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Vol. 32 No. 51
Fire commissioner election results
Historical society holds Holiday Gala
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DECEMBER 18 - 24, 2025
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Registration now open for universal pre-k
Celebrating the holidays in lakeview Tristan Sally, 2, took a photo with Santa at the Lakeview Civic Association’s Holiday and Tree Lighting at Harold Walker Memorial Park on Dec. 5. See more photos on pg. 3.
with the current total UPK enrollment sitting at 53. Administrators said that The Malverne school district bringing a portion of the UPK will be welcoming prekinder- program into a district buildgarten students into ing will ideally district classrooms make the program for the first time for more accessible to the 2026-27 school families and further year. increase enrollAs registration ment. opened for the Uni“We know that versal Pre-K prowhen the available gram on Dec. 1, the Pre-K is far away school district from the school disannounced that two trict where people Pre-K classes will live, there may be a be established at situation where parMaurice W. Downents cannot provide ing Primary School. transportation, or While these classes it’s not easily acceswill be held inside a sible to them,” school district Maria Rianna, building, they will superintendent of be operated by NotMalverne schools, tingham Academy said. “We want to be of Malverne. able to give as many N o t t i n g h a m MARIA RIANNA students as possible Academy, at 12 Notthis oppor tunity, Superintendent, tingham Road., and and since we have Malverne School Tutor Time Learnspace in our eleing of East Rocka- District mentary school and way, at 131 Main St., Nottingham wants have provided Pre-K education to increase in classrooms, we’ll inside their buildings for Mal- have the Nottingham program verne district students for two at Malverne.” and four years, respectively. Rianna shared that the disStudent enrollment at both trict’s overall enrollment has facilities has steadily increased, Continued on page 15
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Local artist connects with community at Crossroads Farm By REI WolFSoHN Correspondent
closes for the winter. For Taylor, the farm is the ideal place for the exhibit. “I’ve been aware of Crossroads as a community place, kind of representative of nature and sustainability,” she said. “I knew I wanted this particular show to be shown in a place that had those same values of sustainability, community and seeing nature as neighbors.” One of the night’s themes was that wild animals and plants are our friends and neighbors, in the sense of seeing them for what they are, appreciating them and letting them be wild.
Rockville Centre-based artist Meghan Taylor teamed up with Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s to exhibit her paintings, which feature wildlife and native plants, at a community event last Friday. The Wildlife Center of Long Island took part in Taylor’s presentation at the farm as well, with two animal ambassadors on hand. Her exhibit, “Wildlings of New York,” will be on display in 2025-26 SCHOOL the farm store until Dec. 23, when HIGH Crossroads
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ur main objective is to be able to give as many students as possible a preschool experience and help them make a smooth transition into kindergarten.