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Incumbent, newcomer run for North Merrick school board seats

Information about the candidates. more

5/16/14

Two familiar names in Merrick running for school board seats

The Herald Life profiles the candidates. more

5/16/14

N. Merrick schools finish budget, community to vote

The North Merrick School District Board of Education this month 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 David Feller. more

By Brian Racow | 5/15/14

EAST MEADOW: support the budget; re-elect Fanelli

East Meadow School District residents can’t lose when they go to the polls on Tuesday. There they will decide whether to support the district’s proposed 2014-15 budget of $191.1 million — a 1.53 percent increase over the current spending plan. more

5/15/14

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

Mei Ling, with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard, romped to victory in the first race of the Belmont Park Spring/Summer meet on May 1.

They're off at Belmont Park

Belmont Park’s 54-day Spring/Summer Meet got under way on the first day of May, with Mei Ling winning the racetrack’s opening race of 2014, taking a one-mile dirt event in muddy conditions by almost six lengths with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 5/5/14

Merrick residents passed the Merrick Library’s budget for 2014-15. The budget includes more funding for materials and services. It marginally decreases funding for building maintenance.

Merrick libraries’ budgets pass by wide margins

Merrick residents passed the Merrick Library’s budget for 2014-15 in a 149-41 vote on April 9. North Merrick residents passed the North Merrick Public Library’s budget for 2014-15 in a 100-40 vote on April 10. more

By Brian Racow | 4/17/14

Joy Ma, Merrick Avenue Middle School eighth-grader, won first place in the 14-year-old Women’s Eppe division of the 2014 March North American Cup, a fencing competition that took place last month in Memphis.

MAMS student is tops in fencing

It is not often that a student-athlete who wins a national championship in her sport has the time for another extracurricular activity. For well-rounded Merokean Joy Ma, however, the national title is just the beginning. more

4/9/14

Fantasize your way through February's fury

So, how about this winter? more

2/21/14

A computer rendering of what the Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas terminal would look like.

State questions future for LNG

The company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, Liberty Natural Gas, LLC, says the terminal would provide the greater New York City region with a new source of “competitively priced” natural gas. But New York State’s Energy Planning Board doesn’t see much of a future for liquefied natural gas, or LNG, imports in the United States. In fact, they are already waning, according to the board’s recently published 2014 Draft New York State Energy Plan. more

By Brian Racow | 2/12/14

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