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Vol. 30 No. 22
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‘Quiet Room’ at library receives grant money
CARl FIsChER, A musician from Baldwin, performed the national anthem at Yankee Stadium on April 21.
said. “We are thankful that we have been able to meet our community’s needs in this way.” More than $17,000 has been Mulé said, “It was a pleasure secured for the creation of a to work with the Baldwin Public Quiet Room at Baldwin Public Library to secure resources that Library — just a few weeks will help them better serve the before voters public. I am grateful approved an $11.6 to have worked with million referendum Director Olesh to to include the redesupport this initiasign and renovation tive to create this of the building’s space.” first and second Olesh said she floors. thought it was great Nassau County that the Town of Le gislator Debra Hempstead acknowlMulé secured $17,322 edged Baldwin and in grant money for awarded the library the room via the the money for this Community Revitalrevitalization projization Pro g ram. ect. Library of ficials S h e e x p re s s e d have been waiting hope that the prosince 2016 to receive gram would bring in the funding for the new, younger resiQuiet Room, which dents, particularly will provides space ElIzABETh since the project at for residents to the library would be work, study or work olEsh able to accommowith tutors. date more patrons. director, Baldwin T h u s f a r, t h e Public Library “As these buildlibrary has received ings get built, about half of the t h e y ’ re g o i n g t o promised funds, officials said. (bring in) more people,” Olesh “The funding from Nassau said. County has enabled us to pro“There are going to be more vide a quiet study space request- people looking for study spaces, ed by the Baldwin community,” meeting rooms, and we will library Director Elizabeth Olesh Continued on page 20
By BEN FIEBERT
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Courtesy Stephen Wright
From Birdland to Yankeetown Carl Fischer plays national anthem on legend Maynard Ferguson’s trumpet at Yankee Stadium By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
Carl Fischer is used to playing his trumpet in front of an audience of thousands. But his performance on April 21 was particularly sentimental. Fischer, who has been performing alongside Billy Joel for the past 18 years, played the national anthem on his trumpet at Yankee Stadium. Other New York teams, such as the Knicks and Rangers, have invited the Baldwin resident to play the anthem, but he couldn’t due to the pandemic. Now, with everything reopened, Fischer played at Steinbrenner Field in March, before a Yankees spring train-
ing game, and then played at Yankee Stadium before a regular season tilt one month later. “It’s kind of funny,” Fischer said. “I say that I went to the minor leagues to get to the major leagues.” This wasn’t the first time Fischer performed at a baseball venue — he performed with Joel during a concert at Shea Stadium. Although he said it was “cool” to perform at Shea, Fischer said he wanted to make it clear that he isn’t a Mets fan, and he even wore his Yankee pinstripes during the performance at the Mets game. Fischer said that his performance in April at Yankee Stadium was “a very moving experience.” Continued on page 4
he funding from Nassau County has enabled us to provide a quiet study space requested by the Baldwin community.