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We're getting reports of people having trouble finding the glass recycling igloos in the town. Have you experienced this? Share your experience in the comment section down below. We might use your comments for an upcoming article this week. Along with your comment, just leave your name and the village you reside in.

Call For Artists: Anton Media Group is holding a Smartphone Photo Contest! Readers may submit photos taken with their smartphone to be considered for the cover of our June Outdoor Living special section.

Beth Devlin has been teaching students with special needs for 26 years at Dutch Lane Elementary. She is entered in the 2019 Norwegian Cruise Line Giving Joy Contest for a grand prize of $15,000 for her school and only 243 away from being in the finals. Click the link below to learn more about this local teacher who gives her heart and soul to her students and cast your vote before the contest ends on April 12. https://nclgivingjoy.com/voteme/30373/632447707?lc=eng

Hicksville High School grad Kyle Singh extends an invitation to meet the universe at an upcoming science event.

Hicksville resident Tommy Cavallo is raising money for a soccer complex.

How is the government shutdown affecting you and/or your loved ones? Have you missed a paycheck? Is an organization you belong to doing anything to help furloughed federal workers? Share your experience for an upcoming story by emailing [email protected].

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilman Lou Imbroto, Councilwoman Vicki Walsh, Town Clerk Richard LaMarca and Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato celebrated National Oyster Day in Oyster Bay Harbor by transferring more than 20,000 oyster seedlings from the town’s shellfish hatchery into the Floating UPwelling SYstem (FLUPSY) located at Theodore Roosevelt Park Marina. [ 282 more words ] https://hicksvillenews.com//20000-baby-oysters-enter-oyst/

All public schools in New York State were ordered to reopen this fall by Governor Andrew Cuomo during the much-anticipated school reopening press conference held on Aug. 7. We have the best infection situation in the country, Cuomo explained. All school districts can reopen in September. [ 159 more words ] https://hicksvillenews.com//hicksville-public-school-reop/

New Go-Go’s documentary goes behind the music It’s been said that while the Velvet Underground may not have sold many albums, seemingly every fan who heard them went out and started their own band. The same might be said of The Go-Go’s, with one major difference: this quintet became the first and only all-female group to play their own instruments, write their own songs and top the charts via their 1981 double platinum debut [ 691 more words ] https://hicksvillenews.com/2020/08/17/unsealing-their-lips/

Oyster Bay Town Councilman Steve Labriola and Councilwoman Laura Maier recently announced a partnership with the New York Blood Center to collect donations on Thursday, Sept. 3, to help hospitals meet the ongoing and pressing need for blood during the coronavirus pandemic. The blood drive will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Hicksville Athletic Center, located at 167 S. [ 357 more words ] https://hicksvillenews.com/2020/08/16/blood-drive/

As a member of the U.S. Air Force during the 1970s, I was a driver stationed in Germany and I moved the mail. After returning home I worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years. [ 159 more words ] https://hicksvillenews.com/2020/08/15/going-postal/

Shark attacks are rarer than commercial airplane crashes, but draw the same outsized media attention. Until eclipsed by Tropical Storm Isaias and its aftermath, sharks were a main part of the news diet here on Long Island. And, thanks to an unusual death, nationally. [ 1,027 more word ] https://hicksvillenews.com//for-a-week-jawing-about-sharks/