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Vol. 68, No. 27
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National Grid halts hookups Cites state nixing pipeline application BY TOM M CC A RT HY The president of Lynbrook’s Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to the governor asking the state to approve a rejected natural gas pipeline project. According to National Grid, the rejection is stopping it from processing applications for gas service on Long Island and in New York City. The East Williston Board of Trustees announced at a June meeting that gas service requests PHOTOS COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS would no longer be processed in the village until the Northeast Supply Enhancement project was Herricks High School graduates threw their caps in celebration at the 60th commencement on June 27. approved. The halt is affecting all of Long Island. The project to provide additional capacity to customers in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island is a pipeline proposed by Transco that would deliver natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, then underwater through B Y T O M M C C A R T H Y After a rendition of “The ment ceremony honoring the came to the podium to make reRaritan Bay and Lower New York marks. Star-Spangled Banner” by stu- class of 2019,” Keegan said. Bay to about three miles off“I don’t know if it was sciStudents from the graduatAt the district’s 60th com- dents Shifa Ali and Shazmin shore the Rockaway Peninsula in mencement ceremony, Herricks Lakhani, principal Joan Keegan ing class all came forward to ence or art or instinct or just Queens, where it would connect High School said goodbye last opened the commencement. the podium microphone, saying luck, but somehow we brought with existing infrastructure. Thursday to its class of 2019 Keegan has finished her first year greetings in various languages these kids to this great day,” Continued on Page 85 as the high school’s principal af- to represent the diverse back- Zanetti said. graduates. After Hassan and Zanetti ter years of serving as prin- grounds of the graduates. Keeping up with commence- spoke, Superintendent Fino cipal for the middle school. “As the proud principal ment tradition, Board of Educa- Celano addressed the graduates, of Herricks High School it is tion members Brian Hassan and encouraging the class to “dream my honor to officially wel- Henry R. Zanetti, who both had big.” Continued on Page 75 come you to our commence- children in the graduating class,
Herricks graduates urged to succeed School superintendent tells graduates ‘you are Herricks’ at June 27 ceremony
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