April 19 Lindy Edition

Spring break continues on this damp, cloudy Tuesday. It’s mostly quiet in Lindenhurst, but there are a few items of note. Here’s today’s list:

1. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Village of Lindenhurst Board of Trustees will meet at on South Wellwood Avenue.

2. : That’s the latest headline in School News. And Lindenhurst Patch needs your help as it – along with Patch sites across Long Island – .

Lindenhurst Patch, video camera in hand, will be at the Lindenhurst Council of PTAs meeting where Meet the Candidate/Budget Presentation will take place on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at elementary school.

We’re seeking outspoken members of the community – the same ones who may have already spoken at the workshop this year, as well as fresh voices willing to speak up – to share their thoughts on video and in writing.

For instance:

• Is your child an athlete whose sport will disappear next year?
• Are you an elderly resident struggling to pay high taxes, even though you have no children in the district?
• Are you a younger resident in a similar situation?
• Are you a parent who just can’t fathom how one of their child’s favorite teachers will be laid off?
• Are you a parent who sends their kids to private school and still have to pay public school taxes?
• Or are you a past student who can’t believe the extra-curricular programs that played such a huge role in their lives will be gone?

Lindenhurst Patch wants to hear from you, so here’s your chance to give us your take on this year’s school budget process.

You can also e-mail barbara.loehr@patch.com with your thoughts and opinion pieces for consideration. We look forward to speaking with you soon!

3. The LIRR holiday schedule this week includes “nine additional trains from Penn Station, between 2:08 p.m. and 3:48 p.m., for customers leaving work early in observance of Passover, April 18 and 19, and Good Friday, April 22,” the MTA website said.

Each of those days there will be three additional trains on the Babylon branch, which stops in Lindenhurst:

• 2:24 p.m. express to Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
• 3:00 p.m. stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.
• 3:31 p.m. express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

For more information about the holiday schedule, customers can call the LIRR's Travel Information Center at 718-217-5477 (718-217-LIRR) or visit the LIRR’s website. Hearing-impaired customers can use the free 711 relay to reach the LIRR at 718-217-5477.

4. Today is also . The fast-food chain is looking to hire up to 50,000 people, and those interested in applying for a position are encouraged to visit their local McDonald’s – like the one on or in Lindenhurst – or apply online at the website.

5. Because the Gilgo Beach police investigation hits so close to home, and so many Lindy residents make the Town of Babylon beaches a second home in the summertime, Lindenhurst Patch is asking:

• How will the Gilgo case change the way you go to the ToB Beaches this summer?

E-mail barbara.loehr@patch.com with your answers. Lindenhurst Patch would like to know for an upcoming story.

Stay “tuned” to Lindenhurst Patch for the latest in the investigation. For up-to-the-minute news on the case, click , and check out these headlines:

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Keep spreading the word, and have a great day! Be well, and take care.