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Park employees are also required Outdoor recreational spaces have to regularly disinfect and clean the become an essential part of the Parks: restrooms. This makes it possible for daily routines of many during this pandemic. Thankfully, the village park-goers to avoid risk as much as • Bishop Frank O. they can while enjoying some of the of Freeport offers residents and outsiders six parks to choose from: amenities that are usually available White Park to them. Bishop Frank O. White Park, Glacken • Glacken Park To further promote safe practices Park, Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, • Martin Luther Randall Park, Sea Breeze Park, and during this time, the Freeport King, Jr. Park administration has distributed tens Water Front Park. Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s of thousands of face masks and • Randall Park rubber gloves to residents. Masks are direction and PAUSE restrictions last • Sea Breeze Park available for pickup Monday through year, Freeport’s parks were closed • Water Front Park until the Memorial Day weekend. Friday at the Freeport Recreational Now the parks and their Center on Merrick Road and Freeport playgrounds, courts and other Village Hall on N. Ocean Avenue. Freeport Police officers on patrol amentias remain open to the public and have housed several, small community events are also equipped with extra masks to hand out to throughout the year. Freeport residents who might need the protection. Some of the parks also served as training areas Ronny Reyes/Herald for Freeport students during the school district’s Above Photo: Obeng Dwamena high-fived his daughter, Aneesa Dwamena, workout program, so as to avoid crowding at the 6, during a tennis workshop at Bishop Frank O. White Park in August 2020. districts fields.
