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Library is second home for teens most qualified to take on Holleufer’s role. Explaining what the library has to offer Baldwin The Baldwin Public Library youth once the library is back has been revamping its teenage open to the public, DePalma section after Baldwinite Mariel said, “Teens are usually the most DePalma, 31, became head of unrepresented in terms of demoteen services Jan. 1. Renovations graphic in the library...We offer began in the Teen Zone Jan. 27, all free services for them, like including installing state-of-thecollege prep, tutorart technology and ing.” extra seating. DePalma said DePalma asthe renovations, sumed the role after which so far have Jill Holleufer consisted of taking retired following 16 down the wall conyears at the library. necting the Teen Growing up in BaldZone to the Homewin, DePalma had work Room, and planned to become integrating modern a history teacher technology, should when she attended help bring teens Baldwin High back into the School in 2004—that MARiEl DEPAlMA library after the is, until she was coronavirus panhired as an atten- Head of teen services demic decreased dant who helped to their attendance. organize books at A new pop-culthe library. ture club, art projects to benefit This sparked her interest in charities and the continuation library services, leading her to of the popular Summer Reading earn a master’s in library sci- Club are all attractions that ence from Long Island Universi- DePalma said she hopes will also ty in 2014. In 2015, the library help increase youth engagement. hired her as a children’s librariDePalma also hopes teens an. attend the Teen Advisory Group Seven years later, internal searches found DePalma as the Continued on page 13
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Courtesy Erika Fischer Floreska
ERiKA FisChER FloREsKA captured the pastel sunrise over Baldwin on Sunday, after the snowstorm had passed.
Deep snow and a deep freeze, but Baldwin keeps high spirits By sCoTT BRiNToN, lisA MARGARiA, and CRisTiNA ARRoYo RoDRiGUEz carroyo@liherald.com
In the waning days of January, a nor’easter blew across Long Island Friday night into Saturday, bringing with it more than a foot of snow in Nassau County as of 9 a.m., with additional accumulations throughout the day. Maureen Herman shared how she braved the storm inside as the wind howled out-
side, noting, “My American flag was taken down in this wind, especially since I lost my Marine flag somewhere in the neighborhood in the last gale winds.” With 24-mph wind gusts sweeping across streets, yards and homes, bringing up to 8 inches of snow by Saturday afternoon, not all Baldwinites gave the weekend the cold shoulder. Emily Ferrara announced on Facebook that Fisherman’s Road Canal had frozen
over, although “so far, so good — stay safe all.” Likewise, Kariann Padgett Marmo said, “It looks beautiful . . . for now.” Baldwinites took in the beauty of such a powerful natural act in different ways. Timothy Sullivan posted on Facebook a video of his hot tub open for use during the storm, captioning it, “Nothing like a dip in the hot tub during a blizzard in Baldwin.” Even though county and Continued on page 3
want the teens to know this is their space, and I am here to give them what they need.