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Peppercorns of Hicksville Closing

Peppercorns of Hicksville Closing

Recently, HixNews Editors learned Peppercorns, the longtime restaurant and catering, located at 25 East Marie Street in Hicksville on the site of an old firehouse is closing as of August 1, 2024. There is now a petition to declare the site a historic landmark.

Here is the link to the petition: Change.Org Petition Link to click.

     The following was part of a recent article by Karl Schweitzer about Hicksville Pubs, Past and Present.

Another mainstay bar and pub was the old Hicksville Fire House. After it was moved across the street from its current location, it became Jean & Joe’s Firehouse Inn, then just the “Firehouse Inn,” before Tommy Colwell bought it and kept the name. It was the “Uncle Albert’s” before it became known as the “Wind Whistle,” and for thirty years, it has been known as “Peppercorns.”

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Senior Trip Memories

Senior Trip Memories 

Editors' Note: Last month, we published a story by Ron Wencer about Senior Trips to Washington, D.C., via airplane in the 1950s and we included pictures from the 1956 Comet Yearbook. We asked for more submissions. What follows are those submissions. It's not too late to send more as we can continue this feature into the future if there is interest. 

Scott Schutzman, Class of 1977

      On the Riverboat I was playing cards [for money] with my crew. Mr. O'Daugherty approached us and asked "who is the best poker player of you degenerates?" He then shuffled the cards for a few minutes and dealt two hands in 5 card draw. I was dealt Kings over 10s, a full house. He drew three cards and was holding 4 aces. We didn't stop talking about that for the rest of the trip. He definitely taught us a lesson. I miss him.

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Louis Church, Governor

Hicksville's Appointed Governor of North Dakota

Karl Schweitzer, HHS Class of 1981

The Hicksville community has had its share of celebrities, actors, musicians and others over the years. The most famous of our residents of course is the world-renowned rock star Billy Joel. Then, there is Al Pitrelli, a guitarist who has played with the rock band Alice Cooper and most recently with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Denny Dias, the lead guitarist from rock band Steely Dan; The Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo; A true funnyman, Comedian, Jackie “The Joke-Man” Martling;  Professional Football player, Larry Eisenhauer from the Boston Patriots (AFL); and from the Hicksville High School Class of 1972  actor Lorraine Bracco who starred in Goodfellas, The Sopranos, and Rizzoli & Isles. 

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