The Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore announced this week that the Second Annual Walk for Lyla will be held June 12 at 11:45 a.m. at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick. The walk is held annually in honor of Lyla Stern of Merrick, a 16-year-old Calhoun High School senior who died last year.
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Scott Brinton
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5/7/10
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Under sunny skies, the Calhoun Sports Boosters Association dedicated the scoreboard at Calhoun’s baseball field this week in honor of the late Ronnie Gies, a Merrick Fire Department chief who was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Scott Brinton
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4/30/10
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The Merrick Chamber of Commerce's annual Kid's Fest was a "complete success" last weekend, according to chamber President Margaret Mueller, proprietor of R.S. Jones Restaurant on Merrick Avenue.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/28/10
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Tired probably doesn't begin to describe the way Kennedy's softball team felt after a 14-1 victory over Great Neck South last Friday.
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Steve Siniski
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4/21/10
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Ninety of Long Island's top science and mathematics students recently convened at SUNY Stony Brook's Charles B. Wang Center to compete in the prestigious Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and in the crowd were five -- count 'em, five -- young Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District researchers, all seniors -- four from Kennedy High School and one from Calhoun.
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Scott Brinton
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4/20/10
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A chilly spring morning couldn't deter more than 50 teams from across Long Island from attending Mepham High School's Fourth Annual Paul Limmer Pirate Track and Field Invitational recently. The event, which was initially started to showcase Mepham's then new track, has become an annual friendly meet to raise money for Mepham's track and field team at the beginning of the season.
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Deirdre Krasula
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4/15/10
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A year ago, youth and talent carried Calhoun to the semifinals of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. Now, the majority of that talent can now add experienced and battle-tested to its resume as the first week of the 2010 season gets underway.
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Steve Siniski
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4/7/10
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Students of all ages, parents and educators at Calhoun High School shaved their heads for a cause on March 16.
The school's annual St. Baldrick's Foundation fundraiser brought in more than $30,000 to aid research into childhood cancers. The non-profit St. Baldrick's Foundation provided more than $12 million for research in 2009 alone.
Participants in a St. Baldrick's fundraiser shave their heads in "solidarity with kids fighting cancer" and collect pledges in return for taking it all off.
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Scott Brinton and Sari Zeidler
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3/24/10
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Mac Maldarelli has accomplished quite a bit on and off the wrestling mats for Calhoun High School. Besides being a mentor and, in some respects, an assistant coach of several of the Colts' younger wrestlers, the senior has added the title of Nassau County champion to his list of achievements.
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Steve Siniski
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2/18/10
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It was fitting that Kennedy's 46-45 come-from-behind Conference AA-II girls’ basketball victory over district-rival Calhoun on Monday night ended with Allie Keller breaking up a full-court inbounds pass on the final play.
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Steve Siniski
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2/11/10
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