More than 300 Mepham High School seniors looked back on their fondest memories over the past four years while looking forward to the future at their commencement last Sunday. The Bellmore-Merrick … more

The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center has launched a new website featuring ChatLIVE Long Island, a service providing crisis counseling from any high-tech device. more

The Merrick Chamber of Commerce awarded college scholarships to six local high school seniors at a ceremony on June 15 at R.S. Jones Restaurant, at 153 Merrick Ave. more

When ticking off the many and varied phys. ed. programs that Saul Lerner has brought to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, you quickly realize what a profound and lasting impact he has had on the lives of thousands of students, his colleagues say. Among the programs are girls’ lacrosse, boys’ badminton, bicycling in gym classes, and first aid/cardiopulmonary resuscitation for all students, a program begun with the Merrick-based Robbie Levine Foundation, to name just a few. Lerner is the Central District’s director of physical education, health, athletics, driver’s education and adult education. After 19 years in the district and 35 years in education, Lerner, 58, will retire on June 30. “It’s been a great run,” he said during an interview last week, “and I loved every minute of it, and I love the community.” more

More than 300 eighth-graders were recently inducted into the Junior National Honor Society at Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools. more

Students in Mepham High School’s three-year Authentic Science Research program worked for months, and in some cases years, on their projects for this year’s Research Symposium on May 28. more

Thomas Macaluso, a senior on the Calhoun High School boys’ golf team, will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., in the fall to study nuclear engineering. In addition to the relaxation that golf provided during his years at Calhoun, he said, the sport gave him the chance to hone the lessons on force, range and wind resistance that he learned in Advanced Placement physics class. more

The sun was shining most of the four days of the recent Nassau County Strawberry Festival, which is held annually in North Bellmore in June. The festival, which featured dozens of family-friendly activities, is co-sponsored by the Bellmore Kiwanis and Lions clubs. Beginning last Thursday, the groups welcomed hundreds of people from … more

An Elmont man died in a motorcycle accident in Bellmore on Friday, according to the New York State Police Department. more

Nassau County police are investigating a June 1 robbery at a North Bellmore gas station. more