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A letter from the

PUBLISHER The past two years have been tough for Freeport, but its always-resourceful people came through once again, just

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as we did after Hurricane Sandy's wake in 2012.

A special supplement to the

Neighbors helping neighbors. That’s what Freeport is all about. And what it continues to be. We looked out for each other all through the Covid-19 crisis. Grocery stores and other necessary retailers stepped up during Stuart Richner

this challenging time, their employees working long shifts under difficult conditions. And we can never thank enough our health care workers for their selfless dedication. Now

we understand just how resilient we, as a community, are.

The pandemic tested all of us beyond our limits. Freeport, however, remains strong. It is a community full of fighters, and as the pandemic shifts to endemic stage and restrictions fully lifted, Freeport is reinvigorated and reenergized.

Throughout the crisis, the Freeport Herald has remained steadfast in informing everyone of new cases, hospitalizations, and also all of the great things individuals, stores, police, firefighters, schools and community leaders were doing to keep the village moving. Herald reporters were at meetings, and talking to you and your neighbors, to paint a portrait of a village that may have struggled at times, but one that also is winning.

Richner Communications, which owns the Herald, was proud to do its part, too. Richner offered thousands of businesses marketing grants so that the merchants — the lifeblood of the community — could carry on.

Now we are turning the corner, with vaccines and medical advances in our arsenal. Thankfully, eight out of every 10 people in Nassau County are fully vaccinated.

In this edition of our annual Living In Freeport, we look at all that is wonderful about Freeport. A special publication of your hometown newspaper, it’s published in cooperation with the Freeport Chamber of Commerce. We are

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HERALD Editor Reine Bethany Reporter Brendan Carpenter Publisher Stuart Richner Vice President of Sales Rhonda Glickman Executive Editor Michael Hinman Deputy Editor Jeffrey Bessen Features/ Special Sections Editor Karen Bloom Multi Media Marketing Consultants Michelle Auclair Glenn Gold Creative Director Designer Jeffrey Negrin

honored to mark another year as the chamber's official publication.

We hope you find this issue useful and informative, and that you enjoy reading the Freeport Herald 52 weeks a year.

Be well and be safe.

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FEATURED 13 The Fishing Lure It's no suprise that Freeport is popular with anglers.

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8 The Secret of Freeport Cemetery The track and the playing field of John W. Dodd Middle School have a deeper history than might be supposed.

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22 Get to know the LI Arts Council at Freeport The organization keeps the arts alive and growing Photo: ourtesy Long Island Council for the Arts at Freeport

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Chamber Member List ...................................................... 34-38 Chamber Message .........................................................................9

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Did you Know ..............................................................................18 Elected Officials...........................................................................32 Firemen 'n Walldorf ...................................................................17 Historical Society ................................................................ 10-11 Jones Beach Bus Schedule/ Important Numbers ................................................................. 21 Mayor’s Message ............................................................................6 Midshipmen.......................................................................... 24-25 Music in Freeport ........................................................................26 Places of Worship .......................................................................16 Publisher's Letter ...........................................................................3 Reach the Herald ........................................................................38 Rotary........................................................................................ 28-29 Splash ............................................................................................. 33 Teacher Levitt ....................................................................... 30-31 Transport .........................................................................................20 LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

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A message from the Mayor

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businesses and residents to purchase power with a 43 percent savings compared to the surrounding communities. Additionally, Freeport’s Water Department affords a 37 percent savings to our residents and businesses.

Freeport also prides itself as the “Boating and Fishing Capital of the East,” beginning with the world-famous Nautical Mile that welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors to Freeport’s shores each year. Along the strip, you will find dozens of friendly merchants, mom-and-pop shops, renowned waterfront dining, family fun, and a beautiful view of the sunset over the placid Randall Bay. Festivals and celebrations happen there throughout the year, and experienced boat captains take fishing enthusiasts, whale lovers, and seal-watchers to our marine waters in all four seasons.

The newest jewel in our village crown is 36-acre Cow Meadow Park, which we acquired from Nassau County in January. In addition to the enhanced safety our police and fire departments will provide, we are renewing the current ball and tennis fields, bettering the park's walkable nature preserve, creating a beach with lifeguards, and adding other recreational facilities too numerous to mention here.

Our schools and social life have largely returned to normal as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of residents are vaccinated, and our businesses have reopened.

Economic development, stable taxes and the continued increase in property values makes Freeport a great place to live, work and invest in New York State. I am honored to serve as the mayor of this wonderful village and take pride in the tremendous progress we have made. On behalf of the board of trustees, thank you for visiting us.

You are always welcome in the wonderful village of Freeport.

elcome to the Incorporated Village of Freeport on Long Island’s beautiful South Shore. Freeport Village, recognized as the “Boating and Fishing Capital of the East," is also known for its diversity, beautiful waterfront, Nautical Mile, Robert T. Kennedy magnificent Victorian homes, affordable electric and water rates, and so much more.

Many national and international companies have brought their businesses to Freeport. We also boast a thriving small business community, with friendly merchants, an industrial park, mom-and-pop stores, restaurants and vibrant, walkable areas.

Since 2013, residents and businesses have enjoyed nine straight years of no village tax increases, while Freeport remains one of Long Island’s most desirable places to live, own a home, operate a business and raise a family.

Law enforcement and village safety remain a top priority for Freeport. Ours was the first police department in New York State to institute the use of body cameras by every officer. In the last eight months, 10 new police officers have been sworn in, and a state grant brought 11 new state-ofthe-art police vehicles into the department’s fleet.

Together with the implementation of Operation Safe Streets, the remarkable result has been a 56 percent decrease in crime since 2020.

Freeport is also doing its part to create a safe and sustainable future for Long Island by fortifying our shores with storm-preparedness measures, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The pumping station and backflow valves installed under the streets of Freeport’s waterfront community a year ago have eliminated inconvenient storm flooding for more than a thousand homes.

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The secret of

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spiritual secret lies beneath the grounds of John W. Dodd Middle School.

Freeport Cemetery (sometimes referred to as the Presbyterian Cemetery) was located on what is now the school’s running track and green playing field. This burial ground was established sometime between 1856 and 1859 by Willet Smith.

Freeport’s Presbyterian Church stood next to the cemetery on Church Street, in the building now occupied by the Salvation Army Freeport Corps Community Center.

By the second decade of the 20th century, burials slowed to about one per year. In 1918, vandals pushed over one hundred tombstones. The last recorded burial at the Freeport Cemetery occurred in June 1920 (Alonzo Raynor). In February 1921, New York State Assemblyman Thomas A. McWhinney, who was chairman of Affairs of Villages, introduced a bill that gave the Freeport School District permission to purchase the Freeport Cemetery. The cost included exhumation of remains, re-interment, new grave plots, and mapping and recording the locations of the new graves, as well as removing tombstones, monuments, and markers from the original graves and placing them at their new graves.

The disinterment and reinterment were accomplished during June of 1922. Of the 944 bodies disinterred from the Freeport Cemetery, 856 LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

were reinterred in “district plots” within Greenfield Cemetery, while 88 went to private plots at Greenfield Cemetery and Rockville Cemetery.

Today, the seventh- and eighth-grade children who dash around the track, or kick a ball into a goal on the field, carry on the tradition of the builders and champions who once lay there.

Information courtesy of the Freeport Memorial Library. from findagrave.com

Photo: Map of Freeport Cemetery.

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Top photo: The track and playing field of John W. Dodd Middle School have a deeper history than might be supposed.

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from within and outside our ranks. our speakers share vital knowledge about current business and community trends, from learning the best way to insure self, family and work, to hearing from the newly formed freeport Police Community Affairs Division.

The Chamber supported the Community Affairs Division’s first major event last summer, “Bridging the gap,” at Bishop frank o. White Park.

Chamber members supplied lunch and personally barbecued burgers and corn on the cob for the many citizens who came. We look forward to continued coordination between the Chamber and the freeport Police Department. every major village occasion gets Chamber presence. We help electrify the holiday trees, menorah, and Kwanzaa kinarah in early December.

We’re there for the June and october village festivals. We attend new business openings — five in the last 12 months — and help with the logistics of village commemorations such as our yearly 9/11 ceremony.

