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Holiday-season retail sales across the country rose about 5 percent over their 2008 levels, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And there are signs of recovery in the Bellmore-Merrick area as well. Many businesses have seen their sales improve since the bleak climate of 2008, but few have matched the level of activity five years ago, a Herald survey indicates.
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Deirdre Krasula
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3/10/10
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Back from Haiti for less than a week, Dr. Richard Nauheim recently experienced culture shock in the Long Island communities where he has lived and worked all his life. For the ophthalmologist with a practice in Merrick, spending four days on a mission to the tiny, impoverished nation changed the way he sees his familiar surroundings.
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Sari Zeidler
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3/10/10
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The road of life is often hard to anticipate, and sometimes the farther one travels from the beaten path, the more rewarding the journey. That is the attitude embraced by Bellmore's Lorraine Piskin.
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Sari Zeidler
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3/10/10
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Sal Canepa dances in his head — but not before he listens to the tune about a half dozen times and then, painstakingly and intricately, puts each step on paper. Canepa is now working with the cast of Island Park Theatre Group’s “On Broadway — A Musical Revue,” which features full, well-known songs from 29 Broadway musicals.
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Mary Malloy
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3/10/10
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Three men were arrested in Merrick Saturday night when they were discovered traveling with more than $16,000 in ATM withdrawals and 64 re-encoded gift cards, police said.
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3/9/10
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Auxiliary Police Officer Eugene Lowenberg was honored with the South Merrick Civic Association's Community Service Award at a Feb. 23 meeting. The 46-year Merrick resident was honored for his commitment to the community and years of service with the Nassau County Auxiliary Police.
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Sari Zeidler
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3/9/10
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Hundreds of mourners poured into Walker Funeral Home in Merrick on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20 and 21, to pay their final respects to long-time Merokean Anne Murray.
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Esther Davis McKenna
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3/9/10
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District took time out of its regular meeting on Wednesday to honor five outstanding students, as well as champion wrestlers, runners and an air rifle markswoman.
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Scott Brinton
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3/6/10
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The Merrick School District recently took part in National Foreign Language Week. Students in grades three to six, all of whom are taking Spanish, voluntarily participated in the national "Spread Your Wings: Learn a New Language" poster and essay contest.
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3/5/10
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Kennedy High School's annual Class Night, in which the four grades compete in good-natured, camp-like games, had a twist to it this year.
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Deirdre Krasula
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3/3/10
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