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Chatterton Principal Cindy Davidowitz, who is retiring on June 30, recently visited Lori Marr’s fifth-grade class.

The halls of Roland A. Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick are adorned with student artwork: bulletin boards full of construction paper projects, crayon drawings and wobbly handwriting. On a recent Friday, children clad in flannel pants and superhero shirts for Pajama Day skipped down the hall in neat lines. more

By Casey Pinner | 6/4/14

There will likely be one less sixth grade classroom teacher at Chatterton School come the fall. Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma said this is due to declining student enrollment. He described a budget for next school year that would “continue to maintain a high quality education for the children” and would be cost-neutral to Merrick property taxpayers after they receive a rebate check from the state.

Community to vote on Merrick School District budget

The Merrick School District Board of Education has 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 Dominick Palma. more

By Brian Racow | 5/14/14

In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that a 7-Eleven might move into 150 Merrick Road in Merrick, across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, raising concerns among some residents.

Another 7-Eleven for Merrick?

Who or what will move into the former Sunoco station property at the intersection of Merrick Road and Babylon Turnpike? more

By Brian Racow | 5/8/14

Local Sandy groups to showcase rebuilding plans

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Baldwin, Freeport, Bellmore-Merrick, Seaford-Wantagh, and Massapequa planning committees will hold a public meeting on May 8 to showcase their final project proposals. more

5/2/14

Another 7-Eleven coming to Merrick?

The South Merrick Community Civic Association is planning a special meeting on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Merrick Road Park golf clubhouse to discuss the possibility of a 7-Eleven moving into an abandoned gas station at Babylon Turnpike and Merrick Road. more

4/25/14

Michael and Joan Frieman prepared to start the “Amazing Passover Challenge” with their daughter Delilah, 5.

Merrick Jewish Centre hits the road for Passover

The Merrick Jewish Centre continued a tradition that it began last year with its "Amazing Passover Challenge" ... The challenge scattered about 100 people that morning between Freeport and Bellmore as they hunted for clues in a family-friendly race to the finish line. more

4/9/14

'Les Miz'

My fervent hope entering the Imperial Theater was that the revival of Les Miserables would banish from memory the horrific film version of the beloved musical. I still cringe at the thought of … more

Josh Trevers | 4/1/14

Get involved in school budgeting

The average homeowner in Nassau County typically spends 60 to 65 percent of his or her local taxes on schools. Don’t you want to know how your money is being spent? more

3/27/14

APEX students Samantha Loew, left, and Kendall Satcowitz, both sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, watched and waited nervously as APEX teacher Sherry Ma added weights to their bridge in APEX’s annual Strongest Bridge competition.

Merrick APEX students test the limits of bridge design in annual contest

The 13 sixth-graders in the Merrick School District’s Alternative Program for Enriching Experiences recently spent more than four months drawing blueprints for and meticulously crafting toothpick bridges. They even visited the Center for Architecture in Manhattan to study bridge construction, from beam to cantilever, truss and arch bridges, before undertaking their projects. Then the students destroyed their creations. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/20/14

Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, of Merrick, announced his candidacy for the State Senate’s 8th District seat at a press conference on Thursday afternoon at Seaford’s American Legion Post 1132.

Denenberg running for State Senate

Dave Denenberg, the Merrick Democrat who has represented the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District for 14 years, has decided he is ready to move from Mineola to Albany. more

By Brian Racow | 3/6/14

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