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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10

Editor named finalist in Press Club competition

Scott Brinton, senior editor of the Merrick and Bellmore Heralds, has been named a finalist in two categories –– News and Editorial Writing –– in the Press Club of Long Island’s annual Media Awards competition. more

5/13/10

The late Judge Richard Lawrecne in 2006 inside his chambers at the Family Court building in Westbury.

Richard Lawrence, beloved judge, dies at 66

Richard Lawrence of Merrick, a former Nassau County Family Court judge, longtime legal counsel to a state senator, and well-respected, well-loved community activist, died suddenly on April 21 of complications from a bone-marrow transplant. He was 66. more

Scott Brinton | 4/28/10

Ilana Plotkin of Merrick, holding sign, a student at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, was among the many children who turned out for the protest against the planned incinerator in south Freeport.

Merrick-Bellmore residents protest Freeport's garbage plan

More than 100 residents of Freeport and neighboring communities like Merrick, Bellmore and Rockville Centre converged on Freeport Village Hall on Monday to protest Mayor Andrew Hardwick's reported proposal to build a $550 million waste-to-energy trash incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. more

Sari Zeidler and Scott Brinton | 4/6/10

Surviving Long Island's Superstorm

The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently. Then, snap! more

Scott Brinton | 3/26/10

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