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Sept. 11: Merrick Street Festival, Shooter Safety, Calhoun Football

A look at what's happening around the Bellmore and Merrick areas on this Tuesday.

  1. Check out this exclusive video report on the Merrick Chamber of Commerce's Street Fair, an exciting family-friendly event which was held this past weekend.
  2. Long Island religious leaders were briefed Monday on the dangers and proper response to an "Active Shooter" scenario. Find out more about how to keep safe by clicking here.
  3. Calhoun High School has a new football coach who, despite a loss to Wantagh this past weekend, feels that this could be a winning year for the Colts.
  4. A fire broke out in a bedroom of a home on Bedford Avenue in Merrick yesterday morning. Find out the details in our report of the incident.
  5. Zachary Parker, allegedly protected by three former Nassau County Police officials after burglarizing Kennedy High School in 2009, will be sentenced to prison time after violating his parole.

About this column: If nothing else, take with you this daily guide to what's happening, and what's news in Bellmore and Merrick.

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Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problemsRead More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be heldRead More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact thisRead More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.
helen turner May 13, 2013 at 07:58 am
i did forget to mention my maiden name - McKinney - there might be an old timer or two who mightRead More remember the McKinney family - my father was an artist who many people knew
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 12, 2013 at 11:19 am
Happy to help! MG