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Merrick district begins budget process
The Merrick School District held its first budget hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and the Board of Education and the central administration, with the input of parents, began their efforts to trim the budget. more
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Nassau County police were called to investigate a fire at Calhoun High School that briefly shut down the building on Thursday morning.
Fire shuts down Calhoun High briefly
A wastebasket fire at Calhoun High School in North Merrick forced a brief evacuation of the building at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. more
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Sacred Heart School students took part in a fitness challenge during Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5.
Sacred Heart celebrates Catholic Schools Week
Sacred Heart Elementary School in North Merrick marked Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, as the school held activities and ceremonies throughout the week for students and community members to participate in. more
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Mike McKee, left, from Wantagh, and Danny Hartman, right, from Merrick, recently organized a charity lacrosse fundraiser that raised over $3,000.
Lacrosse rivals join together for a good cause
On the lacrosse field, Merrick’s Danny Hartman and Wantagh’s Mike McKee are rivals. Hartman, 16, plays for Kennedy, and McKee, also 16, plays for MacArthur. Though the schools play in different conferences, the teams scrimmage each other every year, and the two said they waste no time seeking each other out when they play on the same field. “I always try to match up against him and see what we do,” said McKee, a defenseman. more
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Former Merrick residents Joseph and Gloria Bianco were presented their grand prize check of one million dollars by New York Lottery representative Gretchen Dizer during a news conference in Mineola.
Former Merokean wins $1M
Joseph Bianco, who lived in Merrick for more than 35 years before moving to eastern Long Island and then to Florida, said he recently saw his deceased father in a dream. In it, his dad, James, told him that he had “a golden opportunity.” more
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Alphonso Lage, second from left, and Meme Wanderman, center, were honored as the 2012 Man and Woman of the Year by the Merrick Chamber of Commerce. They were pictured with Douglas Mills, far left, Nassau County Legislator Norma Gonsalves, second from right, and chamber President Randy Shotland, far right, during the chamber’s annual installation dinner.
Merrick Chamber honors its own, community members
The Merrick Chamber of Commerce held its 77th annual installation dinner on Jan. 26 at Chateau Briand in Carle Place. Randy Shotland was reinstalled as the chamber president for the second straight year, and Alphonse Lage and Meme Wanderman were honored as 2012’s Man and Woman of the Year. more
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Julie Gardner and Alexa Vinci, both 9, showed off their paintings at the Merrick Library's recent whale workshop.
A whale of a good time at the Merrick Library
Representatives of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum recently made their way to the Merrick Library to teach children about the wondrous world of whales, and brought along artifacts such as real whale bones and an Inuit snow knife carved from a walrus tusk. more
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Calhoun's Kelly Bogart recently took aim at the Olympics, finishing in 16th place out of more than 50 sharpshooters at the U.S. Olympics trials in Alabama recently.
Calhoun shooter competes at Olympic trials
Kelly Bogart is like many dedicated Calhoun High School students. Heavily involved in clubs and sports, the 18-year-old senior is a member of the concert choir and Science Olympiads, and has participated on the lacrosse and track teams. She’s also in two Advanced Placement classes. Each day before school, she packs her pens, pencils and notebooks. The only difference is that she also carries a .117 caliber air rifle. Hey, they don’t call her “Shooter” for nothing. more
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Protesters representing the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick weren’t discouraged by cold and snowy weather on Saturday.
Protesters call on bishop to rethink school closings
Hundreds of protesters from six Long Island Catholic schools braved the snow outside St. Agnes Cathedral last Saturday afternoon in an effort to keep the schools open. more
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Edward Andres, Seabrook Kilfoyle, Kelsey Clabby, Hailey Wilcox, Annie Coogan, Nicole Targia and Alyssa Pallotta, all 11, at a Save Sacred Heart candle-lit vigil in Merrick in December.
Sacred Heart parents plan rally to save school
Parents at the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick are planning to rally at the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Saturday, Jan. 21, to protest the closing of six Long Island Catholic schools in June. more
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