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The Merrick School District administration has proposed eliminating the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary School, or FLES, program. Above, Levy-Lakeside Elementary School students who won the National Foreign Languages Week essay and poster contest in 2012.
Merrick proposes cutting Spanish
Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.” more
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Mary Lucere is the new president of the Seaford Chamber of Commerce.
Attorney takes reins of Seaford Chamber
It was a decade ago when Mary Lucere brought her law practice to Seaford. The Massapequa native settled into office space above Dunkin Donuts on Merrick Road, and has been working there ever since. more
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Karen Chowske, at the Wantagh Preservation Society’s museum on Wantagh Avenue, is the new president of the organization.
Keeping Wantagh’s history alive
Karen Chowske may have grown up in Plainview, but she has a deep appreciation for the history of Wantagh. more
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Denise Langweber turns the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce presidency over to Chris Brown, from whom she inherited it from two years ago.
Wantagh chamber president a familiar face
The Wantagh Chamber of Commerce has a new president, but the learning curve won’t be steep for Chris Brown, who has held the post before. He comes in with an ambitious agenda to grow membership, promote local businesses and create partnerships with other Wantagh organizations. more
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Former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a 2012 ceremony to rename the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, in honor of Cuomo’s predecessor, who appointed him New York’s secretary of state in 1975. He was joined by Carey’s son, Michael.
Bellmore-Merrick remembers Mario Cuomo
On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker. Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward. more
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Anthony Eramo, pictured last year when he first sworn into office, was named council president on Tuesday.
Eramo elected City Council president
Though members of the City Council were not up for re-election in 2014, they began the new year with some leadership changes at Tuesday’s meeting, where they voted unanimously to elect Councilman … more
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Victor played guitar at a Christmas party held at CoLoKi, the trailer in Freeport that provides assistance to day laborers.
A long journey out of ‘darkness’
For three days, Pablo C. wandered the 120,000- square-mile Sonoran Desert in southwest Arizona, where temperatures can reach 118 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. He was a teenager, alone, with no food or water. more
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Immigration deserves open hearings, and debate
He has talked about it, and now he’s done it. After months of challenging Congress to act on illegal immigration, to pass legislation, the president has acted with the most expansive use of his presidential power. more
Obama is finally fighting back
President Obama finally seems like he’s trying to get back in the game. Unfortunately, part of politics at his level is a game. more
The people have spoken — now let's get to work
There was a grand old party on Election Day, as voters sent President Obama and his party a message: They’re fed up with the political rhetoric and want action. more
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