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Overcast Cultural Arts Playhouse opens in Merrick
New location taps into South Shore's talent
The muffled sounds of an eager audience gathered in the lobby crept into the theater of the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Merrick last Saturday night, but the cast of “Bare” milled about the …
Bellmore-Merrick residents elected to Literacy Nassau’s board of directors
The board of directors of Literacy Nassau, a Wantagh-based nonprofit that provides language-building programs to children and adults, recently promoted two current board members. Judy Beckman, of …
Bellmore couple reflect on 52 years of love
‘The little things’ make a marriage last
Jeff Rosenberg is still trying to solve a “52-year-old mystery” that haunts him: Why did his coworker, Jill Van Grembergen, agree to a second date? The two met as teenagers at the Big …
Petition decries Bellmore murderer nearing parole
The convicted murderer of a Bellmore mother may soon be released on parole — but more than 12,000 petition signers say his incarceration should be extended. John Jackson was charged in the …
Library patrons create sweet V-Day treats
Love was in the air at the Bellmore Memorial Library long before Valentine’s Day, as patrons gathered to attend a chocolate-making class on Feb. 3. There, instructor Susan Ackerman of …
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District warns against dangers of vaping
The coughs of a hospitalized teen echoed through the Brookside School auditorium in North Merrick on Jan. 29. A news report was projected above the stage, and alleged that the boy’s illness was …
Bellmorite Bob Botwin, Grumman engineer, dies at 89
When the world watched with wonder as the United States sent missions to the moon, Bob Botwin, of Bellmore, was behind the scenes, helping each operation go smoothly. Botwin was a propulsion expert, …
Bellmore-JFK's science Olympiads headed to state finals
Anyone who thinks science is a quiet activity reserved for the ivy-covered halls of academe has never attended a science Olympiad like the one held at Levittown’s Division Avenue High School …
HERALD SCHOOLS
Bellmore-Merrick central staff wows in Faculty Follies
Students and families from all over the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District were treated to a special performance on Jan. 30, as teachers and administrators took the stage for the fourth …
Good Samaritan from Bellmore honored by Town of Hempstead
The first thing Drew Hanson heard as he left work on the morning of Dec. 21 was “the bang,” he said. Around 9:30 a.m., as he pulled up to the stoplight at Front and Clinton streets in …
Two Regeneron finalists named at Bellmore-JFK
For the first time in John F. Kennedy High School history, there are two finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, Andrew Brinton and Katherine St George. On the day of the announcement, amid …
New leaders aim to revamp Bellmore-Merrick Hadassah
When she was in high school, Michele Friend took an “exodus” from Europe to Israel with Young Judea, the youth group of Hadassah. For six weeks, she and other Jewish-Americans ex-plored …
Editorial
When it comes to diversity, we could do better
February, known nationally as Black History Month, is an appropriate time to work toward closing the opportunity gap for people of color.
Scott Brinton
When a president seizes congressional power
Watching the U.S. Senate impeachment trial last week was like witnessing a slow-motion train wreck. You knew the outcome — you knew Republican senators would never agree to witnesses (Mitt …
Op-Ed
There’s more to Groundhog Day than meets the eye
On Sunday morning, at about 6 a.m., the temperature was around 30 degrees, it was cloudy and there was a soft drizzle. I hopped in my car to make the short drive to Crossroads Farm in Malverne . . .
Randi Kreiss
Read this book: ‘The Great Believers’
What were you doing in the 1980s? If you weren’t born yet or are too young to remember . . .