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Vol. 23 No. 39
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SEPTEMBER 24 - 30, 2020
Blaze burns through NBFD chief’s home At press time Tuesday, the cause of the blaze was under investigation by the Nassau The North Bellmore Fire County fire marshal’s office. A Department responded to a North Bellmore volunteer who house fire at 2512 Bristol helped extinguish the fire was Drive early Monday morning, transported to an area hospibut members tal with non-lifelater discovered threatening injuthat the home ries, Last said. belonged to one In less than 24 of their own — hours, members Second Assistant of the North BellChief Artie White more community III. and beyond raised Department nearly $11,000 on Chief David a GoFundMe page Marschall arrived to benefit White at the house at a n d h i s f a m i ly. 4:29 a.m. and imThe ef fort was mediately called rganized by ANTHoNy VicARio oAnthony other departVicario, m e n t s t o t h e Volunteer, a member of the scene to help fight North Merrick North Mer rick the blaze, accord- Fire Department Fire Department. ing to the NBFD’s “Please suppublic infor ma port Artie and his tion officer, Harrison Last. family, as he suppor ts the Fire erupted from one room community day after day,” on the second floor and quick- Vicario wrote. ly spread to the rest of the Residents can donate to the floor, Last said. White and his fundraiser at /www.gofundme. f a m i ly s a f e ly e s c ap e d t h e com/f/fundraiser-for-chiefblaze “with no issue,” he said. artie-white-iii-and-family. For The Bellmore, East Meadow photos, go to www.liherald. a n d N o r t h M e r r i c k f i r e com/bellmore/. departments assisted the NBFD in battling the fire.
By AlySSA SEidMAN aseidman@liherald.com
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Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
iNcoMiNg NiNTH-gRAdERS AT John F. Kennedy High School learned about what to expect from the first two weeks of hybrid learning at an orientation meeting earlier this month.
Central District gears up for full in-person classes By ANdREW gARciA agarcia@liherald.com
Slowly but surely, a sense of normalcy is returning to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District — despite new mandates of mask wearing, one-way hallways and desks equipped with plastic barriers. On Friday, the district’s students will return to full inperson classes for the first time since May, when schools across New York adopted dis-
tance-learning plans to slow the spread of the coronavrius. Middle and high schoolers in Bellmore and Merrick have attended lessons in a hybrid model, switching between inperson and virtual learning, since the school year began earlier this month. The roughly two weeks of the combined learning models have helped the district gauge the effectiveness of the new safety guidelines, ensuring that teachers and students have adapted to procedures,
officials said. The plan for Wednesday and Thursday was to stagger attendance so students “can continue practicing and perfecting the navigation of entrances, exits, stairwells and hallways with a decreased population,” Superintendent John DeTommaso wrote in a letter to parents. This also gave students “an opportunity to attend classes that have full in-person attendance,” he said. Continued on page 2
lease support Artie and his family, as he supports the community day after day.