by Robin Sloan
Monday, December 31, 2012
Book Recommendations
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store
by Robin Sloan
After a loyoff during the Great Recession sidelines his tech career, Clay Jannon takes a job at the titular bookstore in San Francisco and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret.
by Robin Sloan
Monday, December 17, 2012
Hurricane Sandy
Rebuilding Our Community After Hurricane Sandy
Freeport Memorial Library will host a forum on January 4, 2013 at 7 pm to answer questions that our residents have on home restoration. We have invited FEMA, National Grid, NEFCU, Long Island Builder Association, and Century 21/American Homes. These organizations will have representatives available to answer questions concerning financial aid, choosing a contractor, and utility restoration.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
October 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material available online through the Long Island Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items available as of September 2012 for Freeport
4,402 - Pictures/Pamphlets
7 - Newspaper Titles
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post Minutes
Hits for October 2012
33,942 - Freeport Leader
19,868 - Nassau County Review
17,740 - Nassau Post
4,734 - South Side Messenger
4,695 - Daily Review of Nassau County
2,710 - Queens County Review
2,658 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
736 - Freeport News
248 - American Legion Post 342 Minutes
96,043 - Total hits for October 2012
October 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material available online through the Long Island Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items available as of September 2012 for Freeport
4,402 - Pictures/Pamphlets
7 - Newspaper Titles
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post Minutes
Hits for October 2012
33,942 - Freeport Leader
19,868 - Nassau County Review
17,740 - Nassau Post
4,734 - South Side Messenger
4,695 - Daily Review of Nassau County
2,710 - Queens County Review
2,658 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
736 - Freeport News
248 - American Legion Post 342 Minutes
96,043 - Total hits for October 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Readers' Advisory
Happy Anniversary Moby-Dick!
October 18th marks the 161st anniversary of the original publication date of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
Click here for books about or inspired by Moby-Dick.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Fall Festival
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Come celebrate Fall at our family festival, where we will have something for everyone. Enjoy a petting zoo, carnival games, inflatable bouncy house obstacle course, cotton candy, Italian ices, hot pretzels, and one of the Freeport Fire Department trucks for children to sit in. Then sing and dance to the music of a D.J.!
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Come celebrate Fall at our family festival, where we will have something for everyone. Enjoy a petting zoo, carnival games, inflatable bouncy house obstacle course, cotton candy, Italian ices, hot pretzels, and one of the Freeport Fire Department trucks for children to sit in. Then sing and dance to the music of a D.J.!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
September 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical materials pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www. longislandmemories.org
Items available as of August 2012 for Freeport
4,402 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post Minutes
Hits for September 2012
30,147 - Freeport Leader
16,578 - Nassau County Review
11,610 - Nassau Post
9,645 - Photographs/Pamphlets
4,241 - South Side Messenger
3,732 - Daily Review of Nassau County
2,597 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
2,218 - Queens County Review
405 - Freeport News
208 - American Legion Post 342 Minutes
81,381 Hits for September 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Nooks!
New Titles for Adult Nooks
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Fallen Angel - Daniel Silva
Murder in the River City - Allison Brennan
The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani
The Nooks circulate for 14 days, and may be borrowed by Freeport Memorial Library cardholders, 18 years of age or older. Please see a librarian to reserve a nook.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Town of Hempstead is providing property tax forums at various libraries, including:
October 3, 2 p.m. - North Bellmore Library
October 9, 7 p.m. - Rockville Centre Library
October 10, 7 p.m. - Oceanside Library
October 11, 2 p.m. - Elmont Library
October 18, 7 p.m - Hempstead Library
October 22, 2 and 7 p.m. - Levittown Library
October 23, 2 p.m. - Island Park Library
October 24, 7 p.m. - Elmont Library
Go to www.TOH.li for additional dates.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Readers' Advisory
Gettysburg Address Anniverary
November 19, 1863
On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln gave his immortal Gettysburg Address.
