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Coes Neck spray pad revamp is under way
Contractor hired to engineer capital plan project
The Town of Hempstead board unanimously voted Oct. 5 to accept a roughly $34,000 proposal from Rimkunas Engineering to provide engineering services to rehabilitate the spray pad at Coes Neck Park in …
How Baldwin does, and doesn’t, do Hispanic Heritage
Baldwin celebrates Hispanics, despite lack of representation
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During Hispanic Heritage Month, which spanned Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, some Baldwin residents learned about the monolith that is the Hispanic community through school and library events, while others …
Third Soul Joy Run Walk Praise 5K at Baldwin Park
On Oct. 9, Soul Joy Wellness held their third 5k Run Walk Praise at Baldwin Park. Joy Williams, the Founder and CEO of Soul Joy Wellness, partnered with the Theta Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa …
Silver Lake Park to get $1.75M makeover
Baldwin park improvements to prevent flooding
On Sept. 28 at Silver Lake Park in Baldwin, state and county officials, joined by construction workers, announced the start of more than $20 million in flood-prevention and resiliency projects in the …
District sets its sights on diversity hiring
Baldwin working to expand diversity efforts
At the most recent Baldwin Board of Education meeting, trustees voted unanimously to broaden recruitment efforts to hire a more diverse teaching staff and “bring multiple perspectives into the …
ENTERTAINMENT
Baldwin F.D. car show features rare and obscure cars
Like the classic rock playing on the speakers, the Baldwin Car Show and Swap Meet hosted by Hose Company One of the Baldwin Fire Department was a hit on Sunday. That morning around 7 a.m. classic car …
COMMUNITY
Lions Club recruiting members to serve Baldwin once again
The Lions Club in Baldwin has been providing community service for 74 years, putting on food drives, vision screenings for children, eyeglass and hearing aid recycling, raising money for prom dresses …
ENTERTAINMENT
Grand Baldwin Festival kicks off fall
Behind the Baldwin Public Library, more than 70 vendors took part in the Grand Baldwin Festival Sept. 25 from noon to 4:30 p.m. Organized by the Community Coalition of Baldwin, the live music, food, …
DEVELOPMENT
Breslin answers development questions
At the Sept. 15 Baldwin Chamber of Commerce meeting, a dozen business owners and residents gathered at Novi restaurant to hear David Orwasher, chief development officer for Breslin Realty, a …
COMMUNITY
Catching up on Baldwin Oaks Civic's work
Although Baldwin is a town of roughly 25,000 residents, it boasts two civic associations. Baldwin Oaks Civic Association mostly addresses issues in North Baldwin. This year they engaged in several …
Op-Ed
The problem with, and promise of, Hispanic Heritage Month
Although I was raised in the United States as a Hispanic immigrant, born to immigrant parents, I have long been blasé about Hispanic Heritage Month.
Jerry Kremer
A wake-up call to voters
October is a unique month. It’s the time for apple picking, watching the trees change color and, if the weather permits, taking long car trips to interesting places. It’s also the time for candidates for public office . . .
Randi Kreiss
Really, what’s up with the whole world?
Have you noticed that the seams don’t meet the right way and the doorjamb is wobbly? Our house is unstable. The beams of this great edifice called America are slightly off plumb in a number of disturbing ways.