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HERALD Vol. 31 No. 7
Allstate opens Baldwin location
Edrington turns 80 years old
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FEBRUARY 8 - 14, 2024
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A ‘Cools’ way to host a chili competition some of those who attended had never visited Baldwin before, so Susan used the cook-off to give Taste buds were stimulated them a taste of the community. “We do everything we can to in Baldwin on Sunday when neighbors taste tested various try to encourage a sense of community in Baldwin,” she said. chili recipes. Community events such as Susan and Samantha Cools the cook-off pro— mother and vide locals with an daughter duo opportunity to known as the Cools explore different Team — brought area businesses. back the Chili CookSusan added that Of f for the fifth the pub’s owner, year. In 2019, the Shawn Sabel, has B a l d w i n Ro t a r y helped various indiClub created and viduals and organisponsored the event, zations in the combut the club was dismunity, which is a banded the followgood reason to parting year, during the ner with the busipandemic, and the ness. Coolses have since “For dif ferent partnered with The SUSAN CoolS events in the town, Irish Pub to sponsor host, Chili Cook-Off like at the Grand it. Baldwin Festival, “Last year, we hosted the cook-off as a fund- Shawn is always out there cookraiser for a bartender who had ing,” Susan said. “He does a lot gotten hit by a car and was for Hangout One Happy Place, severely hurt,” Susan said. and he just goes above and “This year, the cook-off wasn’t a beyond more than anybody, and it’s so appreciative.” fundraiser but just a fun event.” Susan said she wants to work She explained that the main reason to continue sponsoring with a business that continues the cook-off is to bring the com- to uplift the community, adding munity together. In previous that the pub’s atmosphere is years that the event was held, Continued on page 10
By BEN FIEBERT
bfiebert@liherald.com
Tim Baker/Herald
Artwork displayed at African American Museum for entire month Through creativity, Baldwin students expressed what Black History Month meant to them, as their artwork — poems, sculptures, photography, digital art — were displayed at the African American Museum of Nassau County last week. Story, more photos, page 3.
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e do everything we can to try to encourage a sense of community in Baldwin.