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Unused and unwanted prescription pain medications should be removed from the home immediately, according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, chief medical officer for the drug-treatment agency Phoenix House.
Nation in crisis: painkiller progression
Patients should stop thinking of powerful pain medications like Oxycontin and Vycodin as slightly stronger versions of Tylenol and Advil. Rather, they should think of them as “heroin pills.” That’s according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing and chief medical officer for Phoenix House, a national, nonprofit drug treatment agency. more
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Wendy Tepfer, front, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, is among the leaders sponsoring the first Bellmore-Merrick Drug Takeback Day on Sept. 27. She was joined at a meeting of the Bellmore-Merrick Heroin Task Force last Friday by, from left, Donna Nogid, legislative assistant to Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg; Pat Gleiberman, young adult librarian at the Bellmore Memorial Library; and Lisa Finn, director of clinical services and community outreach for Phoenix House.
Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center, heroin task force sponsoring drug takeback
Every day, 2,500 teens across the country, ages 12 to 17, get high off prescription drugs, and 70 percent of them obtain their narcotics from family members or friends –– most often by swiping them from bathroom medicine cabinets, according to Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center. more
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, fourth from right, front, led a July 16 protest at the Merrick water tower to call for the release of a draft study of a proposed public takeover of Long Island American Water. To Denenberg’s left was County Legislator Laura Curran. About 30 local residents joined them.
Legislators, activists demand water study’s release
An engineer has completed a draft study on the feasibility of a public takeover of Long Island American Water, the water utility company that services the area, but the public has yet to see the document. more
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Participants in the Town of Hempstead's Senior Writing Workshop recently read their works at the Merrick Theater and Center for the Arts.
There's no age limit to creativity at town's Senior Writing Workshop
The older adults participating in the Town of Hempstead’s Senior Writing Workshop presented their original works recently at the Merrick Theater and Center for the Arts. more
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at microphone, stopped at the Bellmore train station on Tuesday and criticized an MTA/LIRR plan to bus commuters into New York City in the event of an LIRR strike in July. She was joined here by Councilwoman Angie Cullin, lower left, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, Councilman Gary Hudes, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Councilman James Darcy.
Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray lambastes LIRR
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray came to the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station on Tuesday to call on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rethink a plan to bus train commuters … more
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Reshma Pharsi and Yuvraj Singh stayed connected while enjoying the carnival rides at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival last year.
Strawberry fest is on the way
Hundreds of Long Islanders are set to gather in North Bellmore this weekend at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival, sponsored by the Bellmore Lions and Kiwanis clubs. more
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The eastern portion of a roughly $16 million resurfacing project began on Sunrise Highway in Freeport on May 19. Work will start in Bellmore-Merrick in the near future and continue through the end of the year.
Sunrise Highway getting a face-lift
A five-mile stretch of Sunrise Highway that runs through Freeport, Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh will be resurfaced by the New York State Department of Transportation, officials said. more
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Kyle Strober, pictured at left during a recent news conference about the Covanta Energy waste-to-energy incinerator in Westbury, is Sen. Charles Schumer’s Long Island director. Strober grew up in Merrick and graduated from Kennedy High School in Bellmore.
Senator Schumer’s right-hand man
Most pundits agreed: Mitt Romney won the first of three presidential debates in 2012, held at the University of Denver on Oct. 3. President Obama, whose rhetorical skills were the stuff of political legend, appeared tired, and in the weeks after the debate, his poll numbers plummeted. more
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Former Nassau County Police detective Alan Sharpe pleaded guilty to misconduct on Monday.
Former police detective pleads guilty
A former Nassau County Police detective who faced criminal charges for his role in preventing the arrest of a Merrick teenager whose father was a personal friend and financial benefactor of a police foundation pleaded guilty to official misconduct on Monday. more
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Long Island’s newest Panera Bread café is near the Bellmore-Merrick border.
Panera Bread opens on Merrick Road in Bellmore
Nicole DiChiara, general manager of the new Panera Bread café in Bellmore, already knows that lunch for Bellmore-Merrick teenagers starts at 11:15 a.m. Victoria Amberge, an associate at the store who attends Mepham High School, said that’s because the eatery has been very well-received by her peers. more
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