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Vol. 28 No. 19
MAY 6 - 12, 2021
High school sweethearts get engaged prise, her friends invited Trigona to tag along. At the time, Trigona had recently moved from High school sweethearts South Carolina to Baldwin, and Samantha Perez and Salvatore he started as a freshman at BaldTrigona are engaged to be mar- win High School that September, ried. along with Perez. On April 17, the two 26-yearWhen he first saw Perez, Triold Baldwinites visited Del Vino gona recalled, he was instantly Vineyards in Northport, their attracted, and became quieter favorite vineyard. than usual. When Perez said she had Pe r e z ’s f r i e n d s no idea that when noticed how unusuthe pair sat down ally timid Trigona for lunch that afterwas behaving, they noon, Trigona j o ke d ab o u t i t . would suddenly Then, Trigona, kneel on one knee who was a member and ask her to of his South Carolimarry him. She na middle school’s said she followed SAlVAtore wrestling team, the proposal with a said he decided to “yes” through tear- trigoNA retaliate. ful eyes. “To everyone’s Gino’s Pizza manager “When he prosurprise, Salvatore posed, I melted,” dropped and threw Perez said. “I felt so loved.” one of my friends over his shoul“I was so nervous before I der, and then they landed on the popped the question,” said Trigo- ground with a thud, and there’s na, who has been the manager of still an indent in my front lawn Gino’s Pizza in Baldwin Harbor to this day,” Perez said with a for seven years. giggle. Perez, who attended Baldwin Trigona said he continued to Middle School and Baldwin High have strong feelings for Perez for School, said she met Trigona one nine months after their first summer day in August 2009. She introduction. Perez said, howevhad invited a few of her friends to visit her home, and to her surContinued on page 3
By NiCole AlCiNDor nalcindor@liherald.com
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loCAl kiDS took to the soccer pitch last Saturday as the Baldwin Eagles began their spring season after a year-long interruption because of the pandemic.
Let the games begin
Baldwin Eagles Soccer Club returns a year later By BriDget DowNeS bdownes@liherald.com
It’s time to play soccer again. More than 100 children and their parents, coaches and trainers made their way to the fields at Baldwin Harbor Town Park on the windy morning of May 1 for a Baldwin Eagles Soccer Club practice. The club restarted its spring and fall seasons after the Covid-19 pandemic put a
pause on its operations. After a year-long hiatus, the spring season began on April 17. Club members — local students between pre-kindergarten and fifth grade — play every Saturday morning. And while they used to play on the Lenox Elementary School field, a 30-year tradition, this year they’re playing in the park. Bob Gandley, the club’s treasurer and assistant president, who has volunteered with the club for about three
decades, said the switch happened because the park allows for more space to social distance and to avoid potential conflicts with Baldwin School District teams. The club’s travel team, which is much smaller, had not stopped play. The intramural team, on the other hand, is where students learn how to play the game and have fun. Professional trainers work with the children — who are divided into three age Continued on page 8
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was so nervous before I popped the question.