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Six candidates are vying for a seat on the Merrick School District Board of Education. Get to know them before casting your mail-in vote on June 9.
Meet the candidates for the North Merrick School District Board of Education
Four candidates are vying for a seat on the North Merrick Board of Education. Get to know them before casting your mail-in vote on June 9.
Kennedy student offers virtual basketball training by ‘coach-ial’ distancing
As her sophomore year at John F. Kennedy High School draws to a close and her Sweet 16 birthday approaches, Sarah Klein is keeping busy and doing her part for the good of others during difficult times.
Merrick teen makes care packages for health care workers
After her uncle, Eric Turk, died from the coronavirus in April, Merrick resident Gabbie Goldberg organized an effort to help comfort the health care workers at Mishkon in Boro Park, Brooklyn, where …
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD tennis courts open
Effective today, Friday, May 29, tennis courts at all five buildings in the Bellmore-Merrick High School District became available to the public as part of Nassau County’s “Phase 1” reopening, Director of Athletics Eric Caballero announced in a letter to parents.
Bellmore-Merrick business owners react to reopening as Phase One begins
As projected, Long Island began the Phase One reopening of its battered economy on Wednesday, paving the way for construction and wholesale trade companies to restart operations, along with retailers …
Graduating amid a pandemic
College students from Merrick, Bellmore look to an uncertain future
By Alyssa Seidman aseidman@liherald.com The boisterous pomp and circumstance that accompany college graduations softened to a hum this year, as restrictions on large gatherings remained in …
Crime watch
Homeless woman arrested for arson in West Hempstead
Nassau County police arrested a homeless woman for arson at Sam's Caribbean Marketplace in West Hempstead on May 31. According to police, at about 1 a.m. on Sunday night, Melanie Nieves was caught …
Local camps close because of coronavirus concerns
Three popular Bellmore-Merrick area summer camps — Merrick Woods Day Camp in Merrick, and Coleman Country Day Camp and Twin Oaks Day Camp, both in Freeport — have closed for the summer …
Chop Your Locks is going virtual in Bellmore-Merrick
Wellington C. Mepham High School’s annual Chop Your Locks for Charity event is moving to an online venue. The St. Baldrick’s fundraiser, which has guests cut their hair in support of …
Applebee's honors Kennedy baseball program
Celebrating victories at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar’s Bellmore location has been a longstanding tradition for the Kennedy High School baseball program, and even though the spring sports season was cancelled, the 2020 Cougars were recognized by their go-to restaurant.
Send the Herald your stories, photos of how you're coping with the coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has vastly altered our daily routines. Parents are at home. Children are at home. College students are at home. All must stay put, we are told, for now. People are making …
Editorial
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Randi Kreiss
Sometimes the right notes unlock the heart
Just take those old records off the shelf. I’ll sit and listen to ’em by myself.
Op-Ed
It’s time to un-pause Nassau County
The coronavirus will be with us for the foreseeable future. The shutdown we have been struggling with has been painful, inconvenient and sad. We have seen . . .
When Covid-19 becomes real: mourning my grandmother
Editor's note: The following was originally written for Hofstra University's Long Island Advocate, the online publication of the college's Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. Lucas Pino, a …