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Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center sponsoring Narcan training

Opioid-based medications and heroin are being abused in epidemic proportions. To combat the large number of Long Islanders dying of heroin and other opioid-related overdoses, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center; the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary school districts; and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will host a free Narcan training for parents, families and community members. more

3/9/15

The Capri Motor Inn, located on Freer Street in Lynbrook, was the site of the village’s latest heroin overdose, the fourth since the beginning of the year.

Combating a local heroin epidemic

Last weekend, heroin took the life of someone in the Village of Lynbrook for the fourth time in 2015 when a 50-year-old man died of an overdose inside the Capri Motor Inn on Freer Street. … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 3/4/15

Madeline Singas, acting district attorney of Nassau County, spoke with editors and reporters at Herald Community Newspapers’ Garden City office last Thursday. She outlined her thinking on a number of pressing issues.

A conversation with Madeline Singas

Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s new acting district attorney, stopped by Herald Community Newspapers’ Garden City office last Thursday for a discussion with editors and reporters about the views, goals and strategies she brings to the job. The conversation touched on topics from gun violence to illegal drugs, police practices, public corruption and what Singas sees as the need for “smart prosecution,” from crime-prevention strategies to alternatives to jailing young, non-violent offenders. more

By Brian Racow | 2/12/15

Grant will enable more education about drugs

In January, the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence received a $10,000 grant from the Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc., a Long Beach philanthropic organization. LICADD … more

By Michelle LaFiura | 2/12/15

Third Place Winner is from Valley Stream South High School. Stessy Louis's video is called "End the Stigma - Call 227TALK".

South H.S. filmmakers take home awards

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano recognized three students from South High School last week for the anti-drug messages they produced, which took top honors in a countywide contest. Junior … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 2/11/15

LICADD receives prevention grants

One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/21/15

Help a boy or girl by becoming a mentor

School-aged children can use someone to talk to. Someone they can share their thoughts, goals and fears with who genuinely cares and wants what’s best for them. more

1/15/15

Joe Lucchese addressed the coalition at its first meeting on Monday, saying that the group’s mission is to stamp out drug and alcohol abuse in Lynbrook. HIs wife, Jo Lucchese, is seated.

Addressing substance abuse in Lynbrook

On Monday night, more than a dozen leaders of the Lynbrook community gathered to begin a new effort to combat drug and alcohol abuse in the village. The Lynbrook Alcohol/Drug Coalition, formed … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 1/14/15

Bellmorite Carine Firestone took to the stage at K.J. Farrell’s on Dec. 20 for a charity event that she organized to help keep Long Islanders in need warm this winter.

Spreading the gift of warmth

One Bellmore resident recently brought the community together with an important goal in mind: spreading the “gift of warmth” this winter. Carine Firestone, a local singer-song writer and … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/8/15

A postal worker from North Bellmore was one of eight people who federal officials allege was stealing and distributing large amounts of marijuana.

Postal worker charged in alleged drug ring

A North Bellmore man was one of eight U.S. postal workers who federal prosecutors allege recently stole and distributed large amounts of marijuana.The postal employees, who work at the Logistical … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/14

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