We value every member of the freeport Chamber of Commerce. We thank our mayor, robert Kennedy, for championing our work. We know that 2022 will continue to be a powerful year for us all.

n 2021-2022, our freeport Chamber of Commerce has seen not only a rebound of our long-standing local businesses, but the openings of new ones, two 50th anniversaries, and a comeback story that defies all expectations.

The Imperial Diner on merrick road and sam’s shoe service on Atlantic Avenue, each cut the red ribbon to observe their golden anniversaries this spring. meanwhile, at the juncture of Atlantic Avenue and south main street, the family enterprise 99¢ and Up empire was devastated by a car crash in early march 2021. eight months later, on Jan. 5, 2022, the red ribbon was cut to celebrate its new lease on life, and it is still going strong. our business community benefited tremendously from the reopening authorized in mid-June 2021 by the New York state government. our businesses began inviting customers back into their buildings, at first with the precaution of masks and social distancing, but now shedding those precautions as state mandates have allowed. of great importance to the Chamber has been its outreach toward businesses in northern freeport, above sunrise Highway, unifying our village’s northern and southern sectors. We reflect freeport’s rich diversity by encouraging membership from Asian, Hispanic and Black-owned enterprises throughout the village’s business zones.

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Above photo: Officer Donnetta Cumberbatch and Detective Shawn Randall of the Freeport Police Community Affairs Division received citations of appreciation from the Freeport Chamber of Commerce. From left, Chamber of Commerce President Ben Jackson, Chamber First Vice President Greg Ingino, Cumberbatch, Randall, and Chamber Second Vice President Ken Dookram.

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ooking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Why not make a trip to the museum? The Freeport Historical Museum, that is.

Run by the Freeport Historical Society, the 350 S. Main St., attraction has resumed Sunday afternoon walk-in hours in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, welcoming visitors between 2 and 5 p.m. through the end of October.

The structure itself is a historic house once occupied by a bayman, one of the hardy crew that helped Freeport become an East Coast fishing and boating destination.

From a full 19th-century kitchen, to historic clothing across two centuries, to the earliest electric appliances, to memorabilia from Freeport race champ and historian Marty Himes, the museum has enough to keep visitors — young and old — enthralled and coming back for more.

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In the backyard stands the original 9/11 monument produced spontaneously by the Freeport community at Ray Street and South Bayview Avenue, before it was replaced by the Firefighter Richard T. Muldowney Jr. Memorial Lighthouse.

The society hosts periodic open houses, artifact sales, and community events.

The museum helps the society promote and encourage historical research, according to its website. It also provides opportunities for members to gather and disseminate information concerning the early history of Freeport, and to create and preserve exhibits like books, photographs, manuscripts, papers and relics.

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Above Photo: The flagpole of the Freeport Historical Museum at 350 S. Main St., got a makeover courtesy of Freeport Signs & Rigging proprietor Hale Storm. It was all just in time for the museum’s return to walk-in Sunday afternoon visits from the surrounding community.

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Photo 1: In the museum’s map room, books secure the curling edges of the venerable maps until the paper relaxes and the maps can be mounted.

Photo 2: The Hoosier Cabinet of the museum’s old-time kitchen is loaded with antique cooking-related implements – and some instruments of medical kitchen chemistry.

Photo 3: The Freeport High School Memorabilia area displays team jackets, band uniforms, vintage photos, and some longago playthings.

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Photo 4: Freeport Historical Society president Lorraine Avitabile says the Golden Age bicycle in the Costume Room is a favorite with museum visitors.

Photo 5: Donated to the Freeport Historical society from the Himes Museum of Motor Racing Memorabilia in Bayshore, these posters are about 70 years old.

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By Reine Bethany

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hey come to the Nautical Mile from a few streets away.

From a few miles away. From Lindenhurst, Islip, Staten Island and beyond. All just to go out on a Freeport fishing boat.

Passengers cluster each morning before 8 a.m. or each afternoon before 1 p.m. to board the Starstream VIII of the Capt. Lou fleet. They charter a Codfather boat or one from Capt.

Pete Charters, or any of the boats that depart from the slips on the Woodcleft Canal. They wear hoodies and jeans, sneakers or boots. They carry small coolers — and, often, two fishing rods — chatting about the bait, lures or hooks they will use to haul in whatever water-based bounty they seek.

“Right now, it’s fluke,” says Jimmy, a former New York Police Department officer, on an early afternoon in May. He was preparing for the second half of his workday on the Starstream VIII. “There are sea robins in the bay — it’s a semi-edible fish. And then as the season progresses, we’ll go out in the ocean. We’ll LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

catch black sea bass, striped bass, bluefish, tuna, porgy, tilefish. Occasionally you see the sharks, whales, dolphins.”

Diane Laukaitis, chief of the Nassau County Auxiliary Police Continued on page 14 Photo: Tim Baker/Herald

Above photo: The Starstream VIII of the Captain Lou Fleet launches into the waters of the Woodcleft Canal for another great fishing afternoon. The passengers can count on a hearty supper that they know is perfectly fresh because they'll catch it themselves!

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for East Rockaway, exited the Starstream VIII after the morning’s half-day session.

“We couldn’t wait for the season to start,” she says. “Out on the water, no phones, no this, no that, shut everything off. A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.”

“This is my Zen,” says Marla Harman, who goes out on the Starstream VII two or three times a week. “I’ve been fishing since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.

It’s like our …” She looks at her friend, Dot Napoli. Then they both finish the sentence “ … our extended family.”

“This boat goes out seven days a week, two trips a day,” says Capt. William Garris, as he ushers the afternoon’s passengers onto the 100-foot boat. Now 61, he has been out on fishing boats since he was 9-years-old.

Capt. Mike Barnett, owner of The Codfather, charters trips for up to six people per occasion.

Most of his business is chartering fishing trips, but Barnett also performs burials at sea with ashes, takes small groups touring the scenic South Shore, and does some LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

Photos: Courtesy of Mike Barnett .

Above photo: Six passengers on a triumphant Codfather charter trip held their fluke aloft. Each fish weighs 2-5 pounds.

Bottom photo: Landscaper Tony DiCaprio took a day off from earth, flowers and grass to snag a blackfish and a codfish.

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commercial fishing.

“None of the boat (businesses) around here really went out of business because of Covid,” he said, although some have disappeared in the last decade because of changes in federal and state environmental laws.

Covid did not even intrude on the pleasure tours that the boats accommodate — the Sweet Sixteens, bar mitzvahs, school trips, camping jaunts, tours to watch the Memorial Day air show at Jones Beach, the glittering holiday boat parade that lights up Woodcleft Canal every December.

Lou Anzalone, membership executive for the Freedom Boat Club on Long Island, sums it up this way: “This is a nautical community. It’s soaked in saltwater.”

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Photos: Courtesy of Mike Barnett

Left photo: Susan Barnett hefted a 7-pound fluke.

Right photo: A magnificent codfish succumbed to the lure of Bob Sullivan, retired executive vice president of Cablevision.

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PLACES OF WORSHIP All places of worship are in Freeport unless noted

Churches Bethel A.M.E. Church Reverend Stephen Michael Lewis 420 North Main St. (516) 379-1513 bamecfreeportny.org/ Bethlehem Assembly of God Pastor Steve Milazzo 61 N. Grove St. (516) 561-6150 bethlehemag.org Centro Cristiano Renacer Pastors Carlos and Marylu Sorto 475 North Brookside Ave. (516) 546-8201 nyrenacer.org Christ Lutheran Church Iglesia Luterano de Cristo Interim Pastor Emilce Erato 61 N. Grove St. (516) 378-125 Christcristofreeport.org Church of God Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Harold E. Banarsee 580 Babylon Tplke.

(516) 378-9223 Church of the Transfiguration Rector Rev. Dr. Raymond G. Wilson 81 S. Long Beach Ave. (516) 379-1230 Community Church of the Nazarene Rev. Oral Walcott 301 Atlantic Ave. (516) 378-0834 Cornerstone Church Rev. Philip Prestamo 195 Pine St. (516) 379-8084 cornerstonefreeport.org Ebenezer Seventh-Day Adventist Church Dr. Oswald S. Euell 97 Broadway (516) 379-1054 ebenezersda.org El Elyon Christian Center Pastor Ricardo Reyes 195 Pine St. (516) 685-2447 First Presbyterian Church Rev. Moira Ahearne 178 South Ocean Ave. (516) 379-1114

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Our Holy Redeemer Catholic Church has stood at Ocean Avenue and Pine Street for 111 years. As a congregation, the church celebrated its first Mass in a different building on Christmas Day in 1895.

