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City digs out homes and roads after blizzard By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
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On Monday morning, siblings Olivia and Anthony Gigliotti cleared their family’s driveway after the blizzard dropped nearly 2 feet of snow on the area.
With snow piled high around them and shovels scraping against dense drifts, Anthony and Olivia Gigliotti worked steadily on Monday morning to clear their family’s driveway — one of many similar scenes unfolding across Glen Cove as a blizzard blanketed Long Island with more than 2 feet of snow. The siblings were mid-dig when the Herald spoke with them, carving a narrow path from their front door to the street as plowed snow formed a heavy ridge at the curb. “We went to the supermarket and loaded up on a bunch of groceries,” Anthony Gigliotti, 21, said, pausing to lean on his shovel. “We bought ice melt for when it gets icy after we shovel, and we just kind of stayed inside. I was very surprised and shocked. I did not think it would be as bad as it was.” For Olivia Gigliotti, 19, the frustration was comCONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Cronin is 38th St. Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshal By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
John Cronin has been preparing for his big moment. As grand marshal of the 38th Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, he says he has already begun practicing greeting the crowd. “I’m practicing my parade wave,” he said. Cronin, a native of Huntington, will lead the parade on March 22, when it steps off at 1 p.m., continuing a tradition that has become one of the North Shore’s most anticipated spring celebrations. Parade Committee President Lisa Forgione first saw Cro-
nin’s enthusiasm in December when members of the committee invited John and his parents to meet them at St. Patrick’s Church after he was selected as a finalist for grand marshal. “I waited outside for him,” Forgione recalled. “And here he comes walking, and he’s waving with his arm up in the air. So I said, ‘Hey,’ so I waved back and he says, ‘I’m practicing my parade wave.’ Oh, from that second, I fell in love with this guy.” Cronin, who just turned 30, is co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, an online business he created with his father, Mark X. Cronin, in 2016. Born with
Down syndrome, Cronin has become a nationally recognized entrepreneur and advocate. He was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2026 in the Social Impact category becoming the first person with the condition ever to appear on the list. “John belongs in that company,” his father said. “Not because of a feel-good story. Not because of sympathy. But because of what he has built and what he continues to build.” The business began when John was nearing the end of his time at Huntington High School and Wilson Tech, in Dix
Hills. “When John was in his last year of high school … he couldn’t find any good job or a good program to join,” Mark recounted. “I want to create one — I want to make one,” John told his father at the time. “I want to sell crazy socks. It’s fun. It’s colorful. It’s rare. It always lets
me be me. I wore crazy socks my whole life.” Mark agreed. “He would create his own job,” he said. “And he came to me and said, ‘Dad, let’s go into business together.’” The online store was launched by just the two of them. “It tested well,” Mark said. “So we grew the business. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6