Schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm moving through the area. The Merrick, North Merrick and North Bellmore school districts will also be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22.
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By Brian Racow
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1/21/14
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Despite temperatures that dipped into the teens on Friday afternoon, sledders from near and far took to the giant hill at Newbridge Road Park in south Bellmore for an afternoon of fun in the snow. Kids crowded onto the hill, blasting down slopes on snowboards and inner tubes.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/3/14
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A tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late Tuesday night, causing a fuel spill that erupted in flames. Officials estimate that 3,000 to 7,000 gallons of fuel escaped from the tanker, which flipped on its side just before midnight.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/18/13
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Two familiar Bellmore-Merrick facilities are now home to the Town of Hempstead’s newest solar-energy systems.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/4/13
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With a special Board of Education election on the horizon, the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs is inviting residents to meet the candidates one more time.
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/19/13
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Children from throughout Bellmore-Merrick and across the Town of Hempstead had an “egg-citing” afternoon at Newbridge Road Park last Saturday.
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4/3/13
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When Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, it severely damaged a number of Town of Hempstead facilities in the Bellmore-Merrick area. Repair work is under way, but it could be some time before they are up and running again. Particularly hard hit were the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, the Sanitation Department and the Merrick Senior Center.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/12/12
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Eight Bellmore and Merrick schools were commended for academic excellence recently, receiving Reward School status from the New York State Department of Education, district officials said.
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By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com
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9/28/12
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In recent months, folks who have stopped off at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore might have noticed the cranes and trucks behind a chain-link fence on the east side of the park. That is where the Town of Hempstead is installing a completely new bulkhead along a canal that flows south to East Bay.
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By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com
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8/22/12
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I am 25 years old, and until recently, I had never dived into the water. Call me crazy, but the prospect of plunging headfirst into a deep pool of blue had always spurred a sense of anxiety in me. So I was more of a slowly-ease-yourself-into-the-water-stair-by-stair-while-wincing-and-complaining-about-how-cold-the-water-is kind of guy.
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By David Weingrad
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8/21/12
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