On Easter Day in 1911, the first portion of the present building welcomed the congregation.

Freeport United Methodist Church Rev. Ebenezer Aduku 46 Pine St. (516) 378-0659 Free Will Baptist Church of Freeport Deacon Walter L. Robinson 443 North Main St. (516)378-9708 Greater Second Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Eric C. Mallette 129 East Merrick Rd. (516) 623-4780 Hare Krishna Temple President Nimai Pandit Das 197 S. Ocean Ave. (516) 223-4909

Freeport Bible Center Pastor Carlos Luis Vargas 50 N. Main St. (516) 546-2020

Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church Fr. Christopher Nowak 37 S. Ocean Ave. (516) 378-0665

Freeport Full Gospel Assembly Pastor William Johashen 67 North Main St. (516) 377-5550

Perfecting Faith Church Senior Pastor Donald McClurkin, Jr. 311 North Main St. (516) 223-8300

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South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation Rev. Dr. Linda Anderson 228 S. Ocean Ave. (516) 623-1204 snuuc.org Word of Life Ministries Lead Pastors Greg and MartineSaintJean 80 West Merrick Rd. (516) 546-3344 Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ Bishop Frank Anthone White 312 Grand Ave. (516) 623-9466

Synagogues B'Nai Israel Rabbi Marilyn Sokol President Marilyn Gales 91 N. Bayview Ave. (516) 623-4200

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A TALE OF TWO

FIRE DEPARTMENTS

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alldorf, Germany, may seem far from Freeport, but it is close to the hearts of every Freeport firefighter.

Each spring, a delegation of Walldorf’s Freiwillige Feuerwehr (volunteer fire department) travels to Freeport to attend the Freeport Fire Department installation ceremony.

Each autumn, Mayor Robert Kennedy and a delegation of about 60 Freeport Fire Department volunteers travel to Walldorf to celebrate occasions like Walldorf’s 1,250th anniversary.

But the core of the interchange, says former fire chief Don Rowan, is learning about each other’s firefighting lives. “In Germany, they operate a lot differently than we operate in the U.S.,” Rowan says, “so firefighters get wrapped up looking at each other’s equipment.”

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fires in cement buildings, the main construction material for all new buildings after World War II. Fire doesn’t travel through concrete walls the way it travels through the wood interiors of walls in the United States, so Walldorf firefighters mainly use extinguishers.

But they also defuse bombs, which they still find occasionally, left over from World War II. Whether Walldorf comes to Freeport or vice versa, the firefighters are in constant action, riding along on each other’s trucks to fight fires or handle other emergencies.

They stay in touch throughout the year, coordinating on fundraising efforts to assist families in need. The bond between the two fire departments has existed for more than half a century.

Courtesy Ray Maguire

Above photo: Fire Department Executive Director Ray Maguire, holding a microphone, presented a plaque on behalf of Mayor Robert Kennedy to the city of Walldorf, Germany.

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Freeport was called Raynortown, Raynor South, or South Hempstead until August 22, 1853, when its residents passed a resolution to change its name to Freeport.

In 1902, Bethel A.M.E. Church was founded at the residence of Parnell White.

In 1906, telephones were installed in all Freeport firehouses.

Who was the first person ever fingerprinted by the Freeport Police Department? Edward Kinlach in 1918.

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in 1960 a new Freeport railroad station was dedicated by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

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In November 1973, Dorothy Storm was appointed Freeport’s first woman village trustee.

On December 13, 1923, WGBB, the first Nassau County commercial radio station, was established by Harry Carman.

In 1981, the Freeport Police Department hired its first female police officer.

In 1931, the Municipal Stadium opened for stock car races and athletic games. BJ’s now occupies the spot.

In 1935, the Freeport Leader newspaper was founded by George W. Goeller.

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By Reine Bethany

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t one time, the n88 carried 8,700 people from the Freeport Long Island Rail Road station to and from Jones Beach State Park concerts. Then came the coronavirus, and the n88 simply disappeared.

But as vaccinations continued to spread across Long Island, so did NICE’s confidence to bring the popular route back, re-introducing partial service in summer 2021, before resuming a nearly full pre-pandemic schedule in early 2022.

It didn’t hurt that concerts resumed at the Jones Beach Theater at about the same time.

Ron Delsener, chair of Live Nation Entertainment’s New York market, explained in late 2021 that prior to introducing the n88, summer crowds coming from Manhattan and Brooklyn to Jones Beach on the LIRR would get off the train, and then have to find their own way for the last leg of the trip.

“There’d be Ubers out there, and taxis, taking advantage of the people who get off the train, charging $50 to come here,” Delsener said. “But LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

now it’s only $2.75 each way.”

Daily n88 service from the Freeport LIRR station runs between 8:28 a.m. and 8:28 p.m., going to all three Jones Beach bathhouses. From Freeport, the n88 is an express ride to and from the beach.

NICE accepts its GoMobile payment app, MTA MetroCard or coins for fare payment. Passengers can feel good about riding buses in one of the cleanest-burning and least environmentally impactful systems, the transit organization said, with one of the smallest carbon footprints among bus services.

But even with the pandemic waning, passengers are still required to wear face masks.

Yet, it has to be worth it. The sun. The sand. The surf. The wind. All of it has become that much more accessible, thanks to Freeport’s well-developed transport routes.

Reine Bethany/Herald Photo: Promoter Ron Delsener, center, former county executive Laura Curran,

and NICE chief executive Jack Khzouz announce the resumption of the n88 dedicated bus service on weekends, from Freeport to Jones Beach State Park.

The n88 now runs seven days a week.

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Arts council

keeps Freeport buzzing with activity

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By Reine Bethany

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he Long Island Arts Council at Freeport and Sparkle on Stage not only keep the arts alive, but vigorously growing. From jazz luncheons to poetry, to drama, to visual art, every year sees a lot happening.

The arts council’s most recent activities include an offering of sculpture, painting, printmaking and pop art at the Freeport Recreation Center on East Merrick Road. Its gallery included a display from 94-year-old artist Blanche Goodman, a South Merrick woman who embroiders luxuriant images of Southwestern scenery, nature and water craft in the long-stitch technique.

During National Poetry Month, high school students from across Nassau County participated in the arts council’s annual poetry contest.

At the other end of the age spectrum, the display of work from artists 60 and older has enchanted patrons visiting the lobby of the Freeport Memorial Library.

The arts council’s Summer Sunset Concert Series continues attracting audiences every Thursday evening to the Esplanade on the Nautical Mile.

The evening sun gilds the groups that perform there — not least of those, Freeport’s own youth theater troupe, LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

Sparkle on Stage.

Robyn Workman, an arts council trustee, directs Sparkle, where children ranging in age from elementary school through high school learn improv, makeup, singing and acting. The group performs on the Nautical Mile, in parks for occasions like the annual National Night Out on the green in Cow Meadow Park, and most recently, a full junior musical, Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s “Once on This Island” at Bellmore Movies.

The arts council and Sparkle have not flagged in Courtesy Long Island Arts Council at Freeport

Photo: The singing duo Sunrise Highway is one of the popular acts that returns year after year for the Summer Sunset Concert Series.

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their efforts to find a permanent home for the theatre group. This year — supported by organizations like the Nautical Mile Merchants Association, and the yearly Arty Part fundraiser the arts council mounts each May — a permanent home was found at last at 195 Woodcleft Avenue, on the Nautical Mile. Sparkle performed there at the 32nd Annual Nautical Mile Festival on June 4.

LIACF appears at many village occasions, such as the Nautical Mile festivals in June and October, and the December holiday tree lighting, with kids' activities and information about upcoming events.

In November, the arts council’s annual juried photography show — one of the most respected throughout Long Island and the New York City metropolitan area — is expected to attract powerful photographers to once again contribute unforgettable images to the Freeport library lobby.

There is always a fresh take on the arts with Long Island Arts Council at Freeport.

