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VOL. 16, ISSUE 40
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 HALF HOLLOW HILLS
The Paramount Spotlight
PD Probes Hills East Bomb Threat By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
Robert Davi performs Sinatra’s songbook at The Paramount Nov. 23.
Robert Davi Tackles Sinatra’s Songbook By Ellen Sterling intern@longislandergroup.com
The adjectives – tough, gentle, tender, intense and fierce, among them – that have been used to describe Robert Davi reflect his talent and versatility. But, in the end only two adjectives are necessary – passion and pride. And he’ll bring both to The Paramount stage Nov. 23 as he performs selections from the Sinatra (Continued on page A23)
Emailed bomb threats to Half Hollow Hills High School East provoked bag checks, heightened security and an extension of the first quarter marking period, as detailed in a series of emails sent to parents last week. The threats came in anonymous Nov. 6 emails to both the school district and the Suffolk County Police Department. “im gonna blow up hills east tmrw at 9am; F— AMERICA; F— YOU; DON’T TRY TO STOP ME; YOU WILL ALL DIE,” the threat sent to the school districts reads, in part. “F— AMERICA; I AM BOMBING HALF HOLLOW HILLS EAST TOMORROW AT 9PM SHARPP,” the threat sent to police reads, in part. Police searched the building on Thursday, as did “a team of explosive detecting dogs,” according to an email from Hills East officials; all students entered the school through its main entrance and had their bags searched. The bomb threat marks the second to the district in a three-week span; the first, directed toward Hills West, was discovered written on the wall of a school bathroom during the week of Oct. 13. Though school remained in session on both Thursday and Friday, emails to parents on Thursday said that all tests and quizzes to be given Friday would be rescheduled for Monday – thereby extending
Long Islander News photo/Arielle Dollinger
Incident comes three weeks after Hills West was targeted
Suffolk Police investigated a bomb threat at Half Hollow Hills High School East, which has resulted in reinforced security protocols in the building. the marking period to Monday, Nov. 10 – and that all activities after 6 p.m. on Thursday were canceled. “I feel the email we got saying tests and quizzes were canceled made it an easy choice not to send [my son] to school on Friday,” said Dix Hills resident Nancy Kenigsberg, whose son is a senior at Hills East. “It’s almost as if they were telling us to keep our kids home.” On Thursday, Hills East Principal Jeffrey Woodberry made an announcement to tell faculty and staff to check their emails, one student said. A few minutes later, she said,
the emergency bell rang and everyone went outside to stand in the drizzle. Another student said that he did not know about the bomb threat either when he and his classmates were told to wait outside. The students were outside for about 20 minutes, he estimated. “I knew it wasn’t just a fire drill because of the police,” he said. He was not worried, he said, because the scenario was familiar: “The same thing happened at West a few weeks ago,” he said. In an email to parents, Woodber(Continued on page A23)
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