May 2: Ward Melville Art Department Needs Votes

Get ready to vote – for now, for the Ward Melville art department, and later this month, for the school budget and board of education candidates. Here are the details.

1. The Ward Melville art department needs your help. Art teacher Jim Swierupski and students Omar Field Rahman, Holly Manz, Mary Kate Anselmini, Kerrilyn McDonald, Elizbeth Serdock Porto, and Robin Caselli designed a pair of custom Vans sneakers to try and snag a $50,000 grand prize for the art department, but they need every vote they can get. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on May 2. Visit the Vans Custom Culture website, and pick "Ward Melville HS" from the list of Northeast Regional semifinalists.

2. The will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library at 7:30 p.m. This month's topic: the adopted school budget and the board of education candidates, who will themselves be present at the meeting.

3. The advent of spring means through Stony Brook Harbor and the West Meadow wetlands. Tours run almost every day, including some sunset cruises.

4. Do you have an opinion to share? Whether it's the school board's adopted budget, town actions in Brookhaven, or another local topic of interest, you can send a letter to the editor by emailing christines@patch.com.

5. Coming up later on Three Village Patch: our weekly volunteer roundup, plus the story of both success and failure for the Stony Brook University baseball team over the weekend. And thieves who tried to steal wiring, filters, and – ice cream? Stay tuned.