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Top photo: Sparkle on Stage, Freeport’s youth theater group, found a permanent home on Woodcleft Avenue in May of this year.

Courtesy Long Island Arts Council at Freeport

Bottom photo: Kids enjoy LIACF-sponsored crafts activities.

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ARRIVAL OF NAVAL ACADEMY midshipmen is a yearly standout Young naval candidates get a royal welcome

By Reine Bethany

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nder a brilliant midday sun each summer, three sailboats carrying 24 officers-in-training from the U.S. Naval Academy complete a 280-mile journey to Freeport that starts from the academy’s home in Annapolis, Maryland.

The village has been one of the two docking ports for the sailtraining block of the academy’s summer program since 1999.

The young candidates, ranging in age from 18 to 22, arrive at the Esplanade on the Nautical Mile on the second Thursday of August before continuing their journey north the following Sunday.

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Corps Col. Jim Mead is the trip’s officer in tactical command.

“This trip is 100 percent about leadership in a maritime environment,” said Carlton Brown, a retired naval doctor, who also is Mead’s executive officer. “It allows midshipmen to experience real-world danger and stresses in a small-team environment.”

Freeport mayor Robert Kennedy, a retired Navy veteran himself, joins local officials to welcome the midshipmen, who then sit down to lunch under a canopy set up on the Esplanade. The food Photo: Reine Bethany/Herald

Photo: U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen carefully backed their 44-foot-long sail training craft toward the dock behind the Esplanade on the Nautical Mile, with two more sailboats visible farther down Hudson Canal.

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is provided by members of the 43-year-old U.S. Naval Academy Parents Club of Long Island.

The Naval Academy is an officer route. Students choose from various majors, but all undergo the yearly journey. Applicants must have a strong high school resume, and also obtain a nomination to enter from an official source, such as a congressman, a U.S. Senator, or the Vice President of the United States.

“Every year, when you see those boats coming down that canal with their flags flying, it’s such a patriotic sight,” said Victoria Dinielli, manager of the Freeport Recreation Center. “It’s really wonderful.”

Photos: Reine Bethany/Herald

Top photo: The midshipmen enjoyed a barbecue at the Freeport Recreation Center last August.

Bottom photo: Mayor Robert Kennedy, a U.S. Navy veteran, stood on the dock ready to secure the sailboat.

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A little bit of bachata, and a lot of

merengue

By Reine Bethany

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ouis Cordero made many around him proud after learning he earned an apprenticeship grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.

The arts council uses its apprenticeship program to safeguard and revitalize community folk arts and cultural heritage.

The Freeport-based musician actually formed his first band in Santo Domingo, about 90 miles south from the small Dominican Republic city of Tenares where Cordero grew up. He moved to New York in 1978, and has recorded his own unique music since 1987.

Cordero has written more than 300 songs — many of them humorous, romantic and topical. He has performed in churches, nightclubs and other venues, and has become a popular musician in the local scene.

With this grant, Cordero will mentor his son Edy, daughter Rosa Reyes, and her husband, Felix, in the Dominican traditions of bachata and merengue.

“Since I was very young, I have always loved music,” the older Cordero said. “I would always LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

hear my father singing, and those songs stuck in my head. I would learn them and sing them from the time I was very young.”

When Cordero got a little older, he saved up and bought a guitar, figuring out how to play on his own.

All the apprentices are learning how to compose a song based on their observations of life in the Dominican Republic today. They will explore original bachata and merengue compositions

by Luis, all culminating in a final performance somewhere in the greater Freeport community.

In the end, Luis hopes his rather familiar apprentices will pick up the musical stylings from back home in a way similar to his own — by dedicated listening and by creating his own works, based on what he heard.

“I would go to where the great musicians were playing,” he said. “I didn’t go to dance. I only went to watch how they played, and to learn what they did.

To ask them questions. And little by little, I learned.”

Courtesy Long Island Traditions

Photo: Luis Cordero, right, and apprentices Felix Reyes, Rosa Reyes and Edy Cordero, benefit from a New York State Council for the Arts apprenticeship grant.

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CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS All addresses are in Freeport, N.Y. 11520, unless otherwise noted.

William Clinton Story American Legion Post #342 925 S. Ocean Ave. David Cockerel, Commander (516) 410-9994 Daughters of the American Revolution Kathryn Travers, Regent kathrie@yahoo.com Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Helena Lyttle, President (516) 244-7759 president@dstnac.org Freeport Arts Council 130 E. Merrick Road (516) 223-2522 www.liacfreeport.org/ Freeport Camera Club Freeport Memorial Library 144 W. Merrick Road John Brokos, President www.angelfire.com/ny5/fmcc/ Freeport Community Band Bill Rothchild, President (516) 476-9007 Freeport Community Concert Association 31 Delaware Ave. (516) 867-1195 www.freeportconcertassociation.com Freeport Lions Club P.O. Box 493 Cindy Lamb, President sha2162@optonline.net Freeport-Merrick Rotary 294W Merrick Rd. Marc Rigueur, President (516)-378-3355

Courtesy Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce

Phil Andrews is president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, which is based in Freeport. The organization was founded in 2010 and is a member of the U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce.

Freeport PAL P.O. Box 22 (516) 697-1705 freeportpal@gmail.com Freeport PBA John P. Lundergan Hall P.O. Box 130 (516) 623-5527 Freeport Salvation Army 66 Church St. Majors Jairo and Raquel Ramirez (516) 378-4557 Freeport Teachers Association 30 S. Ocean Ave., No. 305 (516) 442-0373 Stuart Napear, President webmaster@freeportteachers.org

Photo: Courtesy Freeport Memorial Library Logo: Courtesy Freeport Camera Club

Friends of Freeport 174 N. Long Beach Ave. Lois Howes, President (516) 457-2028 Info@FriendsofFreeportNY.org H.E.L.P. Services Incorporated 46 Pine St. (516) 546-2822 Lee Stone, Executive Director treatment@helpservices.org LIAACC Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce 140 S. Long Beach Ave., Lower Level Phil Andrews, President (347) 475-7158 info@LIAACC.org NAACP (Freeport and Roosevelt Chapters) P.O. Box 292 Roosevelt, N.Y. 11575 (516) 223-0111 or 984-2553 Douglas Mayers, President Northwest Freeport Civic Association P.O. Box 7378 freeportnwca@gmail.com Retired Teachers Freeport Teachers Association Joyce Fischer, Retiree Representative (516) 781-5318 jrfisch@optonline.net South Freeport Civic Association 37 Smith St. (516) 373-0458 sfreeportcivicassociation@yahoo.com South Shore Guidance Center 91 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 868-3030

The Freeport Camera Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Freeport Memorial Library.

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Freeport-Merrick

RotaRy Club is rock-steady

By Reine Bethany

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t might not be the largest group in the community, but one thing is certain: The FreeportMerrick Rotary Club is growing.

In fact, it’s nearly doubled its size since July 2021 to just under 30 members.

One of the biggest features of the club attracting so much attention?

Its activities, of course. Like the Soles for Souls campaign that runs each spring not just locally, but internationally. It’s a chance to donate new or gently used shoes, with a neighborhood drop-off easily accessible at 294 W. Merrick Rd. Meanwhile, with Covid-19 an ongoing concern, the club has donated more than $15,000 worth of sanitizers and wipes to the Freeport mayor’s office as well as the Police Athletic League, the Woodward Children’s Center, Freeport Public Schools, churches, and other nonprofits.

“Covid is still around,”President Marc Rigueur said, “and these things are still needed items.”

Among the Rotay's other significant activities are the informational income tax and property tax workshops offered in the spring, with plans to do even more. Also, two deserving Freeport graduating high school seniors receive Rotary scholarships yearly.

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Gift of Life International, which provides cardiac care to children in developing nations. It also supports the Gyaboland, Liberia, school project.

Club members have also pushed ahead with long-term projects for Haiti. The small, mountainous nation, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, still suffers aftershocks following the devastating earthquake of August 2021. One new club member’s wife, a medical professional, donated cases of medical supplies on top of the sustaining items of clothing and school equipment already delivered.

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That person is an example of a shining strength of Rotary: the pool of talent represented by its members, with a variety of skills and connections to bolster the giving.

