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“Phantom of the Opera” performers Elizabeth Welch, Satomi Hofmann and Kelly Grant entertained at a fundraiser for the Freeport Trailer on March 22 at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh. The trailer is a work-hiring center for low-wage workers and immigrants that also provides hot meals, English language classes, ID cards and pro bono legal help.
Hundreds turn out for CoLoKi fundraiser
The Freeport Trailer, a work-hiring center for low-wage workers and immigrants, had its most successful fundraiser to date last Sunday, according to Liz O’Shaughnessy, a Merrick resident and executive director of CoLoKi, Inc., which runs the trailer. more
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Erin Metzger, 16, gave a buzz cut to Anthony Lunha, 11, at Calhoun High School’s March 17 fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Participants had their hair cut or shaved in solidarity with children with cancer, raising $48,000 for childhood cancer research.
Calhoun goes bald to fight cancer
Since 2007, Calhoun High School has raised more than $500,000 for childhood cancer research, according to Calhoun English teacher Peter Magnuson. The Merrick school passed the milestone on March 17 at its ninth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser. more
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Matthew Chicco, a Merrick Avenue Middle School social teacher and coach, had his head shaved at Calhoun High School’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser last year.
Calhoun and Mepham to host St. Baldrick’s fundraisers
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which raises funds for childhood cancer research, will host two of its signature head-shaving events at Calhoun and Mepham high schools on March 17 and 18, respectively. more
The Merrick Kiwanis Club donated an automated external defibrillator to the North Merrick Public Library. From left were Susan Helsinger, past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club; Tom Witt, director of the North Merrick Public Library; Mark Davis, a library trustee; Kim Scharoff, president of the Kiwanis Club; Bill Pezzulo, the library president; Marion Schurade, a library trustee; Barbara Behrens, trustee; Richard Smith, trustee; and Michael Reid, a Kiwanis Club member.
Kiwanis makes heartfelt donations
Martin Valk, a past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, noticed that the Merrick and North Merrick libraries did not have automated external defibrillators. Thanks to his and other Kiwanians’ actions, that soon will change. more
Hofstra University senior Joe Booth helped a student at the Progressive School of Long Island, in North Merrick, on Feb. 13. Booth is teaching at the school’s Next Generation Computer Programming Academy this year.
‘Next Generation Academy’ fuels technology learning
At the Progressive School of Long Island, in North Merrick, computer science is seen as an essential subject. “Not knowing coding is kind of like putting kids in the library with books and not teaching them the alphabet,” said Progressive School Principal Eric Jacobson. more
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Born with cerebral palsy, North Bellmorite Brian Arnold received his first service dog from Canine Companions for Independence when he was 19 and his second, Ozzie, at right, at age 31. Arnold lives with his parents, Bill and Louise, pictured here at a Canine Companions training facility in Medford, in Suffolk County.
A service dog to the rescue
As a teenager, Brian Arnold often awoke in the middle of the night, screaming and shaking. He was afraid of falling and being unable to catch himself before his face hit the floor. His fear was understandable. The North Bellmorite had already fallen and shattered his jaw in three places. more
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Joseph Richard “Dick” Bolger was a lifelong music teacher.
Dick Bolger, music teacher, at 96
Joseph Richard “Dick” Bolger, formerly of Merrick, who taught music to generations of students in Bellmore, Great Neck, Delaware and Pennsylvania, died peacefully on Jan. 30 at home in Palatine, Ill. He was 96. more
In news or war, there's no place for embellishment
We all know that wars and battlefield conflicts are dangerous experiences. There are at least 30,000 young men and women who were wounded in battle in Iraq or Afghanistan . . . more
More on foundation cracks
Q. I read your column about the pile foundations and it made me question what I’m going through. I had an engineer look at the foundation and crawl space slab . . . more
LICADD receives prevention grants
One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of … more
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