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Concert Series
Co-Sponsored by the Village of Freeport and
Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
FREE CONCERTS - THURSDAYS
7:30PM
FREE PARKING • RAIN* OR SHINE
*Rain Location: Freeport Recreation Center 130 East Merrick Rd., Freeport
Limited seating is available. We recommend you bring your own chairs.
For further information, please call the Arts Council at (516) 223-2522.
JULY3-FAMILYPROGRAM AGOSTINOARTS
Transformation: The World of Stories - A unique combination of storytelling and facepainting
that brings a world of folktales and cultural arts to life (Nautical Mile Esplanade')
JULY 10 • TBA
(Nautical Mile Esplanade)
JULY 17TH - THE TRIBUNES
Accapella doo wop from the 50's and 60's (Nautical Mile Esplanade1)
JULY 24 -MAMBO LOCO
Classic Cuban and Puerto Rican Latin Music (Village Hall Courtyard ')
JULY 31 - FAMILY PROGRAM
The Emperor's New Clothes (Nautical Mile Esplanade1)
"Trie Nautical Mile Esplanade is located on Wooddeft Avenue in Freeport. Traveling south, the Esplanade
is approximately one-quarter mile on the left side. It is across the street from a large parking lot.
'The Village Hall Courtyard is located on North Grove Street Take Sunrise Highway to North Grove Street.
Travel north. Park in the large paring lot on the left side, which is adjacent to the Courtyard. The
Courtyard Is behind Village Hall, located at 46 North Ocean Avenue.
1 The Freeport Recreation Center is located at 130 East Merrick Road - 4 traffic lights west of the
Meadowbrook Parkway.
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JUNE, 2008 www.freeportny.gov THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
Great Weather Ensured Nautical Festival's Success
Sunshine cascades along the Wooddeft Ave. during the Nautical Festival as crowds enjoy the shopping, dining and carnival rides.
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Warm, sunny weather with clear blue skies
drew record crowds to Freeport over the June
6th weekend for the Village's annual Nautical
Festival. While youngsters were entertained
with activities such as face-painting and excit-ing
rides at the carnival located across from
the Esplanade, adults sampled
seafood appetizers and entrees
offered by the restaurants and
vendor booths lining the
Nautical Mile. Young children
posed for photos with the roam-ing
clowns and cartoon charac-ters
as their parents strolled
along Wooddeft Avenue enjoy-ing
the music performed by live
bands. The ice cream shops and
food vendors offering cotton
candy and other novelty treats
helped keep the youngsters
happy at the family-focused
event.
The Esplanade midway along
Wooddeft Avenue, and the
Scenic Pier at the foot of the
street, both featuring shaded
areas, benches, and waterfront views, provid-ed
a pleasant respite for people to sit, relax
and enjoy an occasional breeze. Other visitors
cooled down by watching the boats passing
by as they strolled along the Village's latest
addition to the Nautical Mile, the boardwalk
running west from Wooddeft Avenue to
Miller Avenue. The Village's long-term plans
for the site include a transient marina and a
dock master's quarters.
Thanks to the sponsors, Bethpage Federal
Credit Union, Cablevision, Affinity Health
Plan, Roslyn Savings Bank, Compare Foods,
Customized Claims Service, LLC, Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, Freeport Motor Inn &
Boatel, and Hassel BMW, this year's festival
was a major success offering food, fun and
relaxation for everyone on an exceptionally
warm weekend in June.
Among those participating in the official
ribbon-cutting ceremony were Fire Chief
Kevin Muldowney, 1st Assistant Richard
Layton, 2nd Assistant Daniel Fee, and 3rd
Assistant Mark Stuparich, along with Nassau
County Legislator David Denenberg, Trustee
Jorge Martinez, Chamber of Commerce
Director Barbara Jagnow, Hempstead Town
Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Trustee Don
Miller, Mayor Bill Glacken, Deputy Mayor
Renaire Frierson, Trustee Bill White, Jr., Judge
V. Roy Cacciatore, and Chamber Treasurer
Ed Friedman.
In the bock row from the left ore: Freeport School Superintendent Eric Everstey, School Bead President Oebra McQiian NY State Assemblyman David McOonougti Chamber VP
Oona Jagnow, Chamber Director John Nuzzl ST. SF1ASH President Rob Wete Chamber President Francisco Jorge, Past Chamber President Chris Creamer, Village Trustee Bffl
White, Jr. Vfflage Justice Roy Cacciatore, VBtage Historian Cynthia Krieg, Rre Dept. Executive Director Ray Maguie along with Robert Suarez and Undo Armya representatives of
Bethpage Federal Credit Union, one of the event sponsors.
Interns Herson Castillo and Danitlle lewis contributed to the articles and photos in this newsletter.
A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR
With the smashing success of this
year's Nautical Festival, summer has offi-cially
begun in Freeport. Hotter than
usual weather marked the first full
weekend in June as the festival got off
to a great start with clear skies and
fresh sea breezes cooling visitors to
our waterfront.
More than 150,000 people
attended the festival held along
Woodcleft Avenue, which was closed
to traffic for the three-day event.
Adults and children enjoyed the carni-val
rides, costumed characters, games,
novelty foods and vendor booths
offering a wide assortment of hand-made
arts and crafts treasures. The
Nautical Mile's-many restaurants fea-tured
their specialties, while the local
shops displayed a variety of jewelry
and nautical gifts.
Next on Freeport's summer fun
schedule is the series of concerts that
will be held each Thursday during July
and August in two locations in the
Village: the Esplanade midway down
Woodcleft Avenue, and in the courtyard
directly behind Village Hall on North
Grove Street. This year there will be spe-cial
programs for youngsters beginning
July 10th, with a storytelling and face-painting
performance by the Agostino
Arts group illustrating folktales and cul-tural
life from around the world. On July
31st, a dramatization of the beloved
Hans Christian Andersen tale, The
Emperor's New Clothes, will take place.
