Nine Calhoun High School student-athletes have signed letters of intent to play sports in college next year. The announcement was made at a news conference in the Calhoun auditorium last Friday. more

Calhoun High School senior Kayla Cappuzzo is the best female high school soccer player in New York for 2013, according to the New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports. more

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District residents will head to the polls on Monday, Dec. 2, to vote on a proposed $49.89 million bond to repair and restore the district’s five schools — Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools, and Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. more

At 2:49 p.m. on April 15, two pressure-cooker bombs loaded with ball bearings and nails detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, on Boylston Street, shrouding two blocks of multistory brick buildings in white smoke and sending shrapnel hurtling in all directions. Three people were killed and 264 injured in the terrorist attack. Merokean Kara Iskenderian, 20, who is now a junior at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and a member of the school’s marathon team, was a third of a mile –– or less than three minutes –– away from finishing the race when the crudely constructed, homemade bombs exploded. more

The Oct. 26 dual girls’ swim meet between the Bellmore-Merrick Lady Sharks and the Garden City Trojans bore many similarities to last year’s contest between two, which are among the county’s strongest squads. The teams’ supporters turned out at Hofstra University in droves, cheering loudly. The Sharks were the underdogs once again, as they began the season as the third seed in their conference. And the Bellmore-Merrick girls proved to have the necessary skills and drive to knock off their rivals, winning what coach Robert Kaefer described as the biggest dual meet of the year. more

Twelve Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seniors have been designated as Commended students in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. more

Calhoun High School senior Bridget Rossi of North Merrick had never ridden a bicycle until this year. “I had never given it a chance as a young child,” the 17-year-old said. Then she took a specialized phys. ed. class at Calhoun High School, Fit for Life, taught by James Raucci, who is now in his 13th year at Calhoun. more

Last Friday morning, Calhoun High Schools students were driving recklessly in the back parking lot of their school, veering here and there, occasionally crashing into parked cars and nearly missing pedestrians. They were all drunk. That is, a computer simulator gave them the sensation that they were driving drunk. more

The Calhoun High School faithful joined together Saturday for a venerated fall tradition, Homecoming, a football game and festival that capped a week of school-spirited doings at Calhoun. more

Two North Merrick students’ interactions with strangers led to police reports this week, according to an email that John DeTommaso, superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, sent to parents of district students on Sept. 11. more