Books on the Gettysburg Address
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
August 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical materials pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: http://www.longislandmemories.org/
Items available as of July 2012 for Freeport
4,402 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years- American Legion Post Minutes
.Hits for August 2012
21,320 - Freeport Leader
18,706 - Nassau Post
18,231 - Nassau County Review
11,472 - Photographs/Pamphlets
4,353 - South Side Messenger
4,123 - Daily Review of Nassau County
2,229 - Queens County Review
564 - Freeport News
181 - American Legion Post 342 Minutes
82,810 Hits for August 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
ESOL Classes
English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL)
sponsored by the Freeport Public Schools
.
Registration for new ESOL students will take place the week of September 10, 2012.
Registration at the Freeport Memorial Library will take place on Monday, September 10 at 9 am.
Registration at Dodd Middle School will take on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 6:30 pm.
There is no charge for these classes but there is a $25 registration and materials fee payable by check or money order to: Freeport Board of Education.
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YOU MUST BE A FREEPORT RESIDENT TO TAKE THESE CLASSES
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Julia Child's 100th Birthday!
Chef, author, and television personality, Julia McWilliams Child probably did more for French-style food preparation than any other gourmet in history. Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California, on August 15, 1912. She died in 2004. Books by and about Julia Child.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
July 2012
July 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through theLong Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
.
Items Available as of July 2012 for Freeport
.
4,402 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post #342 Minutes (1919-1927)
Hits for July 2012
Items Available as of July 2012 for Freeport
.
4,402 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post #342 Minutes (1919-1927)
Hits for July 2012
.
21,723 - Freeport Leader
16,056 - Nassau County Review
21,723 - Freeport Leader
16,056 - Nassau County Review
11,876 - Nassau Post
8,275- Photographs/Pamphlets
3,986 - Daily Review of Nassau County
3,325 - South Side Messenger
2,021 - Queens County Review
1,519 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
399 - Freeport News
137 - American Legion Post Minutes
137 - American Legion Post Minutes
.
69,317 Hits for July 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Patron Spotlight
Patron Spotlight: Larry Gumbs
by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg
What does Larry Gumbs love about the Library? “It’s a lot more than just bo
oks!” Mr. Gumbs was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He left the Caribbean to attend Seton Hall University and received his B.A. in political science. He then attended the University of Michigan and was awarded a master’s degree in social work. While at the university, he met his wife, Marianne.
Mr. Gumbs is a proud Vietnam veteran. He served as a naval officer for almost seven years in San Diego and Japan. He and Marianne spent six years in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Freeport in 1973. He worked as a social worker for the Freeport Family Community Project.
In 1980, Mr. Gumbs began working at Family Services in Hempstead. After 20 years, he retired and has now begun a new career as what he calls a “professional volunteer.” Using his social work background, Mr. Gumbs has counseled Vietnam veterans, and he will soon volunteer as a financial counselor for teens at the Family and Children’s Center in Hempstead.
Mr. Gumbs loves not just the Freeport Library; he loves all libraries. When he and Marianne travel, they often find themselves in the local public library. The Gumbs family loves to travel. They have been to Oregon to visit one son and attended their other son’s wedding in India. They plan to visit Eastern Europe in the near future. Before any of their trips, they come to the Freeport Memorial Library to borrow travel books. But for Larry Gumbs, the Library offers much more than books. He loves the free movies, lectures, and concerts.
The Library has benefited greatly from Mr. Gumbs’ volunteer spirit. In 2005, he became president of the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library. As president, he has helped raise money for Library programs and much needed equipment. He would like more people to join the Friends.
