April 22 Lindy Edition

It’s quiet in Lindy, but there are a few noteworthy items as the Easter Bunny approaches Sunday. Remember, nobody put bunny in a corner.

Plus, learn how you can share your opinion and help Lindenhurst Patch.

Here’s today’s list:

1. The LIRR holiday schedule for Good Friday today includes 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.

2. For those of you observing today, (OLPH) is holding the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Stations of the Cross at 12 p.m. Confession will be held between 11 a.m.-12 p.m., 4 p.m.-5 p.m. and after the 8 p.m. Evening Liturgy. Viewthe full Holy Saturday and Easter mass and confession schedule on the OLPH website.

3. OLPH School’s Passion Play for the Parish will take place at 12 p.m. today. The school also started its spring break yesterday, will be closed through April 29.

4. This is the last day of spring recess in the Lindenhurst School District. The schools will due to snow days taken in January, according to the district.

5. Here are the latest headlines in School News:

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!

Please also check out Lindenhurst Patch’s Welcome Video, and then be sure to follow on Facebook and Twitter.

We have a almost 220 followers on Facebook, and a little more than 160 followers on Twitter, a few weeks after launch, and Lindenhurst Patch thanks you.

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