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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/17/12
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They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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Concerned parents are reserving their seats for “Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Children,” a parent-targeted substance-abuse awareness program that will be hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, in partnership with the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary school districts, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg and the Bellmore-Merrick Coalition Against Substance Abuse. The talk will be held at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
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By Wendy Tepfer, Community Parent Center executive director
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1/3/12
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The scenario is tragic, gruesome and perennial. A high school senior, all of 16 or 17 years old, gets a driver’s license. His or her proud parents hurry out to buy their child a new car –– perhaps a fast car. Within days or weeks, the teen is dead, killed in a fiery wreck.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/8/11
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When Amy Chau’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” was set for release last winter, it was prefaced with a “Wall Street Journal” article that drew 5,000 responses on WSJ.com.
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By Lauren Lev
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11/4/11
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On May 18, 2008, one second forever altered Jacy Good’s life when a tractor-trailer slammed head-on into her family’s station wagon, carrying the then 21-year-old and her parents, Jay and Jean. The truck swerved to avoid a mini-van, driven by an 18-year-old who, according to officials, was engrossed in a cell-phone call. The teen sped through a red light in Maidencreek, Township, Pa., apparently oblivious to the road before him.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/21/11
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In its continuing efforts to educate children and their families about the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse in the age of the Internet, the Oceanside School District has taken a classical …
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Alex Costello
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10/19/11
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Do you know where your children are? According to a survey of students, 56 percent of them are drinking, and a third of those say they drink in someone else’s home. Seventeen percent of those …
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By Mary Malloy
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10/14/11
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So you’ve reached yet another milestone in your life. You’ve managed to make it through the trauma of “Little Biff or Buffy’s” first day of school, and now it’s your first Parents’ …
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Bob Paiva
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10/12/11
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West Hempstead High School varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders held t a car wash to raise scholarship funds for the West Hempstead Football Parents Club.
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9/21/11
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