Since 1975, the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library have served as capable fundraisers and advocates for the Library. Over the years, the Friends have helped the Library expand, they purchased a piano for concerts, and they made generous donations including: chairs for the meeting rooms, a video projector and a laptop computer used for programs, and the large display screen in the lobby. The Friends also sponsor many programs including an annual holiday concert. For more information about the Friends, visit the Library’s website: www.freeportlibrary.info.
by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg
What does Larry Gumbs love about the Library? “It’s a lot more than just bo
oks!” Mr. Gumbs was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He left the Caribbean to attend Seton Hall University and received his B.A. in political science. He then attended the University of Michigan and was awarded a master’s degree in social work. While at the university, he met his wife, Marianne.Mr. Gumbs is a proud Vietnam veteran. He served as a naval officer for almost seven years in San Diego and Japan. He and Marianne spent six years in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Freeport in 1973. He worked as a social worker for the Freeport Family Community Project.
In 1980, Mr. Gumbs began working at Family Services in Hempstead. After 20 years, he retired and has now begun a new career as what he calls a “professional volunteer.” Using his social work background, Mr. Gumbs has counseled Vietnam veterans, and he will soon volunteer as a financial counselor for teens at the Family and Children’s Center in Hempstead.
Mr. Gumbs loves not just the Freeport Library; he loves all libraries. When he and Marianne travel, they often find themselves in the local public library. The Gumbs family loves to travel. They have been to Oregon to visit one son and attended their other son’s wedding in India. They plan to visit Eastern Europe in the near future. Before any of their trips, they come to the Freeport Memorial Library to borrow travel books. But for Larry Gumbs, the Library offers much more than books. He loves the free movies, lectures, and concerts.
The Library has benefited greatly from Mr. Gumbs’ volunteer spirit. In 2005, he became president of the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library. As president, he has helped raise money for Library programs and much needed equipment. He would like more people to join the Friends.
Since 1975, the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library have served as capable fundraisers and advocates for the Library. Over the years, the Friends have helped the Library expand, they purchased a piano for concerts, and they made generous donations including: chairs for the meeting rooms, a video projector and a laptop computer used for programs, and the large display screen in the lobby. The Friends also sponsor many programs including an annual holiday concert. For more information about the Friends, visit the Library’s website: www.freeportlibrary.info.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Book Recommendation
Summer Reading (Fiction)Shadow of the Night (2012)
(All Souls Trilogy book 2)
by Deborah Harkness
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In Elizabethan London, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch Diana Bishop seeks a magical tutor, while vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of the enchanted manuscript Ashmole 782 deepens. Book one of the trilogy is Discovery of Witches.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
June 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the
Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
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Items Available as of June 2012 for Freeport
.
4,356 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
8 Years - American Legion Post #342 Minutes (1919-1927)
.
Hits for June 2012
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22,649 - Freeport Leader
22,649 - Freeport Leader
19,424 - Nassau County Review
14,665 - Nassau Post
8,268- Photographs/Pamphlets
5,011 - Daily Review of Nassau County
4,619 - South Side Messenger
2,129 - Queens County Review
1,158 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
14,665 - Nassau Post
8,268- Photographs/Pamphlets
5,011 - Daily Review of Nassau County
4,619 - South Side Messenger
2,129 - Queens County Review
1,158 - Village of Freeport Newsletters
28 - American Legion Post Minutes
.
82,389 Hits for June 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Freeport Authors
FML Librarians Write a Book
Congratulations to librarians, Margaux DelGudiuce and Rose Luna on their new book. Margaux and Rose work full time as school media specialists and are part time librarians at the Freeport Memorial Library.
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key administrators. It became clear that many librarians are unsure how to create a comprehensive marketing plan, and are simply too busy with their day-to-day tasks to tackle this daunting project.
This book details effective strategies for promoting a library beyond the building level in order to make an impact with the influential individuals who make the key decisions that directly affect the school district and library program.
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key administrators. It became clear that many librarians are unsure how to create a comprehensive marketing plan, and are simply too busy with their day-to-day tasks to tackle this daunting project.
This book details effective strategies for promoting a library beyond the building level in order to make an impact with the influential individuals who make the key decisions that directly affect the school district and library program.
