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Freeport’s amusement park: A blast from the past By MoHAMED FARGHAlY mfarghaly@liherald.com
Courtesy Freeport Memorial Library
A colorized postcard of Playland Park in Freeport, which captivated visitors with its enchanting amusement park atmosphere reminiscent of Coney Island. This amusement park, situated on a nine-acre site, sat in the southeastern area of Front and South Grove Streets.
Playland Park, a once enchanting amusement park on the Freeport shoreline, transformed the village into a thriving tourist destination. “It was the Hamptons before the Hamptons,” Regina Feeney of the Freeport Historical Society declared, in remembrance of Playland Park, referring to the bygone era of Playland Playland Park, once a lively amusement park reminiscent of Coney Island, delighted visitors on South Grove Street that now known as Guy Lombardo Avenue and Front Street. ConTInued on PAGe 2
Ukrainian refugee honored for heroic water rescue in Freeport By MoHAMED FARGHAlY mfarghaly@liherald.com
Ukrainian refugee Volodymyr Zubko was honored on Oct 12 in Freeport Village Hall for rescuing a driver whose car plunged into the water just north of Cow Meadow Preserve, not far from the Nautical Mile, on Sept 19. “I would like to thank our newest resident, Volodymyr, who risked his own life to save a life,” Mayor Robert Kennedy said. “Somebody who just ran out, took of f his clothes, jumped into the water and saved an individual. The combination of Volodymyr, our
Police Department The incident and Fire De par toccurred at Jeffstar ment saved someMarina, on a narrow body’s life, and I’m waterway between very happy about the east end of Jefit.” ferson Street and Zubko, a 37-yearthe south end of old software engiGordon Place, at neer from Kharkiv, around 9:15 a.m. The Ukraine, had been d r i v e r, h e a d e d in the United States the marina VoloDYMYR ZuBko through for just four days at high speed, apparwhen he heard a ently lost control of crash, saw a submerged vehicle his vehicle and went airborne and dived into 18-foot-deep over a boat, ultimately ending water to save its unconscious up submerged in the water, driver. Local authorities and according to village Police police joined in the rescue Chief Michael Smith. efforts, and brought the man to Zubko, who was spending safety. the morning on his computer
and heard the crash, saw the vehicle in the water, quickly discerned that its driver was in the perilous situation and dived in. “I was using my PC when I suddenly heard a noise from outside,” Zubko told the Herald. “I looked out of the window facing the marina and noticed that a car was already
submerged in the water. It was barely a meter from the edge and completely underwater. Without hesitation, I rushed to see what was happening. All of this happened very quickly, within seconds. After I spotted legs beneath the water, I knew I had to take action. I need to do something. So I jumped into the ConTInued on PAGe 19