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The Mepham and Kennedy baseball teams recently squared off at the SUNY Farmingdale Baseball Complex in a special charity game to honor military personnel and their families.

Kennedy and Mepham high schools recently went to bat for veterans. Students played in a baseball game on April 10 that doubled as a charity fund-raiser for a nonprofit organization that supports … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

Amy Goldstein, principal of the Nassau BOCES Children’s Readiness Center was presented with the Nassau BOCES Education Partner award by Nassau BOCES Board President Eric Schultz, left, and Trustee Stephen Witt.

BOCES honors N. Bellmore administrator

The Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services recently honored an administrator of a North Bellmore special-education program for her contributions to the community … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

Mepham High School junior Kristen Corless, left, posed with her first-place certificate at the American Association of Teachers of Italian poetry recitation contest

Mepham student wins Italian poetry contest

A Mepham High School student recently won a Long Island-wide Italian poetry contest. Junior Kristen Corless earned first place in Level IV of an Italian poetry recitation contest sponsored by the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

On March 26, State Farm Agents Suzanne Aral-Boutros and Scott Hermann, right, presented a $25,000 check to the Community Parent Center for its “Drive in the Safe Lane” program at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. On hand were, from left, Tom Volpe, director of transportation for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; John DeTommaso, the district’s superintendent; Cynthia Strait Régal, deputy superintendent for business; Dr. Mara Bollettieri, assistant superintendent for personnel; Wendy Tepfer, director of the Parent Center; and Marge Lee, president of Dedicatedd, a DWI victim advocacy group.

State Farm gives $25K to Community Parent Center

State Farm donated $25,000 on March 26 to the Community Parent Center, a Bellmore-Merrick nonprofit organization that supports parents and families with children in kindergarten to 12th grade, for its “Drive in the Safe Lane” program at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. more

4/16/15

L.I. Greenbelt Trail Conference hosting hike

The Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference is sponsoring an easy 3- to 4-mile hike in Nassau County’s newest Greenbelt Trail. The group will meet at the gazebo at Mill Pond Preserve on the north side of Merrick Road, on the Bellmore-Wantagh border, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.The hike will wind through woodlands... more

4/16/15

Brian Schneider, a Nassau County hydrogeologist from Merrick, led an Envirothon in 2011 to raise public awareness of the deteriorated state of the Meadowbrook Parkway woodlands. Now environmental activists Bob Young, of Merrick, is seeking to revive a campaign to preserve the forests.

Merokean reviving the woodlands campaign

Merrick environmental activist Bob Young is reviving a nearly decade-long campaign to protect and preserve the fragile woodlands that line the Meadowbrook Parkway. From 2002 to 2011, hundreds of volunteers conducted cleanups, environmental studies and community forums aimed ... more

By Scott Brinton | 4/16/15

Kennedy senior Skyler Rakowski and competitors pushed off the starting line on April 11 at his school’s Cougar Invitational.

Cougars on the run at Kennedy invitational

Hundreds of athletes from Nassau and Suffolk counties converged last Saturday on Kennedy High School for this year’s Cougar Invitational. more

4/15/15

The latest version of the renovation plan for the North Bellmore Public Library incorporates suggestions made by residents (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

North Bellmore residents respond to library revamp

North Bellmore residents were given the chance to share their opinions and make suggestions for the public library’s renovation plan – and there will be more opportunities to come. Patrons of … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/15

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Bishop Kellenberg recently announced the winners of their annual education contest.

Catholic group congratulates contest winners

A North Merrick-based Catholic organization recently congratulated local children for their outstanding contributions to an annual competition that is designed to celebrate the arts.The Catholic … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/15

$The lockers, which are six feet long and 3¼ feet wide, are located on the north side of the Bellmore train station.$

Town to hold Bellmore bike locker lottery

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, Councilman Gary Hudes and Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad are inviting residents to enter the town’s annual “planet-friendly” bike … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/15

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