Congregants of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Merrick gathered in front of the church on Feb. 9 for a special ceremony in recognition of Scout Sunday. Under a shimmer of sunlight, the Rev. Perry …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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2/20/20
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Fifteen-year-old Nicholas Carrano is heading back to elementary school. This time, however, Carrano will return to Park Avenue Elementary School as a Boy …
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By Andrew Garcia
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7/25/19
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A new stone monument commemorating those who served in the Cold War, Desert Storm, the second Iraq War and war in Afghanistan adorns the Bellmore Veteran’s Memorial at the Bellmore Train Station.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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11/16/17
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The Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard is nearing its one-year anniversary of delivering food throughout the district. “It’s been rolling and snowballing ever since [it opened],” Mepham High School teacher and founder Karin McMahon told the Herald last year.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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10/27/17
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Mark Reyes, a recent graduate of Kennedy High School in Bellmore, already knew that he wanted to help brighten one special building when he prepared for his Eagle Scout project with Troop 225 last month.
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By Stephany Reyes
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7/21/16
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Jacob Cutler, of Bellmore, recently completed his Eagle Scout Project for Boy Scout Troop 192 at Eisenhower Park.
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By David Weingrad
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8/27/14
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Tim Messmer passed Bellmore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770’s hall on Bedford Avenue daily when he attended the nearby St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School as a child. He didn’t …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/20/14
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The toughest merit badge that Merokean Alexander Eagen earned during his six years in Boy Scout Troop 225 was swimming, the 18-year-old says. He remembers tiptoeing to the edge of the big lake at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp in Calverton, in Suffolk County, in the summer of 2012.
He could only stare at the water, petrified to jump in. Swimming was the final merit badge he needed to attain Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle, so he was frustrated that he couldn’t finish it.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/16/13
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The 100th anniversary parade for the nation’s first Eagle Scout, Arthur R. Eldred, from Boy Scout Troop 1 in Rockville Centre, is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8.
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8/1/12
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Boy Scout Christopher Kosowski, of Bellmore’s Troop 285, held a fundraiser at Grace Baptist Church in Franklin Square on March 24 — along with several other members of the troop — to help fund his Eagle Scout project, which includes several improvement projects at Grace Baptist. Dozens of local residents attended the event, and $1,220 was raised for the project.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/3/12
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