A nor’easter packing heavy rain and winds with gusts up to 50 mph slammed into the Bellmore-Merrick area Saturday into Sunday, downing trees and power lines, and sending local fire departments hurrying to keep up with calls. Scattered outages were reported around the area. Above, a large tree limb took down phone lines on Byron Road in south Merrick on Saturday, blocking traffic.
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Scott Brinton
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3/13/10
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Watch the cast in rehearsals for "On Broadaway - A Musical Revue" featuring local talent of all ages from all communities. Experience Broadway-style singing and dancing at a fraction of the cost -- and ten times the fun! Performances will be Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3 p.m. ($10 disount tickets for seniors.) Fri., Mar. 19 and Sat., Mar. 20, 8 p.m.; and an encore matinee on Sun., Mar. 21, 3 p.m. at the Lincoln Orens School Middle School, 150 Trafalgar Blvd., Island Park, NY 11558. For tickets and more information, call (516) 431-3320.
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Mary Malloy
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3/13/10
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"Just like on the Long Island Rail Road -- if you see something, say something," Nassau County Police Department Sgt. Mike O'Mara urged residents at a North Merrick Community Association special presentation on drug use in the area on Wednesday.
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Sari Zeidler
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3/12/10
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Old photographs, album artwork and newspaper clippings scatter the large dining room table in Sandi Garfinkel's Woodmere home that musician Peter Lemongello sits at. His ice-blue eyes, …
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Christine Hetzel
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3/12/10
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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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3/12/10
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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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3/12/10
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Following their first-round victory, the academic team from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore is moving on to round two of The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format.
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3/12/10
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Editor's note: Fleischer is a Herald student columnist at Kennedy High School, which has students from Bellmore and Merrick.
Senioritis is a word heard often in the halls of Kennedy High at this time of year. Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines senioritis as the "ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences and lower grades."
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Stephanie Fleischer
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3/12/10
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Editor's note: Bornstein is a Herald student columnist from Kennedy High School, which has students from Bellmore and Merrick.
In the near future, we'll hear about the successful summits not of world leaders but of young citizen activists. That's the outcome I see as inevitable after learning about the One Young World gathering in London in February.
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Daniel Bornstein
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3/12/10
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New York State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick, was recently named to the state Transportation Budget Committee.
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3/12/10
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