The Town of North Hempstead recently honored the winners of the town’s annual Earth Day T-shirt contest. Cherry Lane Elementary School students Leah Ramalhete and Isabella Roman both received honorable mentions for their designs. For the past 12 years, the Town of North Hempstead has organized the T-shirt design contest in honor of Earth Day. This year, nine school districts from the town participated in this contest and more than 450 students submitted entries with the theme “Trees for the Earth.”