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🌱 Patch AM: How Hicksville schools handled a bomb threat and sudden power outage

Also check out Heritage Fall Festival 2026 on the Hicksville Patch calendar

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Greetings Hicksville! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Hicksville schools handled a bomb threat and sudden power outage
  • Hicksville sex offender arrest prompts call for potential victims to speak up
  • Downed poles in Hicksville snarl Ronkonkoma Branch service tonight

Also on today's calendar: Heritage Fall Festival 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and windy, with a high of 69 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Saturday: Windy and cooler with rain, temps: high: 63, low: 58.
  • Sunday: Windy; cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 64 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Hicksville school district uses safety protocols during library bomb threat (longislandpress.com) — Hicksville parents are being reassured that school safety protocols worked smoothly during a recent bomb threat at the Hicksville Public Library, which prompted lockouts at three district buildings. Superintendent Theodore Fulton also detailed how a power outage at the middle and high schools led to a carefully managed early dismissal and temporary shelter-in-place to keep students safe in darkened hallways and nearby emergency activity.
   

2. Hicksville Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Child Pornography Allegedly Found on Phone (longisland.com) — Hicksville residents should know that a 38-year-old registered sex offender from West Nicholai Street has been arrested after investigators say they found unreported social media accounts and numerous child pornography files on his phone. He faces multiple felony charges, and Nassau detectives are asking anyone who believes they may have been victimized to contact Crime Stoppers or the Special Victims Squad anonymously.
   

3. LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch service partially suspended due to downed utility poles (abc7ny.com) — Hicksville commuters on the Ronkonkoma Branch are facing major delays after downed utility poles in town forced the LIRR to suspend service east of Hicksville and west of Farmingdale, including Bethpage. Limited shuttles are running between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma, and riders are urged to allow extra time or switch to other branches like Babylon or Port Jefferson.
   

4. Dominican Sisters of Sparkill (stlouisreview.com) — Hicksville gets a nod in this celebration of Dominican Sisters' milestone anniversaries, highlighting years when local students were taught at Holy Family School and Holy Trinity High School. The piece traces several sisters' decades of service in New York and St. Louis, offering a snapshot of the educators and religious leaders who helped shape Catholic school life, including right in Hicksville.
   

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