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Mari Titterton, far right, Susan Heaphy, center, and Karen Nolan, far left, ran to the aid of Gloria Spader, second from left, when she collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest on Sept. 11. Titterton’s use of an automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation restored Spader’s heartbeat. State Assemblyman David McDonough, second from right, gave merit citations to Titterton, Heaphy and Nolan at the Oct. 14 North Merrick Board of Education meeting.

Three honored for lifesaving efforts in North Merrick

Three women received awards from the North Merrick School District and State Assemblyman David McDonough at last week’s North Merrick Board of Education meeting for their actions on Sept. 11 this year, when a Camp Avenue Elementary School aide went into sudden cardiac arrest. more

By Brian Racow | 10/23/14

A camera, attached atop a van parked on Merrick Avenue outside Fayette School in North Merrick, watched for speeding motorists.

North Merrick gets second speed-zone camera

Fayette School has joined the list of community schools outside which motorists must slow down or else risk a speeding ticket. more

By Brian Racow | 10/1/14

John DeTomasso, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District superintendent, presented Camp Avenue Elementary School first-grader Amelia Raspanti with her award in the annual Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful poster and essay contest.

Students honored in Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful contest at Fayette School

Smiling parents snapped photos of their children as they walked across the floor of Harold D. Fayette Elementary School’s general-purpose room. The occasion: an award ceremony for the young winners of the Keep-A-Merrick-A-Beautiful contest. more

By Casey Pinner | 6/12/14

Julia Manson, left, and Jessica Zhang created an exhibit that looked at how the Industrial Revolution, which began circa 1750, spurred climate change. As part of the North Merrick WINGS program, they were two of 11 students who assembled a climate change museum last Thursday.

WINGS students create climate museum

With maps, drawings, photographs and interactive displays demonstrating the deleterious effects of climate change covering nearly inch of Fayette Elementary School’s library, you might have mistaken the room for an office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/12/14

North Merrick students worked on their math during a recent lesson.

‘Opt-outs’ in Merricks increase during math exams

Sometime between when third- to eighth-grade students took state English Language Arts tests at the beginning of April and when they took state math tests four weeks later, some Merrick and North Merrick parents decided that enough was enough. more

By Brian Racow | 5/23/14

Camp Avenue Elementary School sixth-graders played hostesses and hosts at a Western-themed banquet for senior citizens from East Meadow’s The Bristal Assisted Living on May 15. Top row. from left, were Brianna Liossatos, Melanie Fiore, Haley Yegidis and Francesca Ward; bottom row, Bill and Caroline Rose, Gianna Smash and Michele Landro.

Camp Avenue students connect with seniors

The cowgirls and cowboys of North Merrick’s Camp Avenue Elementary School threw a hoedown for local senior citizens on May 15. more

5/22/14

N. Merrick schools finish budget, community to vote

The North Merrick School District Board of Education this month adopted a budget for next school year that will, if approved by the community in the school vote on May 20, sustain level funding for most of the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

By Brian Racow | 5/15/14

No movement by Cuomo to fill Fuschillo’s seat

Residents of the 8th State Senate District, which stretches along the South Shore from Baldwin to Lindenhurst, do not now have a representative in the New York State Legislature’s upper chamber. This troubles some as Albany legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo negotiate this month over how the state will allocate its more than $100 billion budget. more

By Brian Racow | 3/5/14

North Merrick superintendent comments on the Common Core

David Feller, superintendent of the North Merrick School District and this year’s president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents, recently offered his views on the Common Core Learning Standards and Annual Professional Performance Review — controversial changes in school curricula, testing, and the way teachers and principals are evaluated, which New York has begun debuting. He spoke at a forum on education that several Republican state assemblymen from Long Island conducted on Oct. 24 at SUNY College at Old Westbury. Following are excerpts from his remarks: more

11/20/13

Ambulances sat Thursday afternoon outside Camp Avenue School in North Merrick. A boiler in the school leaked "black smoke," according to the North Merrick School District. School officials called 911 "as a precaution," said North Merrick Superintendent David Feller.

15 at Camp Ave exposed to ‘black smoke,’ taken to hospital

Ambulances rushed one teacher and 14 students Thursday afternoon from Camp Avenue School in North Merrick to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow due to possible carbon monoxide poisoning. All 15 were evaluated at the hospital and released, according to NUMC spokeswoman Shelly Lotenberg. more

By Brian Racow | 10/10/13

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