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  • July 2026: Volume 26 - Issue 10

    newHickLogoWe have a new category under Features called The Hicksville Connection. Thanks to returning author Karl Schweitzer for the title! This category includes articles that have historical connections to Hicksville and remain relevant today. In addition, please make use of our Search feature. Ryan Vicino has an interesting article with a Grumman tag. A tag in our newsletter does not work outside of HixNews. However, if you use our Search box, you can find other articles in HixNews about Grumman or whatever else you are looking for. When you are logged into the site, scroll to the bottom of an article and leave us a comment! 

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Where do you live currently? Flushing in Queens

Known In Hicksville High as: Joe but now known as "Tahiti Joe"

Spouse/Partner: Hye Kyong (Jiny)

Were you classmates at HHS? No!!!

Where did you meet? How long ago? We met 19 years ago in a Korean restaurant

Married How Long? Date Married: 10 Years, March 20, 2002

Children/Grandchildren: I have two children from my first marriage and a total of 5 grand children

Occupation/Trade/Profession: Retired from NYSDOT...but now do part time bartending

Education Beyond High School: Some College

Military Service: United States Army Military Policeman from 1964-1966

Hobbies/Pastimes: Travel, Sailing and sports until I'm too old to participate

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

Worked 35 years with New York State Department of Transportation on all state funded LIRR projects. The first task was the elevation of the tracks in Hicksville . I was two years in the army before I started work with NYS. After my third marriage, I finally got it right! I sailed up and down the east coast as delivery crew on an ocean racer. Took a 54 foot motor yacht to Florida on the Intra-Coastal. Did a lot of travelling; Caribbean trips; 5 vacations in Europe; Canary Islands, Hawaii , Korea and trips to Tahiti (paradise).

Finally, if you had to do it all over again, I would...not change very much. Everything, both good and bad, makes for a good learning experience.

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