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The North Merrick Library recently held a Valentine's Day event at which kids had the chance to craft their own candy creations.
Candy creations abound at the library
The North Merrick library held a special Valentine’s Day event, giving children in grades four through the six the opportunity to decorate their own Valentine’s Day candy bouquets. more
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Regina Adolphus, left, of West Hempstead, and Tommi Smith, of Elmont, showed their disapproval of the police department’s realignment plan.
Police commissioner proposes revised precincts
The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote. more
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Steve Levy
ESPN broadcasters to return to their alma mater, Kennedy High
On March 8, two prominent ESPN anchors will return to their alma mater, John F. Kennedy High School, to speak with students at a special assembly. more
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Merrick district begins budget process
The Merrick School District held its first budget hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and the Board of Education and the central administration, with the input of parents, began their efforts to trim the budget. more
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Nassau County police were called to investigate a fire at Calhoun High School that briefly shut down the building on Thursday morning.
Fire shuts down Calhoun High briefly
A wastebasket fire at Calhoun High School in North Merrick forced a brief evacuation of the building at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. more
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Sacred Heart School students took part in a fitness challenge during Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5.
Sacred Heart celebrates Catholic Schools Week
Sacred Heart Elementary School in North Merrick marked Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, as the school held activities and ceremonies throughout the week for students and community members to participate in. more
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Mike McKee, left, from Wantagh, and Danny Hartman, right, from Merrick, recently organized a charity lacrosse fundraiser that raised over $3,000.
Lacrosse rivals join together for a good cause
On the lacrosse field, Merrick’s Danny Hartman and Wantagh’s Mike McKee are rivals. Hartman, 16, plays for Kennedy, and McKee, also 16, plays for MacArthur. Though the schools play in different conferences, the teams scrimmage each other every year, and the two said they waste no time seeking each other out when they play on the same field. “I always try to match up against him and see what we do,” said McKee, a defenseman. more
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Former Merrick residents Joseph and Gloria Bianco were presented their grand prize check of one million dollars by New York Lottery representative Gretchen Dizer during a news conference in Mineola.
Former Merokean wins $1M
Joseph Bianco, who lived in Merrick for more than 35 years before moving to eastern Long Island and then to Florida, said he recently saw his deceased father in a dream. In it, his dad, James, told him that he had “a golden opportunity.” more
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Alphonso Lage, second from left, and Meme Wanderman, center, were honored as the 2012 Man and Woman of the Year by the Merrick Chamber of Commerce. They were pictured with Douglas Mills, far left, Nassau County Legislator Norma Gonsalves, second from right, and chamber President Randy Shotland, far right, during the chamber’s annual installation dinner.
Merrick Chamber honors its own, community members
The Merrick Chamber of Commerce held its 77th annual installation dinner on Jan. 26 at Chateau Briand in Carle Place. Randy Shotland was reinstalled as the chamber president for the second straight year, and Alphonse Lage and Meme Wanderman were honored as 2012’s Man and Woman of the Year. more
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Julie Gardner and Alexa Vinci, both 9, showed off their paintings at the Merrick Library's recent whale workshop.
A whale of a good time at the Merrick Library
Representatives of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum recently made their way to the Merrick Library to teach children about the wondrous world of whales, and brought along artifacts such as real whale bones and an Inuit snow knife carved from a walrus tusk. more
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