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Uniondale F.D. marks 100 years By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
Alice Moreno/Herald
The Uniondale High School Marching Knights led the parade through the rain in celebration of the Fire Department’s 100th anniversary last Saturday.
The Uniondale Fire Department has been serving the community for 100 years. Its big anniversary celebration last Saturday drew an outpouring of support, despite the rainy weather. “Oppor tunities like this come once in a lifetime,” Kevin Hicks, an 18-year member of the department and its first assistant chief for the past two years, said. He expressed his pride for its teamwork and its continued commitment to safety. “(I love) the camaraderie of having everyone come together and perform for the community,” Hicks said, “and do what ConTinUeD on page 4
‘East Garden City’? No thanks! By KELSIE RADZISKI
kradziski@liherald.com
The residents of northern Uniondale have been fighting long and hard to get rid of the geographic designation “East Garden City,” and they recently notched a win. T he Long Island Power Authority announced that it would rename its East Garden City substation the Stewart Avenue–Uniondale Hub Substation. The official process will take a few months to complete, according to LIPA, but the new name will eventually be dis-
identity of Unionplayed on a new sign dale and helps at the facility. rectify the issues “This decision associated with reflects LIPA’s comthe previous mitment to listen to n a m e. We a r e our communities,” proud to be part T r a c e y E dw a r d s, of this positive LIPA’s board chair, change.” s t at e d i n a n ew s The substation release, “including JEAnnInE is one of 27 LIPA t h o s e s e r v i n g o n MAynARD facilities across LIPA’s Community Co-coordinator, Long Island that Advisory Board and Greater Uniondale generate power, working with them Area Action Coalition with the electrical to address their infrastructure needs. Renaming the substation to ‘Stewart Avenue– “playing an important role in Uniondale Hub’ honors the meeting New York State’s clean
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energ y goals,” the release added. The Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition requested the substation name change as part of its long-running effort to eliminate the term East Garden City. “One of our main campaigns has been unifying Uniondale,”
Jeannine Maynard, a co-coordinator of GUAAC, said, “and the name of that substation has been a difficulty, and LIPA has agreed to change that name because it’s the right thing to do.” A small portion of northern Uniondale, between Hempstead ConTinUeD on page 2