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Who’s running for the North Merrick Board of Ed? Candidates vying for open trustee seats prepare for May 17 election ford H. Calhoun High School. Luciani has been a corporate transactional attorney since Later this month, five candi- 2014, and Mitksih has worked in dates will contest procurement and two seats on the project manageNorth Merrick ment for over 25 Board of Educayears. All three tion. challengers have Incumbent been members of Board of Educavarious boards tion President and committees, The North Merrick Board Megan Ryan and including the of Education elections Vice President 2022-23 Budget will take place on May S t eve n E n e l l a Advisory com17, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., will face opposimittee in North at the North Merrick tion from chalMerrick. Public Library. The library lengers Carson Ahead of the is at 1691 Meadowbrook Ter motto, Will election, which Road in North Merrick. Luciani and will take place on Christine MitkTuesday, May 17, ish. the Herald asked Enella has the the candidates longest term of about their goals the incumbents and the issues up for re-election, having served facing the district. on the board for the last nine years. Ryan was appointed to the For more information on the board in 2018. candidates, please visit liherald. The youngest challenger, Ter- com/merrick. motto, is a 2019 graduate of SanContinued on page 3
By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Award-winners once again Last week, the Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting specialty program, housed at Wellington C. Mepham High School, received several awards at the 2022 Broadcast Awards for Senior High. Story, more photos, page 4.
St. Francis Episcopal Church welcomes the Rev. Grace Flint By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Following an eight-monthlong stretch without a leader, St. Francis Episcopal Church welcomed the Rev. Grace Flint to its ministry on April 1. T he church’s previous leader, Brother Christopher McNabb, left last August to move to Washington state, where he works for the Diocese of Olympia doing resettlement work with immigrants.
Flint, who is originally from Kentucky, found her way to St. Francis by working with services that help place those looking for jobs with churches that have openings. She attended seminary in Berkley, Calif., and has never lived on Long Island, but told the Herald she had a number of ties to the area. “I have a lot of friends and connections,” she said. “My family is in central Pennsylvania, so I’ve never lived on Long Island
before, but it’s a bit of a homecoming in terms of renewing connections.” Before coming to St. Francis, Flint was the assistant rector at St. John the Evangelist Church in Chico, Calif. In 2018, she noted, Northern California was devastated by a series of wildfires, and the parish she worked with did significant relief work for people who were affected. Continued on page 12
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