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VOL. 29 NO. 48
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Young scouts collect food for the hungry year. Burke, Ricca said, was a Girl Scout leader when she was growing up, and when she died, Baldwin Daisy Girl Scout Ricca was inspired to share the Troop 2088 collected food and values her grandmother taught monetary donations for the her with her children and othneedy who depend on St. Chris- ers. She said she got the Daisies topher’s Food Pantry last week. involved with this event to teach On Nov. 13, the Daisies helped them the value of making a difwith the pantry’s ference in their comB a l dw i n S e r v i c e munity. Unit Food Drive out“I think, during side the Gala Fresh the holiday season, s u p e r m a rk e t o n kids tend to focus on Grand Avenue. receiving presents, Members of decorating and other Troop 2088, 6-yearfestivities,” Ricca old Baldwin firstsaid. “I wanted them graders, stood outto see that the holiside the supermardays are more than ket for the afternoon, just that. It’s also collecting nonperishabout giving to othable food items for ers.” the St. Christopher’s Her charges colfacility. They also lected more than collected monetary NICOLE RICCA four large boxes of donations to pur- Co-leader, Baldwin food and over $200 in chase additional food Daisy Girl Scout donations for the St. to donate. Christopher’s pantry. Troop 2088 Nicole Ricca, a coFor their service, the leader of the troop, Daisies were awardwhich is just two months old, ed a food drive fun patch and a said this was the first time it had yellow petal, symbolizing a willparticipated in a community ser- ingness to be helpful and friendvice event. Ricca said she was ly, for their daisies. inspired to get involved with the The Girl Scout daisy is a large Girl Scouts when her grandmother Pauline Burke died last CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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MATT BARBA, A 2014 graduate of Baldwin High School and the owner of Regrown Recordings, headquartered in his parents’ house, worked with two local artists, Andrew ‘FancyCat’ Fonseca and Jill ‘Jill B. Lovin’ Bellovin, on new albums.
At Regrown Recordings, giving local artists a chance to step up By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
In a repurposed home on Hayes Street, near Baldwin Harbor Park, Matt Barba, the owner of Regrown Recordings, is quietly contributing to the Nassau County recording and music scene. Barba opened the studio in July 2019, in his parents’ old house. Since then he has helped Long Island artists record music, podcasts and other audio work.
“I know what it takes to run a professional studio,” Barba said. “I wanted to take that and distill it into a small home studio where local artists can afford high-quality service.” Most recently, Barba, 26, a 2014 graduate of Baldwin High School who now lives in Queens, worked with two local artists, Andrew “FancyCat” Fonseca and Jill Bellovin, on new albums. Bellovin, who graduated from Baldwin High in 2013 and is a
co-founder of Universe City NYC, an aquaculture farm based in Brooklyn, said she met Barba in the high school band prog ram, and they reconnected in 2019, when she heard that he had opened a studio. She book timed with him, and recorded a two-song project, and an alternative rock and folk album, “Turn to Light.” Barba helped bring her vision to life, Bellovin said, and was professional and CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
wanted them to see that the holidays are more than just that. It’s also about giving to others.