County Executive Mangano Announces Mixed Couples Twilight Golf Tournament Oct. 2
Friday, 28 September 2012 00:00
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced that the County Executive Mixed Couples Twilight Golf Tournament will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at the Cantiague Park Golf Course. Tee time is 3 p.m.
Participants can register at the Cantiague Park golf ticket office. The registration fees are as follows: a $20 check to the Treasurer of Nassau County and a $20 check to the Friends of Nassau County. A Leisure Pass is required. For additional information regarding the County Executive Mixed Couples Twilight Golf Tournament please call (516) 571-7061.
Cantiague Park
Cantiague Park has been part of the Nassau County Park System since 1961 and is centrally located in Hicksville, just off the Northern State Parkway and east of the Wantagh State Parkway. This 127-acre park offers the following activities: a 9-hole, par-30 golf course that is 1,878 yards, with holes ranging from 150 yards to 272 yards, as well as an illuminated driving range and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Additionally, the park features five lighted tennis courts, six lighted handball/paddleball courts, three lighted basketball courts, four softball fields, four multi-sport fields (two lighted) to be used for soccer, football, lacrosse and rugby, an artificial turf field that accommodates football, soccer and lacrosse and is lighted for night play, a playground, two reserved picnic areas and one non-reserved family area, an indoor ice skating rink, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, two water slides, a diving pool, a “kiddie” pool, a training pool and an interactive water-play area. Cantiague also has shuffleboard courts, a bocci court, and tables with inlaid chess and checker boards.
News
Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00
Hicksville School District Superintendent Maureen Bright gave an overall picture of the district profile at the school board meeting last Wednesday night. The meeting was the final one before the upcoming budget vote, which will take place on Tuesday, May 21 at Hicksville High School from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The total number for the 2013-14 proposed budget is $124,595,008. This is a 3.29 percent increase or $3,963,375 from the 2012-13 school year. In 2012-13 the total budget was $120,631,633.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00
On Saturday, May 11 the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of Nassau County held their Annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony at St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Wantagh. This is the 15th year for the ceremony, originally started by the late Tom Benet and the late Vincent Esposito as a way to honor those military brethren who are still listed as prisoners of war (POW), or missing in action (MIA).
Rick Gales, Town of Hempstead Veteran Affairs liaison, quartermaster of the Elmont VFW, and Nassau County Chairman of the POW/MIA Committee continues the tradition and told Anton Newspapers that the POW/MIA ceremonies are usually held in April or May, coinciding with the fall of Vietnam and the end of a war era.
In 2010, the Department of Defense reported more than 1,700 Vietnam era soldiers as POW/MIA status.
Sports
Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00
James Russo, 11, of Hicksville, came in sixth place in the States Competition at 120lbs. Ryan Schecht, 11, of Hicksville, placed third in the States at 105lbs, and is on his way to the Nationals Championship.
Thursday, 09 May 2013 00:00
Begins Saturday, May 11
Seasonal beach stickers may be purchased beginning on Saturday, May 11, so that residents may get their beach stickers ahead of time and avoid the rush during the Memorial Day weekend, when some town beaches will open for weekends.
“So many residents enjoy the beautiful beaches that we have here in the Town of Oyster Bay and eagerly look forward to the first opportunity to enjoy those beaches during the Memorial Day weekend,” Councilman Joseph Pinto said. “Town residents, who purchase a town beach sticker in advance of the beaches opening, will avoid the possibility of waiting in line during opening weekend.”
Calendar
Pride Day, Cleanup Hicksville
Saturday, May 18
Blood Drive
Monday, May 20
Parade Announcement
Monday, May 27
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