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Calhoun High School senior Michael Kotowski led the football team as they pumped up the crowd at the rally.

It was Calhoun High School’s turn to celebrate as the school opened up its Homecoming weekend with a pep rally on Friday, Sept. 29. more

By David Weingrad | 10/4/12

N. Merrick board declares emergency to replace water heater

The North Merrick School District convened a special Board of Education meeting on Sept. 28 to approve the purchase of a new solar-powered hot-water heater for Fayette Elementary School after the old one “broke down completely” on Monday, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

By David Weingrad | 9/28/12

State rewards Bellmore-Merrick schools

Eight Bellmore and Merrick schools were commended for academic excellence recently, receiving Reward School status from the New York State Department of Education, district officials said. more

By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com | 9/28/12

Herald reporter David Weingrad ran with the Grand Avenue Middle School cross-country team recently to explore the question of how to keep young people interested in athletics throughout their lives.

Running for a lifetime: Herald staffer looks at how to stay fit beyond middle school

I ran track as an eighth-grader at Grand Avenue Middle School in Bellmore in 2001. I wasn’t a star, but I stuck it out through the spring season and learned how to stay fit for life. I was 14 years old. more

By David Weingrad | 9/26/12

The Dakota Design Center in Merrick held its “Pinkout” event last Friday to raise breast-cancer awareness throughout the community. A fashion show, above, was a highlight of the evening.

Design center puts on a ‘Pinkout’ to raise awareness

To raise breast-cancer awareness throughout the community, the Dakota Design Center in Merrick kicked off its “Pinkout” event at its Merrick Road showroom last Friday. more

By David Weingrad | 9/25/12

Camp Avenue Elementary School students gathered on the jungle gym for a group shot durign the school's back-to-school picnic.

North Merrick celebrates the start of school with picnics

The North Merrick School District held its annual back-to-school picnics on Sept. 14 at each of its three elementary schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road. more

By David Weingrad | 9/20/12

Merrick teachers, board agree on 3-year contract

The Merrick Board of Education and the district’s teachers have agreed to terms of a renewed contract. The three-year pact will take effect for the 2012-13 school year and end after the 2014-2015 school year. more

By David Weingrad | 9/20/12

Busy Bee Cleaners in Merrick is undergoing an environmental cleanup to remove potentially harmful contaminants from the soil beneath the shop, but officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation say the contamination does not pose a hazard to people in nearby businesses and homes.

Dry-cleaner contamination uncovered

Busy Bee Cleaners, on Merrick Road in Merrick, is undertaking an environmental cleanup with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate the contaminant tetrachloroethylene, otherwise know as PCE, from groundwater beneath the shop. more

By David Weingrad | 9/19/12

Mepham High School students, teachers, administrators and alumni celebrated last weekend as the school held a pep rally, carnival and Homecoming parade. Hundreds attended the festivities, as this year marks the school’s 75th anniversary. To top it all off, the Mepham football team, shown entering the field on Saturday, defeated crosstown rival Kennedy High School 27-7.

Mepham throws a party at Homecoming

Mepham High School’s Homecoming parade carried extra significance this year, as the school is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and to help mark the occasion, Mepham added a daylong carnival to its Homecoming festivities on Saturday. more

By David Weingrad | 9/19/12

The Town of Hempstead will finish repaving the Campgrounds next year.

At last, North Merrick Campgrounds to be repaved

The historic section of North Merrick commonly referred to as the Merrick Campgrounds, where Methodist revival meetings were held during the 1860s, will be repaved next year, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced during a recent town board meeting. more

By David Weingrad | 9/13/12

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