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Weekly Recap: Cat Saved from Fire, Man Hides Cocaine in Mouth

  1. Cat Rescued from Merrick House Fire: Firefighters rescued a cat from a basement fire on Buckingham Road in Merrick Friday afternoon. Nobody was injured during the blaze.
  2. UPDATE: Lost Bulldog Reunited with Family: A dog that was found in Bellmore Sunday has been reunited with his family, Patch has learned. This brown and white Bulldog wearing a faded orange collar was first spotted walking along Waltoffer Avenue, and then on Barbara Court, both in North Bellmore.
  3. Police: Bellmore Man Hid Cocaine in Mouth: A Bellmore man was arrested Tuesday morning after he was spotted acting erratically in North Bellmore.
  4. Merrick School Board Votes Against Security Hiring: While approving a measure that would provide a district-wide safety evaluation by a private security firm, the Merrick Board of Education (BOE) temporarily nixed the idea of hiring security personnel to patrol their schools until a possible later date.
  5. Goldstein Addresses Wee Friends Concerns: North Bellmore Superintendent Arnold Goldstein recently addressed community member’s concerns regarding the future of the property that was formerly occupied by Jacob Gunther Elementary School. 

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Suzie Alvey May 23, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Mike, The children are sooo cute! A few of them are from your area.
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 23, 2013 at 04:54 pm
Thanks for sharing! MG
Bobby Stokel May 21, 2013 at 11:17 am
Thank you to everyone so far in showing your support. We still need more signatures so please helpRead More :-)
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Thank you so much for posting this blog. This happened to be my husbands cousin whom was missingRead More since Sunday. God is amazing how I was led to this blog, again I thank you, and to let you know you helped someone with this information.
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MGRead More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
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!