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The Mepham High football squad ran onto the school’s new synthetic-turf field for the first time last Saturday.

Skies may have been gray, but the rainy weather couldn’t dampen the Pirates’ spirits last Saturday at the grand opening for Mepham High’s new synthetic-turf field. more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/17/14

Laser Industries worked throughout the summer to install artificial-turf fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Above, heavy machinery brought in earlier this summer at Calhoun High.

With school starting, turf fields are ready for play

With the summer winding down, so is work on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s three new artificial-turf athletic fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. The fields passed their final “bounce test” and were certified playable on Sept. 9, according to Saul Lerner, the Central District's athletics director. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/12/14

A ceremony Tuesday morning celebrated the start of construction on a Little Whaleneck Road house that the charity Building Homes for Heroes will give to Kevin Vaughan, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, for free. Vaughan, who grew up in North Merrick, expressed many thanks to BHFH and the community, telling the crowd of about 150 people that it was “the greatest day of my life.”

Community support sustains a veteran, his family and friends

Kevin Vaughan, a Marine corporal who was wounded in Afghanistan and received a hero’s welcome when he returned home to North Merrick in 2012, will now receive a free house, courtesy of Building Homes for Heroes. more

By Brian Racow | 9/10/14

Dylan Hronec, front, a 22-year-old Bellmorite who has cerebral palsy, has surfed since 2012. At right, he was joined recently by Surf For All Co-founder Cliff Skudin.

Feeling free while riding waves

The first time that Dylan Hronec surfed two and a half years ago was one of the best days of his life. The Bellmorite, now 22, said he had always wanted to try the sport –– he just didn’t know … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/10/14

Merokeans turned out to honor Cpl. Kevin Vaughan in March 2012.

Tuesday groundbreaking ceremony to honor N. Merrick veteran

Kevin Vaughan, a Marine corporal who was wounded in Afghanistan and received a hero’s welcome when he returned home in 2012 to North Merrick, will now receive a free house, courtesy of Building Homes for Heroes. more

9/8/14

An emotional Marine Cpl. Kevin Vaughan, who lost a leg in combat, saluted his country when he came home in 2012. Now the nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes is constructing a specially designed house for him.

Serving America's wounded warriors

Marine Cpl. Kevin Vaughan came home from the war in Afghanistan in March 2012 after losing his left leg to a roadside bomb. Raised in Merrick, the Mepham High School graduate was given a hero’s homecoming by his community: a parade that stretched up Jerusalem Avenue and led to his childhood home. more

By Casey Pinner | 9/3/14

David Seinfeld, formerly the principal of Calhoun High School, is now the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s assistant superintendent for instruction.

A familiar face is now the Central District's assistant superintendent

Of all the moments in a school year, David Seinfeld, former principal of Calhoun High School, now the Bellmore-Merrick Central District’s assistant superintendent for instruction, said he loves the half-hour after graduation most of all. He enjoys watching families snapping photos of and hugging their proud graduates. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/27/14

N. Bellmore native excels at corporate level

When Fayth Litke Holt was growing up in North Bellmore, she never dreamed of a career at a rental car agency. But almost 23 years later, she couldn’t imagine herself anywhere else. Through hard … more

8/20/14

Lindsey Fowler, pictured to the left of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, was Mepham High School’s Triple C Award winner in 2014.

Attorney general honors Mepham senior

Before heading to college, one Mepham High School senior was honored by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Lindsey Fowler, a member of Mepham’s class of 2014, received the … more

8/20/14

icole Hollings, who taught science at Mepham for 16 years before taking on an administrative role at Calhoun, is now the Merrick school’s principal.

A new leader in ‘Colt Country’

Nicole Hollings was in the 16th year of her career in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District in 2010 when an assistant principal’s position opened up at Calhoun High School in Merrick. … more

By Julie Mansmann | 8/13/14

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