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Months later, community still fighting hate sel for adolescent and juvenile justice, and Michael Jasmin, Peer Diversion Court coordinaBellmore and Merrick resi- tor, told the gathering about the dents gathered once more last organization’s education, interweek, in response to the discov- vention and prevention tactics. This was presented as an ery of swastikas spray-painted on the playground of Chatter- option for the 14-year-olds ton Elementary School in late arrested in the Merrick inciJuly. dent. Two 14-year-olds, T hose who are one from Bellmore charged with crimes and one from Freebut are 17 or youngport, were arrested er, refer red to as in connection with respondents, are elithe incident in gible for Peer DiviAugust. sion Court. Its cases At a Sept. 26 meetare referred by the ing at the Merrick county’s family and SCoTT BERSiN Golf Course, led by district courts, as Assistant the South Merrick well as the probation C o m m u n i t y C iv i c superintendent, department. Association, commu- Bellmore-Merrick Once the case is nity members met Central High School deemed appropriate w i t h r a b b i s, l aw District to be heard by Peer enforcement officials Diversion Court the and school superinparent or guardian tendents to discuss what has of a respondent can volunteer been done since the incident — their child to be adjudicated and what might come next. before one of its judges and a Among the attendees were jury of young people. The court representatives of the Nassau system is meant as an alternaCounty Peer Diversion Court, a tive to juvenile court proceeddiversion program run by the ings. Department of Probation that The respondent also has the is made available to juveniles opportunity to present what he involved in such incidents. or she has learned from their Arianne Reyer, special coun-
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Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Cougars win big at homecoming John F. Kennedy High School’s football team was victorious during their Sept. 30 game against Division Avenue High School. The Kennedy Kickline squad pepped up the crowd during halftime. Story, photos, Page 20.
Dioxane found in Liberty water supply
Company is taking proper steps to remove chemical By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Liberty Water customers in the Merrick Service District received a notice from the company last month stating that the chemical 1,4-dioxane had been detected in the drinking water at a concentration that exceeded New York state’s maximum contaminant level of 1 part per billion. “The MCLs are set well below levels known to cause health effects in animal studies,” the notice read. “Therefore, consuming water with 1,4-dioxane at the level detected does not post a significant health risk. Your water continues to be acceptable for all uses.”
Dioxane is a chemical that studies have found caused liver cancer in animals exposed to high levels throughout their lifetimes. Other types of cancer have been reported, although less consistently than liver cancer, Liberty said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers dioxane a likely human carcinogen, based on the animal studies. “At the level of 1,4-dioxane detected in your water, exposure from drinking water and food preparation is well below 1,4-dioxane exposures associated with health effects,” Liberty said. It’s not just water that the chemical can be found in, environmentalists have previously told Continued on page 5
here is no interest in not taking a hard stance.
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