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Emergency responders get prepared to an active assailant incident. “It’s 20 years since 9/11 and we’re all coming here for one The Glen Cove Ferry Termi- reason,” Ryder told the respondnal was bustling with activity on ers in attendance. “We know the Tuesday morning, though not lesson we’ve learned is that we from commuters headed to Man- have got to work together to hattan. The terminal played host overcome all of these obstacles to emergency in front of us. responders on the “Play it like it’s federal and local levreal,” he added. els taking part in “We’re preparing for drills, in the interest the worst, hoping for of keeping the comthe best, and this is munity — and themhow we do it — selves — safe in through the drills.” extreme situations. Glen Cove Mayor Nassau County Tim Tenke Executive Laura explained that the Curran and Police drills were meant to Commissioner Pathelp all of the rick Ryder stopped responders underby the terminal as stand their role in the exercises were an emergency situagetting under way. tion so they can The day’s event was TIM TENKE respond accordingly a c o l l a b o r a t i o n Mayor, Glen Cove in order to keep the among the Nassau area safe and defuse County Police Department; the the situation. “That’s the goal of county Office of Emergency this today,” he said. “I think that, Management; the Glen Cove based on lessons learned from 20 Police Department, Fire Depart- years ago, they’re seeing there’s ment, EMS and Auxiliary Police; a benefit to being prepared. the Department of Homeland “We’re happy to host them,” Security and the U.S. Coast Tenke added, “because it not Guard, and was described as a only benefits the community, but command-level exercise focusing on emergency service response CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
BY JILL NOSSA
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RICHIE CANNATA ATTRACTED several thousand people to his Downtown Sounds concert.
Concerts bring action to downtown Glen Cove streets BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com
After a year of having limited entertainment options and no live music, residents were clearly ready for the full outdoor concert experience this summer. As the annual Downtown Sounds series returned to Glen Cove’s Village Square on Friday nights
in July and August, hundreds of people gathered in the streets each week to reunite with friends and enjoy the music. Presented by the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District, the nine-week concert series began in 1997 as Jazz in the Square, and has grown to include headline acts from a range of musical
genres, attracting people from all over Long Island. Last year, the BID changed course due to the pandemic, which left The Downtown Sounds Committee in a better position this year. “We didn’t want to cancel the 2020 series, so we made the best of it by presenting virtual concerts that our fans CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
think that, based on lessons learned from 20 years ago, they’re seeing there’s a benefit to being prepared.