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Edward Andres, Seabrook Kilfoyle, Kelsey Clabby, Hailey Wilcox, Annie Coogan, Nicole Targia and Alyssa Pallotta, all 11, at a Save Sacred Heart candle-lit vigil in Merrick in December.
Sacred Heart parents plan rally to save school
Parents at the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick are planning to rally at the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Saturday, Jan. 21, to protest the closing of six Long Island Catholic schools in June. more
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Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more
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Cops: Driver of white van attempts to lure teens
Nassau County Police are warning young people to be on the lookout for a white van after three teens were approached in separate incidents by the driver over the past week in the North Merrick-North Bellmore and East Meadow areas. The teens were asked whether they wanted a ride. The teens ran home and informed their parents, who called police. Authorities said the teens did the right thing by running away and letting police know. more
The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.
Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic
They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more
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Butch Yamali admired photographs of the original Coral House, which was built in the early 1900s, and plans to renovate and upgrade in a way that maintain the integrity and history of the structure.
Merokean purchases the Coral House
Merrick resident Butch Yamali first stepped into the Coral House in Baldwin in 1970, when he was 8. He was there with his mother, Dorothy, for an Island Park Cub Scout dinner. Little did he know that one day he would own the place, one of the South Shore’s most prestigious catering and banquet halls. more
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The woman believed to have attempted to burglarize at least seven homes, including one in Bellmore and one in Merrick, was described as Hispanic or light-skinned black, in her 20s, 5-foot-8, with large, bulging eyes and medium build, wearing a knit hat, blue jacket, blue jeans and black boots.
Burglars use deception to steal from W.H. homeowner
A string of December burglaries across Nassau County targeted older men and women, according to authorities. more
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Bishop should meet with Sacred Heart parents
It saddens us that we must publish this editorial only days before Christmas, but, alas, we must. more
Bishop should meet with Sacred Heart parents
It saddens us that we must publish this editorial only days before Christmas, but, alas, we must. more
Sacred Heart students, from left, Edward Andres, Seabrook Kilfoyle, Kelsey Clabby, Hailey Wilcox, Annie Coogan, Nicole Targia and Alyssa Pallotta, all 11, are trying to keep their school open.
Bishop denies meeting to Sacred Heart parents
Bishop William Murphy, leader of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, said he will not meet with parents of students at Sacred Heart School in North Merrick. The parents hoped to discuss options for saving the school, which is slated to be closed next June. more
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Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.
Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving
For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more
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