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The Merrick School District administration has proposed eliminating the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary School, or FLES, program. Above, Levy-Lakeside Elementary School students who won the National Foreign Languages Week essay and poster contest in 2012.
Merrick proposes cutting Spanish
Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.” more
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Heating systems at Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road schools show decades of wear and tear, as do much of the buildings and their grounds. The North Merrick School District Board of Education plans to ask the community to approve a $15.75 million bond sale to pay for a district-wide infrastructure overhaul. The board likely will vote at its next meeting, on Feb. 10 at Fayette, to place the proposal on the May school ballot. Above, the Camp Avenue boiler.
N. Merrick plans capital improvements bond
The North Merrick School District Board of Education is considering borrowing $15.75 million to overhaul aging infrastructure at the district’s three schools: Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road. The board is set to vote Feb. 10 to place a bond referendum on the May school ballot. more
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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
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Merrick American Legion Post 1282 will host a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Merrick American Legion to mark Veterans Day
Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282 will conduct its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Merrricks’ Veterans Memorial Park starting at 10:30 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park is at the corner of Merrick and Lee avenues, which is across the street from the Camp Avenue Elementary School. The park’s address is 1580 Little Whaleneck Road, Merrick. All are invited to attend. more
Bellmore home invaders dressed as construction workers; one injured in attack
Three black men wearing hard hats, construction vests and dust masks robbed an Ellen Road home in south Bellmore on Friday morning, tying up the hands and feet of two homeowners... more
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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
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Using CPR and an AED, Camp Avenue School nurse Mari Titterton saved the life of a colleague who had collapsed on Sept. 11.
Camp Avenue nurse saves co-worker's life
Mari Titterton is a nurse by profession, and every year she goes through the same cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training to renew a certification. Her years of preparation proved crucial in a matter of moments last Thursday afternoon. more
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Signs warn motorists as they approach the video enforcement zone outside Camp Avenue Elementary School on Merrick Avenue in North Merrick.
Nassau County video-enforcing school speed zones
Nassau County started video enforcement of school speed zones at 20 sites across the county, including two in the Bellmore-Merrick area, during the first week of September, when school began. Eventually, Nassau officials say they will install 56 cameras across the county. more
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Tom Londino reassured his daughter, Ella, before her first day of first grade.
The Merricks head back to school
It may have still felt like August on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 89 degrees and the heat index in the mid-90s, but September had arrived. Merrick and North Merrick children walked through school doorways again on Sept. 2, the first day of the 2014-15 school year. more
Yellow caution tape last week wrapped around parts of the playground at Chatterton School.
Police charge three juveniles with Chatterton playground fire
Three juveniles were arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with a small fire that was set at the Chatterton Elementary School playground sometime between Wednesday evening, Aug. 20, and Thursday morning, Aug. 21, according to Nassau County Police. more
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