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April 4, 2024
Vol. 89 No. 15
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Coleman camp kids go pro
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Village electric head retired early March the watchful eyes of his mentors, Freeport Electric’s foremen, until he was promoted to Al Livingston, 57, superin- journeyman. “I had some really knowltendent of Freeport Electric edgeable foremen that taught since 2014, retired last month. Livingston’s career with the me the business,” he recalled of those early years, “taught village be g an in me what I needed 1990. He had just to do, how to do it, gone on reserve (and) how to do it f r o m t h e U. S . safely. I credit those Marine Corps, in guys with keeping which he served as me alive.” a combat lineman, Eventually he after studying combecame a foreman puter science and himself, and taught engineering at St. new apprentices John’s University the trade. “I wasn’t and New York Instithe best,” Livingstute of Technology. ton said, “but I Then 24, he went to think I was very work for the vilclose.” lage, starting as a He found the lineman’s apprenAl lIVINgstoN wo rk g r a t i f y i n g tice. and rewarding, citL i n e m e n a r e superintendent, ing the “satisfacresponsible for run- Freeport Electric tion of knowing ning electrical that you’re bringwires — either underg round or overhead, ing power to the residents of along utility poles — as well as Freeport.” He added, “Our misfor maintaining the transform- sion statement was to bring ers on those poles, in order to safe, reliable, economical power keep the village lit up and make to the people of Freeport … so it possible for residents to com- that’s what we did.” Livingston and his colmunicate. For five years Livingston leagues’ dedication to reliabiliworked as an apprentice under Continued on page 11
By MoHAMMAD RAFIQ
mrafiq@liherald.com
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Courtesy Daniel Bennett
daniel Bennett, longtime saxophonist, will join master percussionist Koko Bermejo and sixstring electric bassist Kevin Hailey, performing at Freeport Memorial Library on april 14.
Lauded jazz group to launch new CD at Freeport library By MoHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
The Freeport Memorial Library will host the musical stylings of the three-member jazz band, the Daniel Bennett Group, on April 14 at 2:30 p.m. The group is releasing its 10th studio album, called “Mr. Bennett’s Mind,” and will premiere the band’s new CD at the library, with its memorable and bright melodies. Daniel Bennett, 44, — a saxophone specialist — has been playing music since he was 10 years old. “My sister took me to a high school band concert when I was a kid,” he said. “And I
heard a kid play The Pink Panther on tenor sax, and that was the beginning of it for me.” A short while later, he was playing sax in the school marching band, the concert band, the jazz ensemble and the wind ensemble. Bennett also played music with his friends every week every chance he got, eventually branching out, as he entered late adolescence, to flute and clarinet. “Nowadays, it’s like expected that you just double on all these multiple wind instruments,” he explained. But the sax remains Bennett’s first love, and classical saxophone is the reason that he Continued on page 4
ur mission statement was to bring safe, reliable, economical power to the people of Freeport.