Book Recommendations
Summer Reading (Fiction)
Beneath the Shadows (2012)
By Sara Foster
When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave
the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone—the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister—is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets. As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues, and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.
Beneath the Shadows (2012)
By Sara Foster
When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave
the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone—the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister—is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets. As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues, and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Book Recommendations
Summer Reading (Fiction)A Library Lover's Mystery Series
Books Can Be Deceiving (2011)
Books Can Be Deceiving (2011)
By Jenn McKinlay
Newly single Lindsey Norris, the director of the Briar Creek Public Library, tries to help her best friend Beth, a children's book author and librarian, prove her innocence when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend Rick, a local celebrity.
Due or Die (2012)
Newly single Lindsey Norris, the director of the Briar Creek Public Library, tries to help her best friend Beth, a children's book author and librarian, prove her innocence when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend Rick, a local celebrity.
Due or Die (2012)
By Jenn McKinlay
When Friends of the Library president Carrie Rushton is accused of murdering her husband, library director Lindsey Norris and the Briar Creek crafternoon club launch their own investigation during a nor'easter that has left the police otherwise occupied.
When Friends of the Library president Carrie Rushton is accused of murdering her husband, library director Lindsey Norris and the Briar Creek crafternoon club launch their own investigation during a nor'easter that has left the police otherwise occupied.
Book Recommendations
Summer Reading (Nonfiction)
World War II History
Hell Above the Earth (2012)
By Stephen Frater
Werner Goering a United States B-17 pilot during World War II for the Mighty 8th Air Force, had a hurdle to overcome - his uncle is Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, head of the Luftwaffe and Hitler's second in command. Unbeknown to him, Goering's co-pilot, Jack Rencher had a standing order from J. Edgar Hoover to kill Werner in case they got shot down or if he was trying to commit an act of treason. Jack, a poor boy with a difficult childhood, found Werner to be a soul mate, his only friend in life. The author's research brings this decades old secret, which is profound and deeply personal, to light.
Stalin's General: Georgy Zhukov (2012)
By Geoffrey Roberts
A man of indomitable will and fierce determination, Georgy Zhukov was the Soviet Union’s indispensable commander through every one of the critical turning points of World War II. Drawing on the latest research from recently opened Soviet archives, including the uncensored versions of Zhukov’s own memoirs, Roberts offers a vivid portrait of a man whose tactical brilliance was matched only by the cold-blooded ruthlessness with which he pursued his battlefield objectives.
Hell Above the Earth (2012)
By Stephen Frater
Werner Goering a United States B-17 pilot during World War II for the Mighty 8th Air Force, had a hurdle to overcome - his uncle is Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, head of the Luftwaffe and Hitler's second in command. Unbeknown to him, Goering's co-pilot, Jack Rencher had a standing order from J. Edgar Hoover to kill Werner in case they got shot down or if he was trying to commit an act of treason. Jack, a poor boy with a difficult childhood, found Werner to be a soul mate, his only friend in life. The author's research brings this decades old secret, which is profound and deeply personal, to light.
