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Overcast and Windy Chabad prepares to expand school, early learning center
$500,000 raised for school expansion
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life, also known as the Chabad of Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh, recently raised over $500,000 in five days. The donated funds will be used to expand the chabad’s school …
Locals react to Blakeman’s mask order
Blakeman calls end to masking requirements
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who took office Monday, signed executive orders Thursday morning directing local boards of education to vote in January on whether their districts should …
Mayhem looks ahead after hit season
Merrick Mayhem baseball wins big
In Bellmore-Merrick, youth baseball club Merrick Mayhem offers a town-oriented, travel team experience for local boys and girls who play baseball or softball. Started in 2019 by Brian Mann, Brendan …
Healing others with music
Merokean has a mission to help others
17-year-old Samantha Horowitz is teaching the world about the healing powers of music. A lifelong Merrick resident, Horowitz is a senior at Calhoun High School who for the past three years has …
Future business leaders show their stuff in challenge
On Dec. 16, students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District gathered at the Brookside School, in Merrick, for the district’s second annual Business Challenge.
Central district art teacher is top educator
Last month, Lisa Federici, an art teacher at Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, was named the 2021 Regional Art Educator of the Year by the New York State Art Teachers Association.
LI CAWS pressures town to appoint water board
On Dec. 7, the fight for the public takeover of New York American Water continued in Hempstead outside of the Town of Hempstead Town Hall.
A holiday display and animal rescue in Merrick
The Merrick community is likely familiar with the Heide Family Holiday Display, located at 2509 Yale Place. Former competitors on ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” in 2018, …
‘Inappropriate, racial gestures’ made at Mepham game
Last Thursday, it was reported that a student at Wellington C. Mepham High School made “inappropriate, racial gestures” towards a visiting athlete during a junior varsity basketball game …
Calhoun High School hosts student Art Exposition
Art projects and students crowded the Stanford H. Calhoun High School gym last Friday, as the school community gathered for the highly anticipated Bellmore-Merrick Calhoun Art Exposition.
Kennedy eliminated by Long Beach
The Long Beach boys’ soccer team picked the perfect time to break out of its scoring slump.Aran Corbett scored the Marines’ first goal in over two weeks and Yeris Miranda added two more …
Beloved music teacher, cantor remembered
Victoria Sorrentino, who was known as Viki, was all about music. She was a vocal and piano coach for many years, helping local young people pursue music-oriented careers. At the Parish of St. …
Editorial
Nassau should enforce state’s mask mandate
Bruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executive-elect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.
Op-Ed
Washington must act to protect affordable care
We’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade, unless Congress takes immediate action.
Randi Kreiss
Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave
"Dear Ms. Kreiss: I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney . . .
Op-Ed
Conservative politics could play into school elections
The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.