Friday, April 21, 2017
Vol. 77, No. 16
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‘Hands on History’ kicks off season at Old Bethpage Village
“TRY BASKETBALL” PROGRAM
BY GARY SIMEONE
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph S. Saladino (top row, left) and Town Councilman Louis B. Imbroto (top row, right) recently joined with some of the young kids who participated in the Town’s “Try Basketball for Free Program”, which was coordinated with the New York Knicks and New York Liberty, through their Junior Knicks and Junior Liberty programs. The event, which took place at the Town of Oyster Bay’s Hicksville Athletic Center, offers an opportunity to learn basketball in a fun and non-competitive environment.
Annual Spring Festival in Town
Oyster Bay Town Councilman Louis B. Imbroto invites residents and their families to come and celebrate springtime at the Town of Oyster Bay’s Annual Spring Festival. “The Town’s annual Spring Festival features fun activities for children of all ages, including bouncing castles, spring crafts, a petting zoo, photo opportunities, an assortment of spring games
and much more,” Councilman Imbroto said. “This free event is a great way to come and enjoy the spring weather with your families and friends.” This year’s spring festival will be held on Saturday, April 22, at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, 7800 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine.
Councilman Imbroto noted that this event is being sponsored by the Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Community & Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division (CAPA). For more information, call CAPA at 797-7925 or visit the Town’s website, www. oysterbaytown.com.
On April 8th the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Center was officially open for their 2017-18 season and there are a lot of great programs featured on this year’s calendar. To kick off the season, from April 12-14th, the Center hosted it’s ‘Hands on History’ program, with plenty of 19th century activities on hand including butter churning, tool box making, fan making, pinch pots and of course the flat hula hoop game. Lindsey McKeever, Site Director at the OBVR, said it was the first time that the Center held the program and that the turnout over the course of the three days was incredible. “We probably had over 500 people come down and participate in all of the activities,” said McKeever. “With all of the kids being off from school we had spring break special pricing and it looked like everyone had a really good time.” Normally the Center charges $18 for programs but as a spring break special they were offering a $12 rate for children. Michael Lebrouix, of Bethpage came to the program with his two kids, 11 year old Michael Jr and eight year old Bethany. “It’s great for them to come here on a beautiful day and see how kids played back in the 19th century,” said Lebrouix. “I told them all cell phones and video games had to be left at home because today we are going back in time.” Michael Jr said at first he thought the whole thing would be very boring but once he got into the pinch pots and tool box making, he forgot about the video game. “It was pretty good making things out of the balls of clay,” he said. “You really have to use your mind and your hands for this.” Upcoming events at the Restoration include a girl scout walk-a-thon next Sunday where girls can compete in both physical and mental challenges for prizes and a mother’s day parade and women’s suffrage rally on Sunday May 14th. McKeever said the event will be the first of its kind and will focus on the 19th century protest for a woman’s right to vote. “We will be marking 100 years of women’s suffrage with a rally and a parade and there will also be two shows and speeches for people to see,” said McKeever. To find out more information about this event and upcoming events at OBVR, you can visit their website, www.obvrnassau. com.
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