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Mostly Cloudy Roosevelt teen charged in MS-13 killing
A Roosevelt teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged MS-13 murder of another Roosevelt teen whose body Nassau County police discovered in a secluded woodland two weeks …
Convicted Merrick doctor’s office shutters
Feds demand forfeiture, defense wants verdict thrown out in Belfiore opioid case
Dr. Michael Belfiore was convicted of improperly prescribing opioids to patients, and causing two overdose deaths on May 23. Last week, his remaining staff was copying files and wrapping up patient …
Top of their class
Central District’s vals, sals give thanks, offer advice
As the school year draws to a close, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District has announced six students in the Class of 2018 who have distinguished themselves in academics and …
Man killed in Merrick police-involved shooting identified
Nassau County police were on-scene for hours at a home in Merrick Wednesday, where police officials reported an officer-involved shooting occurred.
North Merrick BOE mulls filling vacant trustee seat
After a North Merrick Board of Education election campaign that included a notable amount of mudslinging and numerous social media attacks, two newcomers — Vincent Lentini and Michelle Gordon — were elected to the board. They narrowly unseated incumbents Todd Ransom and Steve Enella.
COLUMN
Graduation may make you feel sad — but not so fast!
It’s the last day of school. I see tears streaming down my peers’ cheeks. But why?
North Merrick school pilots Google technology
The Old Mill Road Elementary School in the North Merrick School District was selected to be one of the first schools to participate in the Google Expedition Pioneers Program and pilot augmented …
North Merrick thanks its Board of Education
The North Merrick School District thanked the Board of Education – President Wendy Gargiulo, Vice President John Pinto, and Trustees Edward Corona, Steve Enella, Jennifer Hyland, Tracey Miller, and Todd Ransom – at the November 14th Board of Education meeting as part of School Board Recognition Week.
Editorial
Declare Nassau a sanctuary county
The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . .
Editorial
Town needs special elections, not appointees
Only two members of the current Town of Hempstead Board were elected to their posts without first having been appointed to them. That’s it. Two.
John C. O'Connell
Reflections on a reunion
After a college class a very long while ago, I sat in the late morning drinking Guinness in an old pub on Grafton Street, in Dublin, with author Alec Reid, a close friend of Samuel Beckett . . .
Randi Kreiss
Under the volcano in Hawaii and Washington
Kilauea is blowing her top. These last weeks we have witnessed, from afar, a pyrotechnic extravaganza on the Big Island of Hawaii.