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All 5 Bellmore-Merrick school budgets pass

Voters overwhelmingly passed school budgets in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School, Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick school districts. The vote tally was as follows: more

Scott Brinton | 5/18/10

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

Wendy Tepfer, director of the Community Parent Center, and Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, review plans for an anti-DWI production, "And These Our Friends," to be held May 20.

Parent Center, Central District taking on DWI

According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, more than 17,000 people die in drunk-driving crashes annually -- one person every 30 minutes. Officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and at the Community Parent Center take that statistic to heart, said Wendy Tepfer, the parent center's director. And so she teamed up with Saul Lerner, the Central District's health and physical education director, to bring an innovative anti-DWI program to Bellmore-Merrick next Thursday. more

Scott Brinton | 5/14/10

Support Merrick, N. Merrick school budgets on May 18

The Herald enthusiastically endorses the Merrick, North Merrick and Bellmore-Merrick Central school districts' 2010-11 budgets. more

5/13/10

Three vie for two school board seats in Merrick

The race for the Merrick Board of Education pits two challengers and one incumbent against one another in an at-large election. They are Joann Seibert, Gina Piskin and Maria DiCarlo. The following provides biographies on each of the candidates. more

Sari Zeidler | 5/13/10

From left, Board of Education candidates Joann Seibert, Gina Piskin, and Maria DiCarlo share their positions on issues facing the Merrick School District.

Merrick meets school board candidates

Merrick residents heard the positions of Board of Education candidates at Meet the Candidates Night on May 3 at Chatterton Elementary School. more

Sari Zeidler | 5/6/10

June Irvin, former superintendent, fondly remembered

June Irvin, a former North Merrick School District superintendent, Old Mill Road School principal and active community member, died on April 27 of natural causes. She was 76. more

Sari Zeidler | 5/4/10

Louis Kruh with his grandchildren. Kruh was known throughout the Merrick-Bellmore community as an advocate for children.

Louis Kruh, war hero, community activist, dies at 87

Louis Kruh of Merrick, a decorated World War II hero, 30-year veteran of the Merrick School District Board of Education, former president of the Bellmore-Merrick School District board, and longtime advertising executive turned attorney, died after a long illness on May 1. He was 87. more

Scott Brinton | 5/4/10

N. Bellmore announces planned tax increase

At a budget workshop at Gunther Elementary School on Wednesday night, North Bellmore officials told residents how the 2010-11 school budget would affect their taxes. more

Deirdre Krasula | 4/29/10

Merrick School District adopts budget

The Merrick School District Board of Education adopted a $41 million budget for the 2010-11 school year on April 20 that would, if passed, increase spending by 3.37 percent and the tax levy by 5.34 percent. The tax levy cannot be definitively determined until a New York state budget is passed in Albany and school districts receive information regarding state aid funding. more

Sari Zeidler | 4/29/10

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