“People want to help, but many times, we don’t know how to do that,” Rigueur said.

The Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club provides opportunities where the urge to give finds real fulfillment.

Courtesy Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club

Top photo: The Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club organizes and participates in local and international charitable projects.

Bottom photo: From left, Ken Dookram, Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club treasurer, President Marc Rigueur, incoming Vice President Comfort Itoka, and Freeport Police Athletic League Officer Bobby Ford helped distribute a donation of sanitary face masks and hand sanitizers to PAL members.

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Levitt brings the past alive to shed light on the present

By Reine Bethany

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here are many great teachers in Freeport.

Among the most outstanding is Joshua

Levitt.

He teaches two advanced placement classes at Freeport High School — government and U.S. history.

And it’s not like his efforts have gone unnoticed. He was named a “Distinguished Teacher of 2022” by the Harvard Club of Long Island.

Levitt, who lives with his wife and two children in Baldwin, received his award through a virtual ceremony in the spring, joining seven other teachers from across Long Island.

Levitt's lectures incorporate books, documents, maps, images and videos in fast-moving PowerPoint presentations. His students — informed by Levitt’s research training sessions and hands-on field LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

trips — use their books and electronic devices on the spot to engage in lively, productive student discussions of current events.

“I think the class is very engaging,” says his student Gabrielle Demosthenes. “Even the most boring topic can be fun because Mr. Levitt makes it Joshua Levitt fun.”

Under Levitt’s guidance, Freeport’s student government has been featured in Newsday four times for its charitable efforts, including one article recogning its Breaking Borders program with Syosset High School.

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his group even more local media attention.

Levitt has taken his students multiple times to Albany, where they have watched the proceedings of the state legislature and heard the State of the State address. He even took a group there to view the Electoral College certification in early 2021, and won a grant to take 120 students to see “Hamilton” on Broadway at no cost.

“I’ve been very lucky,” Levitt says, modestly. “People have been kind.”

Shyanne Gardner, Freeport’s valedictorian in 2020, told the Harvard Club that Levitt was continually “helping to coordinate student projects that taught us the importance of being engaged members of our community, to feel empowered in our ability to change the world.”

Kishore Kuncham, superintendent of Freeport Public Schools, says Levitt “puts in every effort” to keep his students “engaged in the community around them, and to facilitate their growth as competent, global citizens.”

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Photo: Joshua Levitt led his class in a lively discussion of the historical meaning of Russia’s early 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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ELECTED OFFICIALS FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL

Robert Kennedy Mayor (516) 377-2252

Ronald Ellerbe Deputy Mayor (516) 377-2252

Jorge Martinez Trustee (516) 377-2252

TOWN

Town of Hempstead Supervisor

Don Clavin (R)

One Washington St., Hempstead N.Y. 11550 (516) 812-3260 dclavin@tohmail.org

Evette Sanchez Trustee (516) 377-2252

COUNTY

Town of Hempstead Councilman - 5th District

Nassau County Executive

Nassau County Legislator - 5th District

One Washington St. Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 (516) 812-3285

1550 Franklin Ave. Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-3131

1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571- 6205

Chris Carini (R)

Town of Hempstead Senior Councilwoman 1st District

Dorothy Goosby (D)

One Washington St. Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 (516) 489-5000 ext. 4304

Bruce Blakeman (R)

Nassau County District Attorney

Anne T. Donnelly (R) 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-3800

Debra Mulé (D)

Kathy Hochul (D)

State Capitol Building Albany, N.Y. 12224 (518) 474-8390

State Senator - 8th District

John Brooks (D)

5550 Merrick Road, Massapequa, N.Y. 11758 (516) 882-0630

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State Assemblywoman 18th District

Taylor Darling (D)

District Office 33 Front St., Suite 104 Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 (516) 489-6610 Albany Office - LOB 739 Albany, N.Y. 12248 (518) 455-5861

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Trustee (516) 377-2252

FEDERAL

United States Senator

Charles E. Schumer (D) 757 3rd Ave., Suite 1702 New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 486-4430 United States Senate 313 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6542

Nassau County Comptroller

Elaine Phillips (R)

240 Old Country Road Mineola, N.Y. 11501 (516) 571-2386 NCComptroller@ NassauCountyNY.gov

STATE

Governor

Christopher Squeri

State Comptroller

Thomas P. DiNapoli (D) 110 State St., Albany, N.Y. 12236 (518) 474-4044

United States Senator

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 780 3rd Ave., Suite 2601 New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 688-6262 United States Senate 478 Russell Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4451

United States Representative 4th District

Kathleen Rice (D)

200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 200 Garden City, N.Y. 11530 (516) 739-3008 1508 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5516

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Renewing westeRn Bays’ sea life For Freeport, the Bay Park Conveyance Project is up close and personal

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o lifelong Freeporter and Operation Splash president Rob Weltner, 23 years isn’t too long if it means the campaign for the renewal of the Western Bays is on track for victory.

“We started in 1999,” Weltner said in a recent interview. “It didn’t happen overnight.”

The Western Bays, which supply much of the marine life for Freeport’s fishing industry, have been dying for decades because treated wastewater from an outfall pipe in the Reynolds Channel has raised nitrogen levels in the water.

The campaign to reverse the dying process started in 1999. The victory achieved is a massive infrastructure redo known as the Bay Park Conveyance Project.

When the project is completed in 2023, treated wastewater from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility, in East Rockaway’s Bay Park, will be conveyed along a 15-mile pipeline to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant. The state Department of LIVING IN FREEPORT - 2022-2023

Environmental Conservation is partnering on the project with the Nassau County Department of Public Works.

Elected officials are enthused about the project.

“It has been described as the most transformative environmental project on Long Island in decades,” said Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé from Freeport.

Legislator Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, calls it the “single most important environmental project” in the county since the construction of sewers in the 1960s and ’70s.

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Above photo: An osprey approached its nest on a hassock in the Western Bays last July. Both shore wildlife and area fishing industries depend on the restoration of bay water health.

Drop-in photo: Rob Weltner, executive director of Operation SPLASH, shows the location of the Bay Park outfall pipe in Reynolds Channel.

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FREEPORT Chamber of Commerce All businesses are in Freeport, NY 11520 unless noted

Chamber Officers Ben Jackson .......................................................... President Ken Dookram ........................ 1st Vice President Gregory lngino ............... 2nd Vice President Jacques Butler ................... 3rd Vice President Thomas Dipolito ............................................ Treasurer John Hrvatin ................... Executive Secretary

Chamber Members Ace Welding Supply Peter Ficarrotto 8 Stevens St. (516) 623-4519 aceweldingsupply@hotmail.com Al Grovers High & Dry Dante Grover 500 S. Main St. (516) 546-8880 groversmarine@optonline.net Anthony Ambrogio 66 Harrison Ave. Hicksville, NY 11520 (516) 595-3336 allprosoundandmusic@gmail.com Allstate Mike Saadati 355 W. Sunrise Hwy. (516) 539-9000 mikesaadati@allstate.com Allyn Oil Co. Raymond Petroro 330 W. Merrick Rd (516) 379-2727 popparay31@aol.com Approved Marine Wes Carman III 11 Hudson Ave. (516) 377-0800 wacarman@approvedmarine.com Atlantic Deli Philip Song 17 Atlantic Ave. (516) 378-0203 psdfreeport@gmail.com Atlantic Hardware Cait Hill 165 Atlantic Ave. (516) 623-0683 cait.hill@atlantichardware.net Atlantic Nursery & Garden Center Sig Felle 250 Atlantic Ave. (516) 378-7357 sigfelle@atlanticnursery.com Atlantic Yacht Club Chris Squeri 389 S. Main St. (516) 523-3444 csqueri@aol.com Attorney Michael Solomon 30 S. Ocean Ave. (516) 378-4700 msolomonatty@aol.com Bayview Mike Danon 395 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 623-2022

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Courtesy Freeport Chamber of Commerce

At the May 12 Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon at Rachel’s Bar and Grill, a certificate of appreciation was presented to Kathie Lombardi of Central Nassau Guidance Counseling, who provided Narcan training for Chamber members. From left, Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, Coldwell Banker American Homes agent Joe Ponte, Chamber secretary Monica Bennett, Chamber second vice president Greg Ingino, Narcan trainer Kathie Lombardi, Chamber president Ben Jackson, and Chamber first vice president Ken Dookram.