Stalin's General: Georgy Zhukov (2012)
By Geoffrey Roberts
A man of indomitable will and fierce determination, Georgy Zhukov was the Soviet Union’s indispensable commander through every one of the critical turning points of World War II. Drawing on the latest research from recently opened Soviet archives, including the uncensored versions of Zhukov’s own memoirs, Roberts offers a vivid portrait of a man whose tactical brilliance was matched only by the cold-blooded ruthlessness with which he pursued his battlefield objectives.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items Available as of May 2012 for Freeport
4,343 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
Hits for May 2012
28,464 Freeport Leader
13,323 Nassau County Review
8,882 Nassau Post
6,143 Photographs/Pamphlets
4,495 South Side Messenger
3,541 Daily Review of Nassau County
2,990 Queens County Review
1,575 Village of Freeport Newsletters
587 Freeport News
70,000 Total Hits
May 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items Available as of May 2012 for Freeport
4,343 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
Hits for May 2012
28,464 Freeport Leader
13,323 Nassau County Review
8,882 Nassau Post
6,143 Photographs/Pamphlets
4,495 South Side Messenger
3,541 Daily Review of Nassau County
2,990 Queens County Review
1,575 Village of Freeport Newsletters
587 Freeport News
70,000 Total Hits
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Digitization Statistics
174 Village of Freeport
Newsletters
Long Island Memories Digitization
Statistics
April 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and Freeport Historical
Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport
available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items Available as of April 2012 for Freeport
4,341
Pictures/Pamphlets
7
Newspapers
50 Years -
Village of Freeport Newsletters
Hits for April 2012:
6,491 Freeport Leader
5,738
Nassau County Review
5,401 Nassau Post
5,400 Photographs/Pamphlets
2,252 Daily Review of Nassau County
1,987 South Side
Messenger
1,233 Queens County
Review
364 Freeport
News
29,040 Total
Hits
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
New Book Available on the History of Freeport
by Cynthia J. Krieg and Regina G. Feeney
by Cynthia J. Krieg and Regina G. Feeney
A book signing will be held at the Freeport Memorial Library on May 14, at 7 pm. Email the Freeport Historical Society to reserve your copy today! freeporthistoricalsociety@yahoo.com
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Lost Freeport
Presented by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012, 2 p.m.
at the Freeport Memorial Library
This presentation will feature locations in Freeport
that no longer exist and others that are in danger of
disappearing. Included are Guy Lombardo’s house,
the Brooklyn Water Works building, the Elks Club,
the Freeport Theatre, and more. The history of the
Meadowbrook Bank building, which has been empty for
several decades, will also be
discussed.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Digitization Statistics
Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics
March 2012
Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org
Items Available as of March 2012 for Freeport
4,341 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters
Hits for March 2012:
21,822 Freeport Leader
17,395 Nassau County Review
16,868 Nassau Post
9,402 Photographs/Pamphlets
7,988 South Side Messenger
5,570 Daily Review of Nassau County
3,558 Queens County Review
973 Freeport News
172 Village of Freeport Newsletters83,748 Total Hits
Friday, April 13, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
1940 Census is Released Today!
The Freeport Memorial Library provides free access to the census and other geneal
ogical resources through Ancestry.com.
ogical resources through Ancestry.com.If you had family living in Freeport in the 1940s and are having trouble accessing the newly released 1940 census, try the Freeport Leader for that decade: www.longislandmemories.org.
The library also has Freeport High School yearbooks from the 1940s in our Long Island Room.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Book Recommendations
Book Recommendations: Old New York
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Nonfiction
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Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-loving New York by Richard Zacks (2012)
In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment
capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police captains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration. Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt’s crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.
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In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment
capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police captains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration. Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt’s crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation..
Fiction
Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (2012)
Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown 
Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this untested "police force." He is also less than thrilled that his new beat is the notoriously down-and-out Sixth Ward-at the border of Five Points, the world's most notorious slum. Onenight while returning from his rounds, heartsick and defeated, Timothy runs into a little slip of a girl—a girl not more than ten years old—dashing through the dark in her nightshift . . . covered head to toe in blood.
Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this untested "police force." He is also less than thrilled that his new beat is the notoriously down-and-out Sixth Ward-at the border of Five Points, the world's most notorious slum. Onenight while returning from his rounds, heartsick and defeated, Timothy runs into a little slip of a girl—a girl not more than ten years old—dashing through the dark in her nightshift . . . covered head to toe in blood.Timothy knows he should take the girl to the House of Refuge, yet he can't bring himself to abandon her. Instead, he takes her home, where she spins wild stories, claiming that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of 23rd Street. Timothy isn't sure whether to believe her or not, but, as the truth unfolds, the reluctant copper star finds himself engaged in a battle for justice that nearly costs him his brother, his romantic obsession, and his own life.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Find It On The Web
Find It On The Web
As Suggested by Library Journal
March 1, 2012 pages 40-41
Arab Spring: An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline
Compiled by the British daily newspaper The Guardian, this timeline traces the prodemocracy rebellions in the Middle East beginning in December 2011.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
www.biodiversitylibrary.org
This collaborative project involving national history and botanical garden libraries began in 2009. Participants are making available her collection through digitization. Today, this collaboration includes information on more than 1 million species in more than 53,000 titles and 102,000 volumes.
GetHuman
www.gethuman.com
Tired of getting lost in voicemail hell? Try the web’s largest database of customer-service information with a catalog of direct phone number for large companies in 50 companies.
Philosophy Bites
www.philosophybites.com
Noted philosophers David Edwards and Nigel Warburton engage some of the world’s leading philosophers on various topics. This site includes over 168 podcasts on all aspects of philosophy.
Occupy Wall Street
www.occupywallst.org
This is the unofficial site of the movement that began in September 2001. It serves as an online resource for the growing occupation movement happening on Wall Street and around the world.
Science Daily
www.sciencedaily.com
Since 1995, this site has provided breaking news about scientific discovery. It now includes over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, and 2500 encyclopedia entries, 1500 book reviews, and hundreds of education videos.
As Suggested by Library Journal
March 1, 2012 pages 40-41
Arab Spring: An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline
Compiled by the British daily newspaper The Guardian, this timeline traces the prodemocracy rebellions in the Middle East beginning in December 2011.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
www.biodiversitylibrary.org
This collaborative project involving national history and botanical garden libraries began in 2009. Participants are making available her collection through digitization. Today, this collaboration includes information on more than 1 million species in more than 53,000 titles and 102,000 volumes.
GetHuman
www.gethuman.com
Tired of getting lost in voicemail hell? Try the web’s largest database of customer-service information with a catalog of direct phone number for large companies in 50 companies.
Philosophy Bites
www.philosophybites.com
Noted philosophers David Edwards and Nigel Warburton engage some of the world’s leading philosophers on various topics. This site includes over 168 podcasts on all aspects of philosophy.
Occupy Wall Street
www.occupywallst.org
This is the unofficial site of the movement that began in September 2001. It serves as an online resource for the growing occupation movement happening on Wall Street and around the world.
Science Daily
www.sciencedaily.com
Since 1995, this site has provided breaking news about scientific discovery. It now includes over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, and 2500 encyclopedia entries, 1500 book reviews, and hundreds of education videos.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Lecture
History of the Magic Lantern SlideOn Friday March 19 at 1:30 p.m., librarians and archivists, Vanessa Nastro and Regina Feeney with present a lecture on the History of Magic Lantern Slides at the Freeport Memorial Library. Magic lantern slides were the forerunner to Kodachrome slides. Although their origins are not entirely known, primitive versions were employed as early as the fifth century B.C. This fascinating lecture will trace the history of the magic lantern slide and its use and relevance to the field of photography, with examples from the Freeport Memorial Library’s own extensive collection of slides.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Patron Spotlight
Patron Spotlight: Gwendolyn Watson
Librarians are not supposed to have favorites, but if we did, Gwendolyn Watson would be high on our list. Mrs. Watson has been a patron of the Freeport Memorial Library since moving to Freeport in 1986.
Mrs. Watson is a retiree of the Westbury Public Schools where for 28 years she was a secretary to the principal in one of the district schools. Before that she worked at Adelphi University for 10 years, serving as secretary in the religious center, and later as a secretary in the physical education department.
Being retired allows Mrs. Watson the opportunity to visit the Library frequently. Besides having the opportunity to read numerous books, she finds the many sources of reference materials and programs available to the community outstanding.
