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  • August 2025: Volume 25 - Issue 11

    newHickLogoDear Readers,

    We are continuing to collect articles about BOCES and hope to publish them next month. Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you to those who have already responded. We thought that with the opening of the school year upon us, you would enjoy this reprint of an article by Ron Wencer about Hicksville building a new high school in 1925. We welcome articles and ideas from alumni, so please don't hesitate to email us!

    The Editors

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Where do you live currently? Bluffton, South Carolina

Known In Hicksville High as: Giannelli

Spouse/Partner: Angel Anselmo

Were you classmates at HHS? Yes. We started dating in Jr. High

Where did you meet? How long ago? Hicksville Junior High, 9th Grade, Mr. Getlins Science Class

Married How Long? Date Married: 48 Years, August 29, 1964

Children/Grandchildren: 3 Children (Edward, Michael, Laura) and 3 grandkids (Sara, Carter, Owen)

Occupation/Trade/Profession: Owner of Edgian Press in Hicksville

Education Beyond High School: None

Military Service: None

Hobbies/Pastimes: Golf, Fishing, collecting trains (not the big ones)

Now, the hard one. Tell us what we need to know. Give us 50 years in the space below:

Married in 1964, had three children, lived in Syosset first four years, then moved to Smithtown and lived there until 2006. Retired and moved to Bluffton, South Carolina. We live in a gated "golf" community. Daughter, Laura, has the 3 grandkids and they live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Laura is a 2nd grade teacher at a private school. Son Edward is running the family business at Edgian and he's 3rd generation. Edgian was established by my dad in 1955. Son Michael is a Senior Vice President at Ann Taylor Loft.

Finally, if you had to do it all over again, I would have stayed in touch with my friends more often.

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