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Town helps homeless children celebrate birthdays
“Don’t know much about history” BY GEORGE HABER
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Town Clerk Richard LaMarca recently delivered hundreds of new toys to Birthday Wishes of Long Island to support birthday parties for homeless children on Long Island. Birthday Wishes of Long Island is an amazing organization that serves thousands of homeless children and their families by bringing them the joy of celebrating a birthday and having a party. For additional information on Birthday Wishes of Long Island or to make a donation, please visit https://birthdaywishes.org/. To volunteer at Birthday Wishes of Long Island, please call (516) 390-3505.
The New York State Department of Education is evaluating whether to maintain the state-wide Regents exam in American History for high school students, and many Long Island educators are asserting their support of keeping the Regents exam. Jericho Schools Superintendent Hank Grishman says that regardless of what a “Blue Ribbon” committee recommends, “American History coursework will continue to be required for graduation in Jericho.” Grishman said his colleagues in other districts echo his perspective. “We strongly disapprove of any devaluing of the History regents exam or the teaching of American history and civics,” he said. They believe it’s important
for students to have a grasp of the heritage and values that helped form the United States. “I don’t know what’s behind the movement to eliminate the History regents exam,” Grishman said. The Blue Ribbon committee, consisting of some fifty educators and others involved in public school education, is expected to issue its recommendation in the fall. Grishman said Jericho students in the 7th and 8th grades are taught American History, and in the 9th and 10th grades World History and in the 11th grade American History. “Our students are given a solid background in both global and American history,” he said. “We will continue to maintain these courses.”
Jericho yogurt Terrapin Awareness Day business burglarized
The Town of Oyster Bay, along with the Friends of the Bay, will be co-hosting their annual Terrapin Awareness Day and Beach Cleanup on Sunday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Center Island Beach.
“The Town of Oyster Bay joined forces with Friends of the Bay to launch ‘Team Terrapin,’ to help protect the Diamondback Terrapin turtle, as this small species lives in fresh or brackish waters in our Town,” said Council-
woman Laura Maier. “The turtles, which have distinctive diamond-shaped rings covering their shells, have a near-threatened conservation status and we are working with our environmental partSee page 11
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Nassau County Police have reported that 16 Handles Yogurt, located at 22 Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, was burglarized at 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 15 According to detectives, an employee who arrived at the business the following morning found that the rear door of the business
was damaged and unlocked. She also round that the business had been rummaged through and the cash register drawers were missing. According to police, surveillance video showed that a susSee page 11
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