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This month, 10 years of Baldwin Comm. Garden
music, so it was a natural choice for Ronnie Roddy Jr. on keyboard, Joe Gallagher on Members of the Baldwin drums, Matt Mener on tenor community are invited to cele- saxophone and Erik Vlesmas on bass, of Musically Inclined, brate the 10th anniversary of the Baldwin Community Gar- to create a soothing ambience den at 1980 Grand Ave., the gar- for both the audience and the garden itself. den’s location, on June 21st. The band has been deeply The celebration, organized by the Baldwin Civic Associa- involved in the community, havtion, will feature ing delighted audilive music by the ences at past assolocal jazz band ciation events and Musically Inclined, perfor mances at as well as raffles the Baldwin Public and hors d’oeuvres. Library. The event will begin “They’re a great at 5:30 p.m. and last local band that is until 8:30 p.m. also giving back to Elissa Kirchner, the civic associathe association’s t i o n t h e m s e l ve s b e a u t i f i c a t i o n KImBERly mAloNE and doing this as a chairperson, said Baldwin Civic courtesy,” Kirchner guests dressed in Association president said. “It’s a great their best garden connection that we cocktail attire have together, and should expect a communal cele- we always love to bring live acts bration consisting of floral dec- to the garden for the communiorations, raffled gift baskets ty.” and a jazzy ambience. The garden dates to when “We’re going to make it a Rita Cavanaugh, who led the wonderful giveback kind of cel- civic association’s Beautificaebration — appetizers, and live tion Committee in 2013, intromusic, and BYOB and just a duced the idea of creating a nice, enjoyable community green space in Baldwin and was event,” Kirchner said. backed by then Nassau County Studies have shown that Legislator Laura Curran. Cavaplants respond positively to Continued on page 9
By ANNAlIESE PERSAUD
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Maureen Lennon/Herald photos
150 years in Baldwin The Baldwin community celebrated 150 years of Calvary Protestant Church with a week filled with festivities between May 26 and June 2. Neighbors participated in a variety of events, from historical exhibitions to joining the Baldwin Memorial Day Parade — all paying homage to the institution that has served as a beacon of faith for generations. Story, additional photos, Page 10.
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