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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, kicked off the 33rd annual Nautical Mile Festival with local community leaders and town and county lawmakers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Saturday. The festival marks the start of the summer season in the village.
Freeport’s Nautical Mile Festival kicks off summertime
The smell of fish filled the air, and seared meat could be heard sizzling and popping as it cooked on grills of the carts and booths of different vendors, at Freeport’s 33rd annual Nautical Mile … more
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The Art Deco building at Plaza West, between Sunrise Highway and the Long Island Rail Road, has been sold to Atlantic Auto Group, which is expected to transform the property into a Lexus dealership.
Plaza West to become Lexus dealer
The Freeport Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 on May 30 to grant land use and parking variances for Plaza West, a vacant, six-story art deco building on Sunrise Highway in central Freeport, to Atlantic Auto Group. more
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Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will perform at the Freeport Community Concert’s final show at The Performance Arts Center at Freeport High School on June 1.
Freeport Community Concert Association takes final bow
The Freeport Community Concert Association, FCCA, announced on May 17 that it would host its final concert on June 1. For the last 71 years, the FCCA has been bringing studded Lincoln Jazz Center and … more
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Freeport Housing Authority director, John Hrvatin, left, received the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, 2019 Community Service Award. President of the NAACP, Douglas Mayers presented Hrvatin with his award.
NAACP honors three for commitment to Freeport
The Freeport-Roosevelt Branch #2147 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP held its Annual Freedom Fund Award’s and Membership Dinner on May 17 at the Coral House in Baldwin. more
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Owner of Beautiful People Salon in Merrick, Judy Abreu styled one of the bridal dress model’s — Diane Arias, 35, from Freeport, hair during Abride’s Wedding Showcase at the Factory in Freeport on May 19.
Abride’s Wedding Showcase makes Nautical Mile debut
The Queens Village friends, Denise Cetin, 30, and Alex Coupet, 30, perused a book filled with dozens of bridal gowns at this year's Abride's Wedding Showcase, AWS, on May 19, at The Factory on the Nautical Mile in Freeport. more
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Nassau County Community College student, Kimberly Mejia, 19, from Hempstead, filled out a job application during the job fair at the Freeport Recreation Center on May 9.
Freeport job fair welcomes potential employees
Grabbing a brochure, Susana Escobar, a DoTerra Essential Oils representative, explained how to launch a small business selling essential oil products to Baldwinite Odelcia Martinez at the annual Job … more
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Some of the smallest dolls in the collection can be described as early action figures. Freeporter April Marius held a jigger, a dancing doll made of tin.
Where dolls have a home
All of the dolls tell stories. Carefully lifting the red-checkered skirt of one black doll, Freeporter April Marius, 62, exposed a double-ended half of a second white doll, with hips and legs conjoined to the lower waist of the black doll. more
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Lynbrook mother Christina Buxton, her daughter, Julianna, left, and a friend, Gianna Dambrosio, prepared to take a spin on the carousel on Tuesday.
Nunley’s Carousel still spinning at 107
A ride on Nunley’s Carousel once cost pennies, and “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” performed by Louis Armstrong, played as it spun. These days, the famed Baldwin attraction has been moved from the former Nunley’s Amusement Park, on the Baldwin-Freeport border, to Museum Row in Garden City, where it occupies its own building, next to the Cradle of Aviation Museum. more
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The Freeport Memorial Library offers a wide-range selection of books and hosts several events daily.
Library budget increases by 1.1 percent
When Freeporters head to the polls on May 21, not only will they vote on the Freeport Public Schools budget and two new Board of Education trustees. One of the three propositions on the ballot also … more
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Members of the Nassau County Police Department performed the flag-folding ceremony.
Honoring soldiers who gave all
Thousands of Freeporters will line up Merrick Road on May 27, to watch the Memorial Day Parade, to honored Freeport’s veterans and remember those who died in service to their country. Annually, … more
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