Ben's Contracting Jennifer Jerome 19 Suffolk St. (516) 255-1757 ben@bgccorp.com Ben's General Contracting Corp.

Ben Jackson 19 Suffolk St. (516) 623-2945 ben@bgccorp.com Bethpage Federal Credit Union 210 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 787-0706 jbarranco@bethpagefcu.com BGF Bobby Q's Inc. Bobby Ford 447 N. Main St. (516) 544-4407 bobbyqeastofharlem@gmail.com BMW/ Mini Greg Vitello 100 Cleveland Ave. (516) 223-6160 gvitello@bmwoffreeport.com Boss Babies Learning Academy Tanyria Taylor 11 Atlantic Ave. (516) 992-5440 ttaylor@bossbabiesLA.com Bracco's Jon Bracco 319 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 378-6589 jonnyb1935@hotmail.com Breathe N Flow Yoga Leah Hartofelis 235 Fox Hurst Rd Oceanside, NY 11520 (516) 632-9626 info@bnfyoga.com Broadway Auto & Towing Luis Crespo 25 Broadway (516) 868-3044 broadwaytowing@aol.com

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Brown, Harris, Stevens Real Estate David Sargoy 585 Steward Ave Suite #790 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 203-8134 dsargoy@bhsusa.com Bruzzone Shipping Inc. Fred Bruzzone 224 Buffalo Ave. (516) 239-7120 fred@bruzzone.com Burger King Debbie Sena 21 E. Merrick Rd. (516) 746-6800 debbiesena@bkcfc.com Canale & Tellecamp Tom Canale Jonathan Tellekamp 140 S. Ocean Ave (516) 868-1200 tcanalecpacnt.com jtells@optonline.net Capt. Lou Fleet Mike Danon 275 Links Dr. W. Oceanside, NY 11572 (516) 860-7735 loufleet@aol.com Captain Ben's Fish Market Jon Bracco 319 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 378-6589 jonnyb1935@hotmail.com Caribbean Island Restaurant & Bar Bibi Bethune 229 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 415-7616 gtkgn@yahoo.com CJW Fire Safety & Security Training Craig Williams 18 East Sunrise Hwy. Suite 210 (516) 544-6307 secfir@cjwtraining.com Continued on next page

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FREEPORT Chamber of Commerce All businesses are in Freeport, NY 11520 unless noted Continued from previous page

Classic Beverage Nick Mandelos 492 Atlantic Ave. (516) 522-4914 nick@classic-beverage.com Coldwell Banker Millie Billitzer 284 West Park Ave. (917) 703-3902 millie@cbamhomes.com Columbia Chemical Corp.

Lou Ciangiulli 281 S. Ocean Ave. (516) 594-0915 tdt300@aol.com Columbia Equipment Rachel Lazarus 72 Albany Ave. (516) 442-3340 rachel@columbiaequipment.com Crab Shack John Pan 150 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 868-6198 johnpan9759@gmail.com Dina Kerasiotis NPP PSyD 65 Lester Ave. (516) 672-5814 kerasiotis@hotmail.com DiSalvo Design Studio & Associates Annmarie DiSalvo 247 Schenck Ave. Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 873-6011 annmarie@disalvointeriors.com DnD Enterprise Inc. Bruce Abbate 226 Westside Ave. (516) 532-0012 babbate@optonline.net Douglas Elliman Real Estate Michael Wright 35 West 3rd. St., NY 11520 (631) 258-2820 michael.wright@elliman.com DRG Construction LLC Dennis R. Gunn 245 South Main St. (516) 415-7774 accounting@drgconstructionus.com Duryeas Flower Shop Lorraine Martin (516) 378-5579 dfloershop@optonline.net Empire Solutions of Ny Inc. Maham Khan 393 South Main St. (516) 378-1300 mahamkhan02@live.com Endo Electric Les Endo Jr. 49 Endo Dr. (516) 223-2708 endo@aol.com Eye World Paul Heller 185 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 867-1213 eyeworld185@yahoo.com

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Fairway Independent Mortgage Co. Rene Gonzalez 49 W. Merrick Road Suite 200 (516) 544-0668 rene.gonzalez@fairwaymc.com Fast Signs Dennis Scalley 2939 Long Beach Rd Oceanside, NY 11520 (516) 453-0400 2324@fastsigns.com Food Rocket Luz Hernandez 565 Old Mill Road, Baldwin, NY 11510 (516) 226-7474 foodrocket@gmail.com Freeport Fire Department Raymond Maguire 15 Boadway (516) 623-9632 rmaguire@fereeportny.org Freeport Herald Michelle Auclair Glenn Gold 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 ext. 310 or 247 mauclair@liherald.com ggold@liherald.com Freeport Historical Society Cynthia Krieg 350 S. Main St. (516) 623-9632 cjkreig@optonline.net Freeport Housing Authority John Hrvatin 240 S. Main St. (516) 623-2508 jhvatin@freeporthousingny.org Freeport Little League Kenia DeLa Rosa P.O. Box 6061 (516) 509-6957 freeportlittleleagueny@gmail.com Freeport Marine Supply Justin Ross 47 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 379-2610 justinross@freeportmarine.com Freeport Memorial Library Lee Ann Moltzen 144 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 379-3274 lmoltzen@freeportlibrary.info Freeport Ninja Academy Kathryn Gaurych 272 Buffalo Ave. (516) 851-7483 rlnafreeport@gmail.com Freeport PBA Steve Rampanelli 46 N. Ocean Ave. (516) 623-5527 s.rampanelli@freeportpolice.org Freeport Salvation Army 66 Church St. (516) 378-4557 giovanny.guerro@ use.salvationarmy.org Freeport Salvation Army Major Jairo & Raquel Ramirez 66 Church St. (516) 378-4557 jairo.ramierz@use.salvationarmy.org

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Freeport Self Storage Paul Kampa 73 E. Merrick Rd. (516) 378-1200 freeportstorage@gmail.com Freeport Water Taxi Rick Cohen 3400 First St., Oceanside, NY 11572 (516) 521-7744 captaincohen@ freeportwatertaxi.com Freeport-Merrick Rotary Florence Marc Charles 294 W. Merrick Rd 718-974-6688 fmcfifteen@gmail.com Full Capacity Fire Consultants Corp.

Jimmy Capuano 76 Bennington Ave. (516) 499-fire fullcapacityfire@gmail.com Gala Foods Jenny Jorge 111 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 223-8486 (516) 924-1387 jjorge0227@gmail.com Giannotti Construction Greg Giannotti 247 Schenck Ave., Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 779-6950 gregory.giannotti@gmail.com Giv N Go Gas Station Danny Ocak 300 W. Merrick Rd (516) 677-2096 dannyocak@gmail.com Halfway Down Hugh Carroll 153 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 608-0700 usebox@optonline.net Health Mart Scott Buda 179 Atlantic Ave. (516) 377-4050 scottbbuda@gmail.com Healthfirst Carmen Smith 242 Fulton Ave., Hempstead, NY 11550 866-463-6743 casmith@healthfirst.org Helberg Electrical Supply LLC Deidre Helberg 12 B Filmore Pl. (516) 868-8028 dhelberg@hesep.com Heritage Jaguar of Freeport, Inc. Jack Weidinger 146 W. Sunrise Hwy., Freeport NY 11520 (516) 771-9700 jackweidinger@ jaguarlandroverfreeport.com Howard Colton Attorney at Law Howard Colton 53 E. Merrick Rd (516) 855-7469 coltonlaw@coltonlaw.net Continued on next page

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Hungerford & Clark Michael Carpinone 110 Pine Street (516) 209-6469 info@hungerforclark.com IHOP Daniel Chun 133B W. Sunrise Hwy. (516) 442-2668 danielchun@ihoprestaurant.net Imperial Diner Lana Manetto 63 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 868-0303 bigmamalana21@yahoo.com Island Electric Corp.

