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HERALD Class of 2022 Graduation Inside $1.00 Vol. 25 No. 26 $1.00
A spring concert for Reinhard ECC
Fire departments take part in drills
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JUNE 23 - 29, 2022
Libraries kick off summer programs without restrictions place to be.” “Last year, we tended to do more online registration, a lot of After two summers of having online programming as well as to adjust and maintain safety i n - p e r s o n , ” s a i d J e s s i c a protocols amid the Covid-19 pan- Tymecki, director of the North demic, officials of the four Bellmore Public Library. “This libraries in Bellmore and Mer- summer, we’re going full steam rick are excited to kick off a nor- ahead with in-person programmal summer. ming, hoping to get “We’ re pretty as much participamuch back to nortion as we had premal for months Covid. All our pronow,” said Susan grams are at full Santa, director of at t e n d a n c e, o u r the North Merrick Story Times have a Public Library. “All great number of our computers are kids coming out running and all our with their parents, programs are every day we JEssICA TymECKI and back.” see more people The N M P L Director, North coming into the recently had a rib- Bellmore Public building.” bon-cutting ceremoIt has been a long Library ny for its new Teen road back for area Room, and every libraries, but in department is gearing up for the recent months, people have summer as the facility returns to returned, taking part in more inpre-pandemic life. person programs and less of the “The Children’s Department, hybrid variety. Adult’s Department and the The Merrick Library kicked Teen Department are really off its Summer Reading Chalramping up for the summer by lenge on Monday with a sweet doing a great program for sum- treat of Mr. Softee’s ice cream, mer reading,” Santa said. “The and patrons were encouraged to theme this year is ‘Oceans of sign up for the challenge, which Possibilities,’ and the building is decorated accordingly. It’s a fun Continued on page 12
By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
oh, the places they’ll go! Students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District graduated on June 12. Above, from left, Jack Vesely, Joshua Vayman, Vincent and James Valente and Mia Turzilli at John F. Kennedy High School’s ceremony in Bellmore. More photos, page 3.
Dress for Recovery, which helps women with breast cancer, gets useful donation By KEPHERD DANIEl & JoRDAN VAlloNE kdaniel@liherald.com. jvallone@liherald.com
Deciding what to wear is hard enough. But try doing it while fighting breast cancer at the same time. Yet that’s the reality for so many women — and it’s hardly easy. Thankfully, one organization has stepped up to provide a little bit of help. The Evening Star Quilters, a
Mineola-based not-for-profit quilting organization, donated 50 seatbelt covers to Dress for Recovery — a clothing bank at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, which serves an area that includes Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh. Dress for Recovery was founded by Loraine Alderman of East Meadow back in late 2020. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer the year before, and found that when patients faced
cancer treatments like mastectomies, they often must wear surgical drains to aid recovery. Dress for Recovery provides large shirts with ample space for the drains, as well as various zippers for doctors and nurses to access chest ports for chemotherapy. “There’s not one store in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut where you can walk in and buy this type of clothing,” AlderContinued on page 4
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very day we see more people coming into the building.