Calhoun High School senior Michael Guerra epitomizes the silent leader.
A four-year member of the Colts boys' varsity soccer team, Guerra was one of nine Long Island residents recently named to the All New York State Team. And to Calhoun coach Jim Cantley, the honor came as no surprise.
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Deirdre Krasula
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2/11/10
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The temperature's in the mid-30s. There's a foot of snow on the ground. There's no school. What to do?
For Bellmore-Merrick kids, the answer is obvious: Go sledding at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore.
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Scott Brinton
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2/11/10
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. is providing constituents with a list of emergency services in the storm.
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2/11/10
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At the Merrick Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, school officials announced that Birch School will soon have a new principal with a familiar face -- Vice Principal Kerri Schlissel.
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Sari Zeidler
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2/10/10
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In October of 1995, Rafael Da Costa, then 22, had just finish working the night shift as a bartender on Eastern Long Island when he got into his car to visit his girlfriend, Consuelo Vila, also 22, who lived in Long Beach. He was tired, he said, and fell asleep at the wheel while travelling on the Meadowbrook Parkway. As a result, he crashed his car in a concrete wall — but that wasn’t the life-changing part. His mistake was getting out of his car to access the damage.
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Mary Malloy
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2/10/10
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Teenager Amanda Hansen was sleeping overnight at her friend’s home in January, 2009. She never woke up the next morning. Her life ended tragically that night by a carbon monoxide leak from a defective boiler.
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Steve Grogan
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2/10/10
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Police reported six burglaries in south Merrick from last Friday to Monday, including one that resulted in a helicopter and canine search.
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Sari Zeidler
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2/10/10
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Updated: Wednesday, 4:21 p.m. A winter storm roared into Long Island early Wednesday morning, and by midday had dumped an estimated two to four inches of snow and ice on Bellmore-Merrick.
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Scott Brinton
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2/10/10
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Katie Marcy, seated, a Kennedy High School senior, signed a letter of intent on Tuesday to play soccer for Wagner College on Staten Island, a Division I school.
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Scott Brinton
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2/9/10
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Owing to possible blizzard-like conditions, all classes and activities in all five Bellmore-Merrick area school districts have been canceled on Wednesday, Feb. 10. On Tuesday evening, weather prognosticators were predicting more than a half-foot of snow, prompting the cancellations.
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2/9/10
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