Friday, August 20, 2021
Vol. 81, No. 34
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SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVITTOWN
Hicksville FD to commemorate 9/11 attacks anniversary
MARINE LIFE LESSONS
Following their catch and release fishing trip, the Levittown students enrolled in the Marine Biology summer program spent time at Norman J. Levy Park Fishing Pier.
Photos courtesy of Levittown Public Schools
Students entering grades 5–8 took in the Levittown Public Schools explored Long Island’s marine life and
received hands-on science lessons as part of the district’s marine biology summer program this summer. Facilitated
by Director of Science Kevin McDermott, General Douglas MacArthur High School See page 8
Town, water district agree to swap services
The Hicksville Water District (HWD) and the Town of Oyster Bay recently entered into an intermunicipal agreement for the Town to provide two annual street sweeping services at
each of the District’s water supply and treatment facilities. In exchange, the District will provide annual testing for 12 Town-owned backflow devices within the District’s service area.
“The Hicksville Water District and the Town of Oyster Bay have an extensive history of working together for the betterSee page 8
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Hicksville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Lewis has announced the final plans to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of September 11th. The Hicksville Fire Department will commemorate the somber anniversary on Saturday, September 11 at the Strong Street Fire Station memorial. The memorial was erected in memory of Ex Chief Terrence Farrell and Honorary Chief George Howard, both of whom lost their lives while performing rescue efforts on September 11, 2001 Ex Chief Farrell, a member of Citizens Engine Company 3 and elite member of the New York City Fire Department, Rescue 4 and Honorary Chief Howard was an ex-captain of Emergency Company 5 and member of the Port Authority Police Department working out of JFK Airport in the Emergency Services Bureau. This year, the ceremony will take place on the actual day of when the attacks took place 20 years ago. The memorial program will be kicked off when Chief Gary Lewis and his members march to the memorial at the corner of West John Street and Strong Street. Once Chief Lewis calls his detail to attention, the ceremonies will begin. Invited guests and members of the community will pay solemn thoughts and pay tribute to Ex-Chief Farrell, Honorary Chief Howard and members of the Hicksville Community who died tragically.
The ceremonies start promptly at 9:45 a.m. with a presentation of colors under the American Flag detail by its Hook and Ladder apparatus and feature remembrances and prayers offered for the departed, by Pastor Rev. Jamie Aguilera. The ceremonies generally last about 45 minutes and again this year the department will feature a special remembrance in memory of those Hicksville residents that perished that fateful day. Additionally, there will be two pauses during the ceremony, one at 10:03 and the other at 10:28 a.m. These two pauses will signify the collapse of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center. The Iglesia Cristiana Manantial Abierto congregation will provide musical selections and prayers during the ceremony. The program will include a member of the military playing “Taps” when the wreaths are placed by the Officers of Company 3 and 5. Residents will be offered the opportunity to lay a single carnation at the base of the memorial at the conclusion of the ceremony. “As I reflect on this day it is with a heavy heart that we honor those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, said Chief Lewis. We remember, and we will never forget, the nearly 3,000 lives taken from us that day and the thousands of lives since 9/11, due to illnesses that were a result of that fateful day. Lewis See page 8
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