Mrs. Watson, who has a strong interest in travel, has been around the globe; highlights include her visits to the United Kingdom and China. Before she books a trip, she plans her itinerary at the Library by taking advantage of our travel books, magazines, DVDs, and monthly travel lectures.
When not visiting exotic places, Mrs. Watson enjoys taking her grandchildren to local museums and botanical gardens with the Library’s free museum passes. She is also a regular at the Library’s Sunday concerts and enjoys the Library’s monthly art exhibits and art receptions.
Mrs. Watson believes that education is a life-long experience that includes reading books, visiting museums, and traveling to new places. When not keeping her mind fit, she keeps physically fit by taking various exercise classes including aquacize, tai-chi, yoga, and zumba.
Mrs. Watson is a longtime member of the Friends of the Freeport Memorial Library. She is also the proud mother of three children and eight grandchildren.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
eBooks
Publishers Refusing to Sell eBook to Libraries
The following publishers will no longer make available their eBooks to libraries via Nassau Digital Doorway (OverDrive):
Brilliance Audio
Hachette Book Group
Macmillan Publisher
Penguin Group
Simon & Schuster
If you stop seeing your favorite author's books in OverDrive, that author may be published by one of these companies. We hope that this situation changes in the future.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Book Recommendation
Book Recommendations:
Happy Birthday President Lincoln
Fiction
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (2010)
This book reveals the hidden life of the sixteenth U.S. president, who was actually a vampire-hunter obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of the nation.
Lincoln by Gore Vidal (1984)
The character of President Lincoln, unremittingly tested by the trials of the war years, is reflected through the eyes of the diverse and colorful denizens of Washington, including his wife Mary and his political rivals and disciples.
Nonfiction
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk (2006)
Lincoln's Melancholy reveals how Lincoln’s depression influenced both the president's character and his leadership. Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man. Shenk draws from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of his unhappiness.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)
Team of Rivals doesn't just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. Here, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key players in her book, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet.
Happy Birthday President Lincoln
Fiction
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (2010)
This book reveals the hidden life of the sixteenth U.S. president, who was actually a vampire-hunter obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of the nation.
Lincoln by Gore Vidal (1984)
The character of President Lincoln, unremittingly tested by the trials of the war years, is reflected through the eyes of the diverse and colorful denizens of Washington, including his wife Mary and his political rivals and disciples.
Nonfiction
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk (2006)
Lincoln's Melancholy reveals how Lincoln’s depression influenced both the president's character and his leadership. Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man. Shenk draws from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of his unhappiness.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)
Team of Rivals doesn't just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. Here, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key players in her book, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Book Recommendations
Book Recommendations
19th Wife by David Ebershoff (2008)
It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. Yet soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death.
Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg (2008)
After she returns to her hometown to learn that her
friend was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book. She joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case. This is Camilla Lackberg's first book in a series of Swedish mysteries. Her books are a combination of Bridget Jones meets Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but without the gratuitous violence.
19th Wife by David Ebershoff (2008)
It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. Yet soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death.
Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg (2008)
After she returns to her hometown to learn that her
friend was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book. She joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case. This is Camilla Lackberg's first book in a series of Swedish mysteries. Her books are a combination of Bridget Jones meets Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but without the gratuitous violence.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Book Recommendations
Fiction
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American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin (2011)
Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family home in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilt mansion, suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however; Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage.
Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family home in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilt mansion, suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however; Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage.
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Nonfiction
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (2011)
The grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era’s most baffling murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus. Reenactments of the murder were staged in Times Square, armed reporters lurked in the streets of Hell’s Kitchen in pursuit of suspects, and an unlikely trio—a hard-luck cop, a cub reporter, and an eccentric professor—all raced to solve the crime.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Freeport Author
Freeport Author, Virginia Terris
Dr. Virginia R. Terris passed away on January 12, 2012. Dr. Terris was a professor of English at Adelphi University and an accomplished poet. Her poetry appeared in many journals including the New Yorker, Paris Review, Nation, American Poetry Review, and Greenfield Review. Between 1983 to 1987, Dr. Terris served as the Long Island director of the Poetry Society of America.
