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Student art on display of the schools,” Martone-Brown said. “The music kids have concerts, the theater kids have Thanks to the efforts of the plays, and the fine arts kids just local nonprofit North Shore Arts have their pictures up on the Angels, developing artists in the walls in the schools.” North Shore School District have This was never more evident a chance to show off their cre- than during the coronavirus ations during the third annual pandemic, and the Arts Angels Art Walk April 6-28. team knew that they needed to Arts Angels was founded in do something about it. In 2021, 2004 by a group of the group gathered parents to serve as over Zoom to disthe arts equivalent cuss potential of the district’s ways to get the athletic Booster word out about the Club. Arts Angels amazing visual art h e l p s p u rch a s e pieces being proequipment for the duced by North v a r i o u s p l ay s , Shore students. bands and fine art Ta r a O we n s, classes which take one of the group’s place throughout co-presidents, the school year, as explained that the well as paying for Art Walk features special events or HEATHER LENNON local businesses l e a r n i n g wo rk - senior, North Shore hanging artwork shops for the arts made by students High School department. in their stores. It The group also served the dual works to raise awareness and purpose of giving the young provide exposure for the fine scholar-artists the chance to arts in the school district as well. show off their work and, by disGina Martone-Brown, a member tributing maps which showed of the Arts Angels, said in recent which stores had student art, years there has been the lack of encouraging residents to freattention paid to the fine arts quent local businesses. department by the community. “We thought that this was a “It’s kind of hard to get a spot- way to give back to the commulight on the visual arts outside CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
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A great day to be Irish, even if you weren’t The Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day parade last Sunday, which drew enthusiastic crowds that numbered in the hundreds, included pipe playing by the Gordan Highlanders. More photos, Pages 8-9.
Environmentalists decry Hochul’s proposed state housing compact By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed New York Housing Compact has drawn outcry from across Long Island, and some of the loudest voices can be heard in environmental organizations. Groups across the North Shore, including Friends of the Bay, the Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor and others, are working to raise awareness of the proposal’s potential environmental threats. The housing compact, which was included in the governor’s proposed budget, is intended to address the shortage of affordable housing
across the state. It calls for the construction of 800,000 new housing units over the next decade, and would be a boon for developers. Local environmental groups argue that the volume of development the compact aims to introduce is too much, too soon, and would have a dire impact on wildlife and the environment. Lisa Ott, executive director of the nonprofit l a n d t r u s t N o r t h S h o re L a n d A l l i a n c e, explained that while the organization supports addressing the housing crisis, its members do not believe that the compact would do that without drastically affecting the ecosystem. “As it is (the compact is) unworkable,” Ott CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
t’s really lovely that different parts of the community can connect through art.