Mitchell Kraeling 76 Kerrigan St., Long Beach, NY 11561 (516) 949-0389 mitch92367@yahoo.com IVS, Inc. Robert Mann 244 N. Main St (516) 623-2300 ivsmotors@aol.com J & A Group Jorge Martinez 5 Broadway (516) 713-2079 martinez1962@icloud.com J.W. Security, LLC Rebbeca Williams 74 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 378-2020 jwsecurity@icloud.com J&J Miles Truck & Auto Center John Miles 160 E. Merrick Rd. (516) 623-6100 phatrubba@aol.com Jeremy's Ale House Jeremy Holin 239 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 623-0204 jeremyholin@gmail.com Jeresey Mike's Sub Henry Gallo 51 E. Merrick Rd (516) 858-1111 hgallo@jerseymikes.com JL C Environmental Jennifer Carey 243 West 30th St., New York, NY 10001 (516) 868-8610 jcarey@jlcenvironmentals.com Kmiinails Maria Camila Galan 200 West Sunrise Hwy. Unit 1 (631) 264-5404 kmiinails@gmail.com L.I. Arts Council Larry Dresner 139 East Merrick Rd (516) 223-2522 ldresner@optonline.net Law Office of Robert McLaughlin 53 East Merrick Rd (516) 850-6816 rob@rmclaughlinlaw.com Liquor Warehouse of Freeport Boris Yampolskiy 101 Buffalo Ave. (516) 939-4637 freeportwines@gmail.com

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Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Town of Hempstead officials and Freeport Chamber of Commerce members congratulated Freeport chamber second vice president Greg Ingino for being named the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce Freeport Businessperson of the Year. From left, Town Clerk Kate Murray, Ingino, chamber president Ben Jackson, Town Supervisor Don Clavin, chamber member Jennifer Jerome, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and chamber member John Nuzzi, Sr.

Long Island Cares Mercedes Montero 21 East Sunrise Hwy. (516) 442-5221 mmontero@licares.org Long island FQHC, Inc. David Nemiroff, LCSW 1600 Steward Ave., Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 546-4174 mkenned1@numc.edu Love Yourself Spa Ana Sanchez 399 West Sunrise Hwy. (516) 608-8833 cometoloveyourselfspa@gmail.com Mad Greek Express LLC Ryan Koutsogiannis 65 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 517-2121 madgreekexpress@gmail.com Magic V Steam Inc Norman Black 44 Bennington Ave. (516) 600-9322 Mahler Realty Erik Mahler 1030 Merrick Rd., Baldwin NY 11510 (516) 223-3111 erik@mahlerreality.com Malone, Tauber, & Sohn, P.C. Adrian Marias 147 W. Merrick Rd (516) 379-2500 adrian@mtslawyers.com Margarita's Café William Martinez 445 South Main St. (516) 623-2980 wmartinez37@yahoo.com Martin Associates Anthony & Peter Bell 417 South Main St. (516) 248-1234 anthonybell@martin-hvac.com

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Meadowbrook Animal Hospital Deborah Hopkins 109 E. Sunrise Hwy (516) 546-3700 meadowbrookanimal@hotmail.com Mega Business Systems Michael Barrett 154 Long Beach Rd, Island Park 11558 (718) 450-7871 mb@megabusinesssystems.com Mega Wash Christian Kim 35 Broadway (516) 223-4913 chrisckim@gmail.com Michele's Pet Sitting Michele Longueira 8 Polk Street (516) 608-9870 rescuemoms@optinum.net Midway Deli Luis Alberto 211 N. Main St. (516) 868-5230 luisalberto5690@hotmail.com Mike's Landscaping & Design Michael Varrone P O Box 846 Baldwin, NY 11510 (516) 868-5046 mike@mikeslandscaping.com Milro Services Courtney Curry 49 Hans Ave. (516) 379-6100 courtney@milro.com Milro Services Michael Curry 49 Hans Ave. (516) 250-0209 mikecurry@milro.com Minuteman Press John Jutt 255 Sunrise Hwy., Merrick, NY 11566 (516) 351-6250 info@mmpress.com Continued on next page

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Montana Bros.

Pizzeria & Restaurant Frank Montana 385 S. Main St. (516) 749-6064 fmontana1@aol.com MTD Property Inspection, LLC Michael Daniels P O Box 469 Rockville Center, NY 11570 (516) 263-0680 mtd14210@aol.com N&S Electric Supply Jonathan Weiss 68 East Sunrise Hwy. (516) 378-4650 jonathan@nselectricsupply.com Nassau Hobby Chris Hirschberg 13 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 840-1538 orders@nassauhobby.com New York Electrical Design Michael Lennon 521 South Ocean Ave. (929) 404-7279 nyedelectric@yahoo.com Newsday Linda Kurtz 6 Corporate Center Dr. Melville, NY 11747 (516) 749-1165 linda.kurtz@newsday.com Nicolino Construction Stephen Nicolino 555 Southside Ave. (516) 868-6579 san-1@optimum.net NON-STOP Towing & Recovery Mathew & Jerry Bonomo 99 Maple St. (516) 546-8697 jerryjetta@yahoo.com North Shore Recycling Anthony Prisco 184 E. Merrick Rd. (516) 623-4521 nsrecycling@optonline.net NY Boiler & Air Conditioner Luis Medina 997 Merrick Rd, Baldwin, NY 11510 (516) 775-5200 nyboilerandrea@gmail.com Otto's Sea Grill Restaurant Ilona Jagnow 271 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 378-9480 ilonaj1@aol.com Patrick Murphy's Landscaping Patrick Murphy 83 Howard Ave. (516) 868-5416 pcmurph60@gmail.com Paul's Auto Repair Paul Gentilella 141 S. Main St. (516) 379-6060 picg@aol.com Petrocelli Group Inc. Richard Longueira 3070 Lawson Blvd.

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Phoenix Health & Wellness Denis Poveromo 9 West Sunrise Hwy. (718) 640-3042 jdslivingconceptscorp@gmail.com Pier 95 Restaurant Ramiro Santos 95 Hudson Ave. (516) 379-9898 ramiro@oier95.com Platinum Realty Ron Ellerbe 92 Atlantic Ave. (516) 532-9713 rellerbe@optonline.net Portesy Enterprises LLC Robert Portesy 545 S. Main St. (516) 220-1601 robert@portesyenterprises.com Presti Stone & Mason Katie Presti 210 E. Merrick Rd. (516) 378-6006 prestistone@gmail.com Price Paper & Twine Company Ean Price 379 N. Main St. (516) 378-7842 info@pricepaper.com Puerto Plata on the Water Rudy Liriano 42 Woodcleft Ave. (347) 288-1048 lirianorudy25@gmail.com Rabco Engineering, PC Robert Bennett 8 W. Merrick Rd. #219 (516) 867-2036 robert@rabcoengineering.com Rachel's Waterside Grill Ivan Sayles 281 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 546-0050 sushisales@optonline.net Ramalho Tree Surgery John Ramalho 2489 Eillen Rd. Oceanside, NY 11572 (516) 536-5361 ramalhotree@gmail.com RE/Max City Square Larry Grebinar 280 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 410-4000 larrygrebinar@yahoo.com Ready Set Grow Learning Academy Chelisa & Daryl Harris 63 Babylon Turnpike (516) 421-1144 info@rsgla.org Real Estate @business Venture Dimitri Dauphin 396 Archer Street (516) 377-0757 mrdauphin0801@gmail.com Real Estate Assessment Group Mark Davilla 11 Buchanan St. (516) 983-6820 mdavella01gmail.com Richner Printing Services Michael Karff 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000 ext. 288 mkarff@liherald.com

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Rosario Law Group, PLLC Olivia D. Rosario 42 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 517-2340 rosariolawwny@gmail.com Rosenberg Laura Rosenberg Laura Rosenberg 87 Church St. (516) 442-7310 laura@rosenbergfirm.com Royal Laundry Machinery Services Inc. John Nuzzi Sr. 361 Atlantic Ave. (516) 868-6579 royalmachinery@outlook.com Sacha A. Comrie & Assoc.

