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Mama Tina's Chocolate Raises Mental Disease Awareness
Carol Ann Viccora has turned a mother's worst nightmare into an opportunity to help other families...with chocolate.
Hempstead Town Notebook: VITA Program, India Republic Day
VITA Program Announced The Town of Hempstead Department of Senior Enrichment is offering the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program to help senior citizens prepare their income tax returns.
East Meadow Resident Among Those Honored on India Republic Day
Meadow Commons will house seven new stores
The Meadow Commons retail plaza will open in the spring if snow does not interrupt construction.
North Bellmore Woman Who Allegedly Killed Ex-Husband Arrested for Beating Mother
Nancy Boland, a North Bellmore woman who was arrested in November 2011 for killing her ex-husband and then dumping his body in the woods along the Wantagh State Parkway, was arrested Monday for allegedly beating her mother with an aluminum cane, according to a Newsday report.
School officials shrug off Cuomo's threat
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on school districts to immediately implement a new, state-mandated evaluation system for teachers or risk losing state aid dollars.
Jan 24: North Bellmore Schools Tolerance Conference, Sonic BZA Hearing
Read more about the event on Bellmore Patch. 2. Sonic Drive-In coming to East Meadow will have a Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Read more here .
A good deed indeed for South Shore students
Children at South Shore Country Day School in North Bellmore are collecting gently used magazines that they will distribute to local senior centers and assisted living residences.
Polio survivor pens thoughts to his only daughter
Ronald A. Tomo was seven months old when he was diagnosed with polio - a mere two months before a vaccine became available.
Baking With a Twist: Felecia Rozansky's Recipe to Help Autism
Fifteen years ago, East Meadow business owner Felecia Rozansky was looking at storefronts to open a new cookie shop, but when her son Eric was diagnosed with Autism, everything came to a halt.
Q&A with North Bellmore Civic Association President
Reinaldo Nunez, president of the North Bellmore Civic Association , sat down with Bellmore Patch and spoke about the association's goals for 2012 and some of their accomplishments.
Crime Nearby: Woman Hit by Car, Bank Robbed
Bellmore A Bellmore man was arrested in Massapequa for possession of crack cocaine with his child in the car.
Teenagers approached for rides
According to police, two 13-year-old females were approached at Front Street and Coolidge Drive in East Meadow at 4 p.m. on Jan.
Bellmore 17-year-old rolls with the punches
Bellmorite Jarred Bonilla, right, spared with Alex Valentin at the Metropolitan Championship Finals last December.
Principal: NB Schools Have Been Supportive of Gunther
When the North Bellmore Board of Education announced in December that Jacob Gunther Elementary School will close in June, Principal Marie Testa said that her main concern was getting her 239 kids through the process smoothly.
Car Burglary Incidents Hit Bellmore, Merrick
A string of car burglaries in the Bellmore-Merrick area has police advising residents to make sure their vehicles are locked at all times.
North Bellmore Man Named Hometown Hero
On a September morning, AJ Smart of North Bellmore was driving down his block when he saw the child of his neighbors run out of their house screaming for help and chasing after four men.
Crime Report: North Bellmore Man Found with Crack Cocaine, Daughter in Car
On Jan.3, Leocadia Troy-Ayala, 19, of North Bellmore was arrested on Sunrise Highway near Jones Avenue in Wantagh and charged with driving while intoxicated.