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Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.
Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving
For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more
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Ralph Faiella, 15, of Kennedy High School, and Mary Galgano, 15, of Mepham, recently went head to head during Buckets for Breast Cancer, a three-on-three basketball tournament at Kennedy to help raise money for breast-cancer awareness.
Bellmore-Merrick shoots for a breast-cancer cure
Students from across the Bellmores and Merricks recently hit the courts to dribble for a cure when the Bellmore-Merrick Basketball League hosted Buckets for Breast Cancer, a three-on-three basketball tournament at Kennedy High School. more
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Apartment complexes, like this one in Long Beach, are a rarity in Nassau County. However, more and more young adults are leaving the area to places with more affordable rental housing.
The continuing exodus
Part two in a series, “Plugging the brain drain.” The lack of affordable housing on Long Island is forcing young adults to leave the area in droves. And as their population decreases and the … more
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AvalonBay’s proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre, one of the few Nassau County areas with apartments, faced steep opposition from the community. The project was eventually approved. AvalonBay has built many complexes similar to this on Long Island, and includes some units of affordable housing in its developments.
Leaving Long Island
Part one in a series, “Plugging the brain drain.” For the past decade, Long Island has been losing college graduates and young professionals. The high cost of living and lack of … more
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Daniel Bornstein
My swan song: thank you to my supporters
After two years, I have reached the end of my days as a Herald student columnist. I will graduate Kennedy High School on Sunday. More than anything, I hope my columns have urged the Bellmore-Merrick community to think differently about world issues. With so many formidable challenges facing us today, there might be a tendency to grow pessimistic and hopeless. But what I've tried to do is showcase the impressive efforts of different organizations-especially youth-so that my readers see plenty of reason for optimism. more
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Preventing bullying is up to all of us
Bullying is one of the most enduring problems in schools today across the country. It occurs when someone purposely and repeatedly says or does mean, nasty or hurtful things to another person who has trouble defending himself or herself. Bullying is a reality in the lives of many children--whether they are bullies, victims or witnesses. more
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Health care, a question for rich and poor alike
Updated: Dec. 10, 12:24 p.m. No doubt, the current recession is an equal-opportunity offender, battering rich, poor and everyone in between. According to a recent report, … more
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