Sacha Comrie 148 S. Long Beach Ave. (646) 373-6023 scomrie@comrielaw.com Seafood Grill on the Bay Rosa M. Reyes 507 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 517-2405 marilynreyes2008@gmail.com Solomon, Schneider, Orenstein & Liebowitz Jeffrey Liebowitz 136 South Main St. (516) 546-7171 jeff@ssolcpa.com South Shore Child Guidance Dolores Frederick 91 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 868-3030 dfrederick@epicli.org Sparkle on Stage Robyn Workman 65 Westside Ave. (516) 528-5668 sparkleonstage17@gmail.com Staples Adam Cohen 160 East Sunrise Hwy. (516) 623-1434 gm0037@staples.com State Farm Insurance Ken Dookram 49 W. Merrick Rd. (516) 378-4466 kendookram.svvj@statefarm.com Stitch This Print That Paul & Roberta Danziger 1921 Bellmore Ave. (516) 308-3833 paul@stptny.com Superior Travel Lois Howes 174 N. Long Beach Rd. (516) 457-2028 logoaway@yahoo.com Susan B. Lyons Esq. 2504 Grand Ave., Baldwin NY 11510 (516) 546-2003 sblesq@optonline.net Taco Tuesday's Jonathan Melendez 147 Woodcleft Ave. (516) 978-6250 tacotuesdaysny@gmail.com Vincente Jewelers Robert Varghese 25 Atlantic Ave. (516) 868-7818 bebenezer@aol.com Continued on next page

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Toys For Tots Patrick Franzone 40 N. Ocean Ave. (531) 877-2425 p.franzone@toysfortot.org

TG Auto Spa Troy Green 31 Hamilton St. (516) 244-8600 tgautospa@gmail.com The Community Church of Nazarene Mala Sadeo 301 Atlantic Ave. (516) 514-4799 info@freeportnazarene.org The Freeport Yacht Club Herb Auleta 533 Guy Lombardo Ave. (516) 378-8850 auleta@aol.com The Innovative Daycare Corp.

Janna Rodriquez 67 Centre Street (516) 992-0495 innovativedaycarcorp@gamil.com The Tire Store Richard Ull 240 East Merrick Rd (516) 378-7322 sales@thetirestorefreeport.com Time Shred Services James Dowes 120 Church St. (516) 690-8999 jamesd@timeshred.com

Tri-State Technologies Elizabeth Boitel 317 South Main St. (516) 868-1218 eboitel@tstechno.com Trius Electric Tom Dipolito 856 Long Beach Rd. (516) 779-1660 tomtrius@verizon.net Two Men and a Truck Kayla Glicker 175 Albany Ave. (516) 316-4196 kayla.glicker@twomen.com V. Roy Cacciatore, P.C. 30 South Ocean Ave. (516) 868-1070 vroycacciatore@aim.com Verizon Communications Jacques Butler 19-19 46th St. Astoria, NY 11105 (718) 317-2072 jacques.v.butler@verizon.com

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But this doesn’t mean you Even adults tend to adopt should avoid eating, even a “school’s out!” attitude in though you may feel like summer. And now, as we’re your appetite has taken a sumlearning to live with the mer break. Rather, altering pandemic in our ‘“new normal’ existing eating habits can mode, we’re ready to embrace provide more energy. Instead summer to the fullest. Still, of three meals per day, eat summer can start to drag and smaller meals more frequently eventually we can feel slugthroughout the day. gish. Long spells of hot and Healthy snacking during humid weather can make the day can help boost metabsummer feel like an eternity. olism and maintain energy levels regardless of how hot Be the best version of you it might be outside. Eat light and enjoy the season by meals every 3 to 4 hours, maintaining a healthy lifestyle. and avoid foods that are heavy and lead to feelings of Be careful with caffeine. lethargy.

Caffeine has both its advocates and detractors. However, Look for foods high in fiber. no one can argue cafFiber can do a great deal feine’s ability to provide for people looking to get a boost more energy from their daily who drink caffeinated beverages when needed. Those diets. The benefits of fiber are numerous, but perhaps in moderation can really benefit from the boost it no benefit is more pronounced provides. than fiber’s ability to flush mornings when the temperatures On sluggish summer toxins and wastes from the body. are already hot and humid at sunrise, a cup of make people feel very sluggish, Such toxins and wastes iced coffee can not only proparticularly during sumvide a boost of energy but mer’s dog days. However, some refreshment as well. those who When relying on caffeine daily diets will notice a substantial include fiber in their for that extra pick-me-up improvement in their during summer’s dog days, energy levels. it’s moderate caffeine consumption. important to carefully Exercise in the morning.

Caffeine consumption Many folks look to exercise in late afternoon or in the as a means to boosting evening can actually have energy during the summer the adverse effect many people swoon. This is a sound and hope to get from caffeine. healthy Because caffeine provides who don’t feel they’re maximizing approach, but those such a boost, those who drink their workouts might caffeinated products in late want to consider working afternoon or in the evening out in the mornings instead. might have difficulty falling Summer heat often make asleep at night, zapping their people feel tired by the end energy the following day of the workday, something that as a result. could Caffeine can also be dehydrating, workouts for those who exercise lead to less effective which is not healthy after work. when hot, humid weather When working out in the already takes its toll on morning, however, the temthe body. Keep this in mind peratures are lower (even and don’t overdo caffeine in air conditioned fitness concensumption. ters temperatures can be noticeably warmer inside if the Alter eating habits. Perhaps temperature outside is especially nothing can be more hot) in the gym and the draining on a hot summer body is better rested and day than a big meal. Large ready to make the most of a meals on sizzling summer workout. In addition, many days rob people who workout in the often lead to feelings of discomfort.people of energy and mornings before work find their throughout the day as a result. energy levels are higher Limiting caffeine consumption to morning and early avoid feeling sluggish in the

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Hanse Avenue food pantry struggles to feed needy families

by rEINE bEtHANY

baby formula, ald.com toiletries, or pet food will also be honored — People praise but the work of food only if donation s keep the pantries and shelves filled. the role they play in the communi “We’ve just ty. However, run out it’s food critical to recognize from the People’sof the that when they’re in trouble, Food everyone is in Drive,” Murphy said, trouble. “so our shelves keep going bare According very quickly and donations are trickYolanda Murphy t o and ling in very Anthony Achong, slowly.

We of won’t get the Long governIsland ment funding Council of Churches for at least eight in Freeport, more pantries weeks.” need all of us to step The 11th Annual up.

People’s Food Drive, Murphy, 61, is the r un by Rob managing director and Mary Hallam of the LICC. of MalAchong, verne, unloaded 47, is director several box trucks administration of of and food into the operatio ns.

LICC From warehou se their administr March ative 19. As those of fice and items ware- YolAND have vanished A house at 230 into Hanse needy homes, Ave., they stabilize the MUrPHY facility is the diets of looking more Managing toward funding than 50,000 director, the from people American Resannually.

LICC cue Plan Act Twice a month, via United Way, families and in the individuals amount of $50,000. may come to the warehous “Ironical ly,” e, fill out a said Achong, form and receive a shopping cart “that’s about what we’ve packed with spent already cereal, milk, canned tapped this year. We’ve actually goods, fresh produce, into our reserves, and fish or meat. Specific and we requests for items have about $5,000 left — for the like bathroom tissue, diapers, rest of the year.”

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Post 342 MEMbErs Barry Griggs, Harold getting everyithing in place for Reine Bethany/Heral the Memorial Murray, Marie Houanche d and Coy Richardson Day parade included, from left, .

American Legion veterans reflect on service, community war, and Memorial Day by rEINE bEtHANY

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ald.com on South Ocean Avenue. There, bers support post memParticipants one and spectators supports other another, and do work that ciate Freeport always veterans and ’s yearly Memoria appre- communi benefits the ty.

Parade. The l Day lineup As Memorial and bands, churches, of school sports teams Day approache ries of wartime clubs and other s, zations creates sacrifices always the memoorgania surface. Post especially when powerful sound and sight, 342 members share the sorrow and the triumph tary, and uniforme veterans, the active mili- attached to the yearly events. and fire departmed members of the police Past Post 342 Commander nts bring up sirens wailing Eddie Martin, 76 Memorial Day and lights flashingthe rear, to me is sadness, trucks and police on fire bering friends rememvehicles. and But the deepest gave the ultimate people that I knew that meaning of sacrifice found in the modest headquar the parade is and never got the chance for their families can Legion to enjoy their William Clinton ters of Ameri- They gave it up life. for the freedom Story Post 342 enjoy every that we day.

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