North Bellmore environmental activist Richard Schary was hurrying through the woods behind the Brookside School in North Merrick on Monday morning, dashing from tree to tree in search of graffiti. He had little trouble finding it. Vandals had spray-painted dozens of oak and maple trees along a well-worn path through the forest.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/13/11
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Birch Elementary School in Merrick celebrated the written word at its annual Community Read-Aloud on Friday. School officials, elected leaders and community activists were invited to read to children …
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4/8/11
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Cub Scout Pack No. 313 recently held its Blue and Gold Dinner at the Merrick Town Park Golf Course. The event was held in honor of the Cub Scouts bridging over to Boy Scouts. Above, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, center, with newly appointed Boy Scouts Greg Gadasi, Jeremy Sass, Brian Massoni, Nicolas Fortunato and Den Leaders Scott and Jill Massoni, emcee Scott Knigin and Lou Johnson.
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3/24/11
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Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/15/11
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Many Bellmore and Merrick residents have yet to receive their homes’ assessed values from Nassau County. That’s just one of the problems that Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg has with the county’s assessment system.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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2/15/11
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Regardless of how much water you use, if you’re an Aqua customer, you must pay for at least 1,800 gallons of water each billing cycle. For Bellmorite Howard Finger, 65, that’s a problem.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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2/8/11
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The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard.
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By Chris Engelhardt
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1/26/11
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In the first days of the new year, elected and civic leaders are already hard at work tackling issues that have pestered Bellmore and Merrick for months, if not years. Local politicians and community activists have set their sights on their top priorities for 2011.
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David Weingrad
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1/4/11
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Robyn Fruchter, second from left, was recently presented the Kiwanis Club’s “Everyday Hero Award” for her Quarters for Change project at a recent Merrick Kiwanis meeting. Fruchter, who is a social worker at Birch Elementary School, is pictured above with Legislator Dave Denenberg, Kiwanis Club President Arlene Gregory and Nancy Kaplan.
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11/18/10
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Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick recently invited Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg to be a guest reader for the students in Mr. Keenan’s sixth-grade class.
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11/17/10
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