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Vol. 89 No. 12
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Find a job at Hempstead’s town job fair facturing. “Our primary goal is to help people within our township to The Town of Hempstead is better themselves, promote , gearing up once again to a job careers that are up and coming, fair — this one scheduled for provide them access to training and skills,” said Thursday, March 21 Nene Alameda, a at the Freeport Recbusiness represenreation Center. tative who works Appointments for the town. are already filling “A n d i f t h e y up for the event, set don’t have those to run between 9:30 skills, we give them a.m. and 3:30 p.m., access to occupaat the center, locattional skills trained at 130 E. Merrick ing.” Road — all aimed M o re t h a n 8 5 to connect job seeksuch companies ers with prospecalready have registive employers. tered to participate Hempsteadin the Freeport job Works — a branch fair, That includes of the town’s occuprominent entities pational services like the U.S. Postal department — has NeNe AlAMeDA Service, the New h o s t e d t h e f a i r business service York Police Departsince 2021. Estab- representative, ment, Mount Sinai lished more than 40 HempsteadWorks H o s p i t a l , years ago, HempB r o o k h ave n steadWorks serves as a career center for not only National Lab, Amazon, and the the town, but also for Long Metropolitan Transportation Beach. Its primary mission is Authority. “We have the job fair to to provide access to training, develop skills, and share job make sure that companies who opportunities across various are looking for people are partindustries, including health nered with people who are lookcare, construction and manuContinued on page 5
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Freeport PAl Boxing Club holds tournament Two boxers square off as part of the prestigious Ringmaster Tournament, a 25 year old tradition, held by the Freeport Police Athletic League Boxing Club. This year the tournament also serves as fundraiser for cancer fighting organization KIDS NEED MORE.
Recreation Center welcomes new director Liz Comerford By MoHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
The Freeport Recreation Center recently promoted Elizabeth “Liz” Comerford to the position of director, effective Jan. 5. As director and the administrative head of the center, Comerford’s job is to make sure operations run smoothly at the much-loved hub for Freeport residents of all ages. She took over when the previous director, Victoria Dinielli, retired on Jan. 4 after a 14-year stint in the position. Comerford previously served as a recreation leader for the center, working directly below Dinielli.
Comerford has worked at the rec center for 16 years full-time, first serving as a recreation attendant right out of college. While in college, she worked as a camp counselor at the center. A lifelong Freeport resident, Comerford grew up in the village and attended its public schools. She resided for a brief period in Massachusetts, where she attended Stonehill College. ”I’ve been here my whole life,” she said of Freeport, reflecting on her childhood, which she spent swimming in the recreation center’s pool and attending Friday night skates with friends. When asked what kind of jobs she worked before the rec center, Comerford said, “I’ve literContinued on page 6
e have the job fair to make sure companies who are looking for people are partnered with people who are looking for jobs.