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Young hoopsters from throughout the area gathered at Curé of Ars Roman Catholic Church on Jan. 24 for the 2010 Knights of Columbus International Free Throw Contest, sponsored locally by the Father Jeremiah J. Reilly Council. The children battled it out to represent the council and community in district and county shootouts, with Jennifer Imhoff, Nicole Imhoff, Kim Pike, Jaclyn Zanella, John Timothy and Patrick Horn being named this year's champs. The next stop for the victorious bunch will be the district shootout on Jan. 31.
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Sari Zeidler
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1/27/10
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The Forever 9-Robbie Levine Foundation is offering a series of free automated external defibrillator/cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes in the coming weeks. Participants in this free series need only attend one of the classes to become certified in AED/CPR.
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1/27/10
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Federal stimulus money allowed Bellmore-Merrick school districts to patch holes in their budgets caused by state aid cuts last spring, but that may not be the case entirely this year. In December, the cash-strapped state used part of its 2010-11 federal stimulus money to prevent midyear reductions in state aid for education in the current school year, said Matt Anderson, a state Budget Office spokesman.
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Deirdre Krasula
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1/26/10
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A surprising bill introduced by Republicans in the county Legislature on Monday gave lead lawmakers significant pay raises, and Democrats, who voted unanimously against the measure, were quick to protest the controversial action the next morning.
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Matt Hampton and Sari Zeidler
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1/26/10
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The North Merrick Community Association gathered at the group's new monthly meeting spot, the North Merrick Library, on Jan. 20.
Previously, meetings were held at the Merrick Park Golf Course Clubhouse, south of Sunrise Highway. The location shift brings the monthly meetings closer to neighborhoods served by the North Merrick Community Association.
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Sari Zeidler
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1/26/10
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Peter Holmstedt of Holm's Citgo on Merrick Avenue in Merrick donated nearly $2,000 to the Community Wellness Council of the Bellmores and Merricks, Inc. The council's goal is to prevent substance abuse in the community and to improve quality of life by fostering physical and emotional wellness. Above,
Holmstedt, Wellness Council Diector Fran Licausi and Wellness Council President Emilio Manzo display the charitable check.
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1/26/10
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Seventh-graders at Sacred Heart School in North Merrick recently collected gently used blankets and coats for the homeless. The coats and blankets were donated to the Mary Brennan Inn for distribution to those in need.
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1/26/10
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Four young people escaped serious injury and possible death when the car they were riding in lost control and skidded a considerable distance, overturned and slammed into a tree on the Meadowbrook Parkway just north of Babylon Turnpike on Friday, Jan. 22. The four were trapped inside until members of the Merrick Fire Department and State Police were able to remove them through one of the car doors.
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1/25/10
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The Merrick Fire Dept. installed its new chiefs at its 86th annual Installation Dinner on Jan. 23 at the Chateau Briand restaurant. The chiefs were sworn in by New York State David McDonough. During the ceremonies, citations and awards were presented to other members of the department for their accomplishments in 2009. Above are, from left, Second Assistant Chief Thomas J. Fernandez Jr., Department Chief Christopher Simmons and First Assistant Chief Frank Vanderlofske III.
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1/25/10
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In the center of the Calhoun High School gymnasium, Heather West, executive chef at Monterey in Long Beach and season two winner of "Hell’s Kitchen," was grilling lightly seasoned turkey burgers with senior Katie Smith.
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Scott Brinton
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1/22/10
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