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John and Marian Insinga at their 60th anniversary celebration.

Enjoying family and taking time to remember the little things have made for six blissful decades of marriage for John and Marian Insinga of North Bellmore. The couple rang in their 60th anniversary on Oct. 27 with their seven children and 11 grandchildren close at hand. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 2/16/12

The newly crownded Miss Teen New York, North Bellmore’s Sabrina Mastrangelo.

Mepham sophomore is crowned Miss Teen New York

When Mepham High School sophomore Sabrina Mastrangelo, of Bellmore, captured the title of Miss Long Island Teen last August, it was only her second pageant. So she was more than a bit surprised when, in her third competition, she was named Miss Teen New York. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 2/15/12

Aqua Water works with Navy to install filtration system

Aqua New York, the private water company providing water to the Merricks and Bellmores, announced that trace levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, were detected near one of Aqua’s wells on Seaman’s Neck Road in Levittown. The levels were lower than the Department of Health’s allowance in drinking water standards. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 2/10/12

Lisa Tuminello-Reynolds, center, with her parents, Tony and Rita Tuminello, at the gym dedication.

Bellmore eighth-grader’s legacy lives on at SEAS gym

Eighth-grader Thomas Reynolds spent most of his time concerned about those around him — that says a lot about a 13-year-old who spent most of his life battling a brain tumor. Thomas lost his life to the cancer on Oct. 7, but his spirit and legacy continue to comfort those close to him, his mother, Lisa Tuminello-Reynolds, said. “The biggest part of Thomas wasn’t his sickness,” she said. “It was how he lived his life despite it.” more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 2/9/12

Gunther second-grader Lauren Guitriago advanced to the finals of the NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick competition in Baltimore.

N. Bellmore second-grader makes NFL contest finals

The NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick competition has been a staple in the North Bellmore School District’s phys-ed program for the past decade, but students have never made it past the Long Island Championships ––that was, until this year. Gunther second-grader Lauren Guitriago placed first at the Long Island Championships at the Met Life Stadium in New Jersey in December, which guaranteed her a spot in the national finals in Baltimore. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald | 2/3/12

ommy, from left, his wife, Stephanie, Bobby, Alyssa and Ronnie Gies at the grand opening of Hershey’s of Bellmore.

Gies brothers open up in Bellmore

Sitting up late one night, in the day’s before Hershey’s of Bellmore was set to open, Tommy Gies said he recalled a time when he and his two brothers, Ronnie and Bobby, sat at their dinner table in Merrick with their late father, Ronnie, discussing the best way to make a perfect egg cream. more

Deirdre Krasula | 2/1/12

Sherry and Howard Lang of Bellmore. Sherry was struck and killed last year by a Nassau County police officer who was driving 54 mph in a 30-mph zone, according to a police reconstruction of the accident.

Bellmore husband questions police account of accident that killed his wife

When a Nassau County police car struck and killed Bellmorite Sherry Lang last April 16 on Merrick Road in Bellmore, initial reports said that the officer at the wheel, Ernest Thompson, was driving 30 mph in a 35-mph zone. A police investigation, however, concluded that Thompson’s car was traveling at 54 mph at the time of impact. Details of the crash were made public in a police report, which the Herald has obtained. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/26/12

Allison Van, 6, concentrated on her next move during a recent meeting of the Bellmore Library chess club.

Checkmate at the Bellmore Library

The Bellmore Library chess club has been meeting over the past weeks. The program offers children in kindergarten to sixth grade the opportunity to learn the fine art of this age-old game of … more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/26/12

Towns offer $75K in grant money to water authority

With new funds in place, the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County will continue to explore a public takeover of Aqua New York. The Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay recently contributed a total of $75,000 to the authority, which was in addition to the $15,000 in seed money that the towns originally contributed when the authority was reinstituted in late 2010. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/19/12

Second-grader Nicholas Salas put his hand print on the wall with the help of phys.-ed. teacher James Mulvey.

Gunther community leaves its legacy

By the end of the week, all Gunther Elementary School students will know what school they will attend next September. Though the students will no longer spend their days learning and bonding at Gunther, their legacy will be a permanent one left on the school. That was the hope that Principal Marie Testa had when the school developed the idea to literally mark the building’s walls with a lasting memory. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 1/18/12