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Temple Israel of South Merrick, at 2655 Clubhouse Road, reopened the Evan Kravitz Hebrew School on Monday, five months after Hurricane Sandy inundated it with four feet of destructive saltwater.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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4/12/13
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In a joyous ceremony full of smiles, the Merrick Senior Center, at 2550 Clubhouse Road in Merrick, reopened its doors today to several dozen senior citizens from the local community after spending five months shuttered because it was flooded with four feet of water during Hurricane Sandy.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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4/8/13
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Children from throughout Bellmore-Merrick and across the Town of Hempstead had an “egg-citing” afternoon at Newbridge Road Park last Saturday.
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4/3/13
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Helena Williams has fought many battles and spearheaded several major initiatives during her five-year tenure as president of the Long Island Rail Road, the country’s largest commuter railroad. …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky, Jeff Bessen, John Maher and John O’Connell
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4/3/13
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Like many school districts across the nation, North Merrick is considering a range of measures to increase security in its three elementary schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road — in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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3/20/13
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A great philosopher once said that “the two professions for which there is no formal training are politics and motherhood.”
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2/28/13
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