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The future of the famed Nunley’s Carousel, which graced Baldwin from 1940 to 1995, is uncertain. Beth Obergh, of Wantagh, the woman who has been cleaning, maintaining and operating the carousel for the past 11 years at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, where it is housed, said that she and all the
other employees who cared for the ride have been laid off, and the carousel has been left alone. With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic six months ago came the closure of the museum, and Obergh was furloughed. Despite that, she said, she came back to the museum each week as a volunteer to undertake the repair projects the carousel needed. “And then one week I went, keys in hand, and the gate’s lock
had been changed, so I was essentially locked out,” Obergh said. “The concern is who’s maintaining it, who’s running it, if I’m not there?” In 2006, Obergh and her daughter launched a campaign to raise money to revive Nunley’s Carousel and find it a new home on Museum Row. “The only reason it’s closed right now is because of the panContinued on page 3
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Kenan Radonic, of the Cubs, showed off his swing at a Little League game in Baldwin Harbor Town Park on Sept. 18. Story, more photos, Page 20.
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