At a budget workshop at Gunther Elementary School on Wednesday night, North Bellmore officials told residents how the 2010-11 school budget would affect their taxes.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/29/10
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At Saw Mill Elementary School, Earth Day lasted all week. Kindergartners, first- and second-graders took part in a recycled hat parade. Letters were sent home to parents letting them know about the events, so students could create their hats at home for the parade.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/29/10
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When Dinkelmeyer Elementary School Principal Faith Skelos first learned of the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, leaving more than 300,000 people dead and countless injured, she wanted to give her students the opportunity to help those in need. She soon learned about the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad, an organization that collected medical supplies to be sent down with doctors intent on helping the sick and injured.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/29/10
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With guinea fowl scampering through the underbrush and Nigerian dwarf goats bleating in the background nearby, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray welcomed Ilene Robinson's third-grade class from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School to the Levy Preserve in Merrick on Wednesday, one day before Earth Day.
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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The fifth annual Robbie's Run will take place Sunday, April 25, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School. The event features a 5K run/walk, a one-mile mini-run and a children's fun-run, as well as children's entertainment and fun for the whole family.
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4/16/10
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Since the fall of 2008, students in North Bellmore have spent at least 10 minutes a day running around their classrooms, and their teachers encourage such behavior.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/15/10
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Elected officials, fires officials, school principals, librarians, and community members met up at Levy-Lakeside Friday morning for the school;s annual Community Read In. They came to read special books to classes and discussed what they do in their work. Among the participants were Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
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4/15/10
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The North Bellmore School District's investment bond passed with 1,063 yes votes to 362 no votes last night. The nearly $8.8 million bond will finance repairs for all six district schools, including:
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3/25/10
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Updated: 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Police have arrested a North Merrick School District custodian, Joseph Latona, 27, and charged him with sale and possession of heroin.
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Sari Zeidler and Scott Brinton
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3/17/10
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