Both children's productions will be at the
Esplanade on the Nautical Mile.
Additional performances during the
month of July are listed on the back of
this newsletter.
In August, we will again welcome
the annual visit of the U.S. Naval
Academy's sail training ships to the
Esplanade. Six or more single-mast sail-boats
will tie up at the Village's slips and
will be available August 9th and 10th for
visitors to board. The midshipmen will be
,onjJeck from 12 noon to 4 p.m._pn
Saturday and Sunday to give tours of the
boats and describe the Naval Academy's
four-year college program, which is open
to men and women.
Freeport's outstanding Recreation
Center, with its indoor pool, Olympic-size
full list of programs at the center,
please view the Village's website
at www.freeportny.gov, or call 516-377-
2314 ext. 10.
Freeport's five neighborhood parks
are among the best on Long Island. Each
has an updated playground providing a
safe place for children to climb, swing,
run and jump. In addition, each park
offers its own special feature. Glacken
Park has a Little League baseball field; a
special Thursday evening stargazing pro-gram
is offered at Waterfront Park, and
there are swimming poplsjrt jtandaN and
Martin Luther King, Jr. Parks. Northeast
Park offers tennis and basketball courts
that are open and have overhead light-ing
for evening use. Northeast Park also
has a regulation baseball field for teens
and adults. Randall Park and Glacken
A rainbow graces Freeporf s Little League team bringing it good luck for a game at Glacken Park.
Photo by Ellen Kelly
outdoor pool, diving pool and kiddie
pool, is available to members of the
Recreation Center with updated activity
cards. There are programs for everyone,
including Kiddie Camp for toddlers, a full
day program for youngsters, along with
sports clinics and a drama club for
teenagers^ Also available are Softball and
bowling teams, as well as special senior
programs, including organized trips to
historic sites, major discount shopping
centers and North Fork .wineries. For a
Park also provide overhead lighting to
increase the number of hours the ball-fields
are available for sporting events.
With so many fun things to do and
see, Freeport is the place to be. Enjoy the
summer and stay safe.
Freeport's Adopt-A-Cop Program
Celebrates 12 Years or Success
Pictured with the fourth grade class from New Visions elementary school are Ryan Love, representing
N.Y. State Senator Charles Fuschillo, Hempstead Town Councilwoman Angle Cullia
Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken, actor Sean Ringgold, Freeport Police Chief Michael Woodward,
Fourth grade students from Freeport's
four elementary schools attended the
twelfth annual Adopt-a-Cop picnic held at
the Recreation Center on June 19th. They
enjoyed demonstrations by Freeport's police
K-9 team, along with Nassau County's heli-copter
patrol and mounted police squads.
The program is made up of volunteer police
officers, who visit one of the district's fourth
grade classrooms each month. The volunteer
policemen and women also attend special
functions at the schools and get to know the
children individually.
Police Chief Michael
Woodward created the
Adopt-a-Cop program twelve
years ago, when he met with
third and fourth graders, and
learned their impressions of
police officers. "After talking
with the stu-dents,
I felt it
necessary to
reach out and
create more
positive inter-actions
with
them. We
don't want them to be intimi-dated
by police officers,
because they should know
that our job is to keep them
safe." Over the years, the pro-gram
has helped create con-nections
with the children and
the adopted officers. One fourth grade stu-dent
from New Visions, when asked what
she liked best about having an adopt-a-cop
said, "I like it when our police officer comes
to our classroom and teaches us how to stay
safe by not talking to strangers."
The nationally recognized, award-win-ning
program encourages each officer to get
to know the children personally and help
them learn to make smart decisions in the
future. "Since its creation," said Chief
Woodward, "more than 5,000 students have
participated in the program, and we can see
Fourth graders watching a demonstration of the
K-9 unit with P.O. David Karp and Lt. Christopher Barrella
the long-term benefits. It offers young peo-ple
an opportunity to see police officers in a
different light, which resonates with them
many years later."
Dollars for Scholars
Holds Annual Awards
-Dinner
""=-Twenty-one^ high
school seniors living injrreeport
received $500. each toward
their college tuition thanks to
the Dollars for Scholars pro-gram,
which has donated over
$100,000 to local students over
the past 15 years. These excep-tional
students have gone on to
earn-degrees from-the top'uni--
versities, colleges and vocation-al
institutions in the country.
This year's recipients will be
attending Barnard College,
SUNY, Fordham, UCLA,
Delaware State, Adelphi,
Baruch, Fordham, and Briarcliff
College.
Hempstead Town Councilwoman Angle Cullin and County Legislator David Denenberg congratulated this year's hon-orees.
They are, in alphabetical order, Nona Ankamah, Matthew Bemardez, Veronica Brendel, Xiomara Clark-Owens,
Rachel Drew, Colleen Flaherty, Caroline Fortune, Catherine Jewels, Julia Klimas, Judi Lazo, Michelle Mikolajczyk, Gina
Mitchell Ashley Pierson, Sylvana Rodriguez, Rakiya Rouse, Donald Rowan, Jinissa Smith, and Juan Carlos Zulyaga
Save the Date: Freeport's Canoe Races August 3rd
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The fun-filled canoe races, sponsored each
year by the Freeport Police Athletic League
with the help of the Chamber of Commerce,
are scheduled for Sunday, August 3rd, at
Waterfront Park from 9 ,a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event.is open to.youngsters, teens and
adults and promises to be a very exciting
event with food, music and trophies for the
winners.
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