Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Voters in Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick, North Merrick, and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District approved their respective 2025–26 school budgets on May 20.
Two seniors at Sanford H. Calhoun High School clinched Nassau County championships in their respective events during the winter track and field season.
Producer and former educator Vince Marmorale was surprised to discover Livia Delessio, who survived the Holocaust in the care of a convent in Italy, at his recent showing of “My Italian Secret,” a film about Jewish Holocaust survival in Italy, which was screened at the Town of Hempstead’s Merrick Golf Course Clubhouse on April 30.
North Bellmore Public Library celebrated its status as the first Certified Sustainable Libraries in Nassau County, based on assessments from the Sustainable Library Initiative on April 30.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, the North Merrick Public Library transformed into a roaring 1920s speakeasy on April 24 for a Great Gatsby-themed murder mystery party.
Sixth-grade students in North Merrick have been mentoring their peers in third-grade throughout the school year, assisting them with academic, social and emotional challenges, and fostering a supportive environment for all students.
In a heartfelt tribute to late Town of Hempstead Councilman Chris Carini, the Hometown Boys and Girls Flag Football League ended its spring season on March 30 by renaming its championship trophies in his honor.
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In New York, across the country and around the world, people are experiencing a loneliness epidemic that humankind has never seen before.
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I just returned from Pope Francis’s funeral. It was a great honor to be a member of the small official U.S. delegation. As his simple wooden coffin, marked by a plain cross, emerged into the Rome sunlight, a ripple of applause rose from the crowd — a spontaneous act of gratitude for a man who lived a life of service, humility and love.
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With social media fanning the fires of coffee rituals and preferences, you can’t just grab a cup of joe anymore.