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Lakeview Public Library case heard Laventure and the Ambassadors asserted that the library was the focus of a moment in On April 6, the Town of c i v i l r i g h t s h i s t o r y t h a t Hempstead Landmarks Preser- deserves to be remembered. “For years I carried a photovation Commission considered graph on my phone the Lakeview Pubof Dr. Martin lic Library’s appliLuther King standcation for designaing at that exact tion as a historic site,” Laventure landmark, presentsaid, addressing ed by Martine the commission. Laventure, the “That was the catasocial worker in the lyst to this entire Malverne School project. It was the District’s Davison spark that led me to Avenue Intermedirealize that as a ate School. resident and as an Laventure, along educator, I could with the Davison not let the ground Avenue Ambassathat Doctor King dors, a children’s stood on remain civic learning and unprotected.” advocacy group, That photo and and other members SHILOH many others, along of the Lakeview DEMOSTHENES with transcribed community, made Student and testimony and firsttheir case to the Ambassador, hand accounts of Commission. Davison Avenue the march, and the The Rev. Dr. history of the Martin Luther King Jr. and members of the Woodfield Road School, comL a k e v i e w c h a p t e r o f t h e prised a 26-page narrative docuNAACP organized and led a ment the group presented to march from Rockville Centre to the commission in addition to Lakeview on May 12, 1965, that their remarks. Shiloh Demosthenes, a Daviended at the library, formerly the Woodfield Road School. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
By NOAH PERETZ
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Fourth Battalion Officers Sworn Outgoing battalion chairman and Nassau County Fire Commission Chairman Joe Mihalich, left, of the East Rockaway Fire Department, swears in, from left to right, new battalion chairman Ex-Chief James Lang, Malverne Fire Department, Ex-Chief Peter Grandazzo, Rockville Centre Fire Department.
Crossroads Farm hosts first artisan market of the season By NOAH PERETZ nperetz@liherald.com
Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s held its first artisan market of the spring season on Sunday. The market featured booths run by local brands, all of which used their crafts to alleviate personal struggles, which inspired the creation of their brands. Shamisa Élysée created Shea Élysée, a shea butter brand, motivated by her own struggles with skin conditions like eczema and dermatitis. Élysée was interested in creating natural products, so she combined her hobby with her personal challenge to create the product. “I was pre-
scribed a lot of harsh medication,” she said, “and it never worked.” Élysée, a 2025 graduate of SUNY Oswego, created the shea butter when she was a 17-year-old student in high school in Lynbrook. She and a niece were both dealing with skin problems, and her niece had aggressive allergic reactions to other medicines. “I made this shea butter with the intention to alleviate pain from skin conditions, like the eczema my niece had,” Élysée recounted. “I like to take my own terrible experience and use it to help other people with the same skin problems.” The customer that Élysée said stood out to her CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
can grow up and be anything I want to be —but I can only do that if we protect the places where our history happened.