{"id":1556,"date":"2009-03-23T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-07-23T00:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:10:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?page_id=1556","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MIDDLE ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.O. Box 658&nbsp;&nbsp; Middle Island, NY 11953-0658<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:middle_island_civic@hotmail.com\">middle_island_civic@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We, the Middle Island Civic Association, believe the strength of a democratic society lies in the citizens&#8217; ability and inclination to participate in the act of governing.&nbsp; We further believe that in unity there is strength, and that the efforts of many may achieve results that cannot be achieved by the individual.&nbsp; We, therefore, encourage the people of Middle Island to participate in the process of government.&nbsp; Through our organization we encourage our representatives to be responsive to the needs of their constituents, and to preserve, protect, and foster the environmental, economic, historical, educational, and cultural amenities of Middle Island. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>&#8211;from the&nbsp;Middle Island Civic Association&#8217;s Constitution<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/DSC00128_edited2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192\" title=\"DSC00128_edited\" src=\"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/DSC00128_edited2.JPG\" alt=\"DSC00128_edited\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BSA Troop 433 honor guard at Longwood Memorial Day <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDDLE ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 658&nbsp;&nbsp; Middle Island, NY 11953-0658 middle_island_civic@hotmail.com We, the Middle Island Civic Association, believe the strength of a democratic society lies in the citizens&#8217; ability and inclination to participate in the act of governing.&nbsp; We further believe that in unity there is strength, and that the efforts of many may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3530,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}