Friday, June 10, 2022
Vol. 82, No. 23
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SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVITTOWN
Hicksville students plant trees to fight climate change Hicksville Middle School teachers Kevin Boyle, Meghan Dowling-Lewis, Kevin Kerley and Lauren Kranz created the Climate Change Initiative to increase student awareness of climate change and its impact on the local, national and global community. The eighth grade social studies teachers introduced students to causes of global warming and discussed carbon footprints with the students. In class, they learned about food waste and plastic pollution and wrote letters to members of the Board of Education as well as their local representatives to express their support for climate-friendly initiatives. Students became engaged and wanted to act in their own community. Social studies teacher Lauren Kranz successfully applied for the New York State Seedling Pro-
Hicksville Middle School students known as the “Green Team” planting white spruces in front of the middle school to help combat climate change. Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools
Town to honor veterans who served on Sherman tanks during WWII
As the Museum of American Armor inside Old Bethpage Village Restoration prepares to observe the 80th anniversary of the iconic Sherman tank that spearheaded America’s liberation of Europe, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino is asking all Sherman tank veterans to come forward and be recognized. The Sherman
tank anniversary program will be held at the Armor Museum on Saturday, June 11, at 12 p.m. as part of a weekend-long program featuring the museum’s operational armor collection and historic reenactments. “This is an historic milestone and the Town of Oyster Bay wants to make sure those brave GIs who crewed the legendary Sherman
tanks are appropriately recognized,” stated Supervisor Saladino. “Families of late Sherman tankers are also invited to the anniversary ceremony, and are invited to participate with photos of their World War II loved ones in uniform so those men can be honored in memorial.” The Museum of American See page 13
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gram, and Hicksville Public Schools received 15 white spruce seedlings, and a districtwide tree-planting initiative was born. Recently, 30 Hicksville Middle School students volunteered to be part of the “Green Team” who planted two white spruce seedlings in front of the middle school. One student exclaimed that the seedling would one day be taller than the flagpole! Dr. Rose Borda, supervisor of social studies and family and consumer science, explained, “The students are young enough to watch the trees grow before they graduate and see for themselves that they can make a positive and lasting impact at their school.” At Hicksville’s Old Country Road School, high school students involved in the See page 13
Teens arrested for deli burglary Three male juveniles were arrested in Hicksville on Friday, June 3, after they allegedly broke into a deli and attempted to steal merchandise. According to police, officers responded to Deli NY, located at 18 Newbridge Road
at 3:55 p.m. for a reported burglary. Police say three teenagers, aged 15 and 16, threw rocks through the front glass window of the deli and then removed merchandise from the store. After an investigation, See page 13
Hicksville remembers on Memorial Day PAGE 6 Council honors Middle School students PAGE 10