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  • May 2026: Volume 26 - Issue 8

    newHickLogoUnder each article, you have the opportunity to write a comment. Please use this feature that our Webmaster, Bruce Scherzinger, worked so hard to bring back. We are so pleased to welcome Ryan Vicino, from the Class of 2020, as a contributing author to Hixnews! We hope you enjoy his article! We continue to need writers and a successor Webmaster with CMS experience to ensure that HixNews is here for generations to come. Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we will send you a link to our monthly meeting. Or, send us your article or share your expertise!

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  • The Acid King- A Lasting Impact

    Ryan Vicino Class of 2020by Ryan Vicino, Class of 2020

    Richard Allan Kasso Jr., known as “Ricky” to close friends and family, was a Long Island local born in Huntington on March 29, 1967. Described as a troubled teenager, Richard would often be found in the town of Northport throughout his youth as a drugged-up young man who survived living in the streets with a local marijuana dealer group known as the “Knights of the Black Circle”, despite his father's role as a local football coach at Cold Spring Harbor High School. Richard had left his home for a rougher life at around the age of 15, despite both parents attempting to admit him into psychiatric care and drug rehabilitation.

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  • Etcetera for May 2026

    Etcetera for May 2026

    In Memoriam

    April Lang Maser, Class of 1983

    Steven Johnson, Class of 1979

    Thank you to Ann Arroyo for sending us these updates. 
    Class of 1964
    Michael Germaine, Yvonne Kerner, Richard Medina
    Class of 1965
    Grayce Elton, Raymond Gallagher

    Joint Reunion

    Ann Arroyo sent us photos from the joint reunion. They are on the website under Photos>Reunions>60-Year. Click here. 

     

  • New York - The American Revolution Part 5

    Wendy ElkisWendy Elkis Class of 1977As we approach the 250th anniversary of the British Colonies declaring independence, this next to last article starts as a recap of important events and then leads us to Philadelphia, where the delegates of each colonial assembly met to discuss their dissatisfaction and eventual break with Great Britain. 

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