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THE CANAL IN WINTER
Dr. Virginia R. Terris passed away on January 12, 2012. Dr. Terris was a professor of English at Adelphi University and an accomplished poet. Her poetry appeared in many journals including the New Yorker, Paris Review, Nation, American Poetry Review, and Greenfield Review. Between 1983 to 1987, Dr. Terris served as the Long Island director of the Poetry Society of America.
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THE CANAL IN WINTER
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In the canal the ice thickens
whichever way the wind comes from.
At first a fragile skin at morning
the ice ripples in the light wind.
The wind blows over it. The ice deepens.
Snow drifts across it blows away.
Tides seep over its edges. Freeze.
It grows too large for itself.
Heavy against itself it groans
The ocean under it restless.
Will not stay beneath it.
Will not be still
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Crushing against itself
its crevasses open. I listen
to its snapping through the night.
I turn to the windows
to watch ice tearing itself apart.
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This poem is from Canal: Poems by Virginia R. Terris (1981)
In the canal the ice thickens
whichever way the wind comes from.
At first a fragile skin at morning
the ice ripples in the light wind.
The wind blows over it. The ice deepens.
Snow drifts across it blows away.
Tides seep over its edges. Freeze.
It grows too large for itself.
Heavy against itself it groans
The ocean under it restless.
Will not stay beneath it.
Will not be still
.
Crushing against itself
its crevasses open. I listen
to its snapping through the night.
I turn to the windows
to watch ice tearing itself apart.
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This poem is from Canal: Poems by Virginia R. Terris (1981)
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Read All About It!
Freeport's Historical Newspapers
The Freeport Leader is now online and fully searchable from 1941 to 1990 (except 1945) and from 2001 to 2003. The years 2004 to 2010 should be available shortly.
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Since 2005, the Freeport Memorial Library has been digitizing its collection of local newspapers and adding them to the Long Island Memories Digitization Project.
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In addition to the Leader, you can also search:
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Daily Review of Nassau County – March 1921 to June 1921
Freeport News- February 1921 to November 1921
Nassau County Review- January 1899 to March 1921
Nassau Post- January 1914 to July 1918
Queens County Review- November 1895 to December 1898
South Side Messenger- January 1916 to December 1918
Daily Review of Nassau County – March 1921 to June 1921
Freeport News- February 1921 to November 1921
Nassau County Review- January 1899 to March 1921
Nassau Post- January 1914 to July 1918
Queens County Review- November 1895 to December 1898
South Side Messenger- January 1916 to December 1918
Friday, January 13, 2012
Book Recommendations
Nonfiction
Fiction
Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (2011)
Discovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure. Think Harry Potter for adults.
Discovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure. Think Harry Potter for adults.
Nonfiction
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller (2011)
In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin’s bullet shattered the nation’s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century. The President and the Assassin is the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two of the most compelling figures of the era: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who murdered him.
In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin’s bullet shattered the nation’s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century. The President and the Assassin is the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two of the most compelling figures of the era: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who murdered him.
Friday, January 6, 2012
FML Receives a Grant!
The Library was awarded a $1000 grant by the State Education Department. This Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund grant will be used to digitize over 55 years of the Village of Freeport newsletters.
Freeport began producing an informative newsletter in the early 1950s. The first issue was published in May 1952 and was delivered to residents as part of the electric bill. This practice continued until the 1990s when the newsletter was sent as a separate mailing. In a time before the internet, the newsletter served as a way to communicate directly with the community. Early newsletters include some biographies of Village employees and historical reminiscences of long-time residents. Later editions cover such diverse topics as census data, the Village's anti-blockbusting campaign, urban renewal, and memorials to Freeport's 9-11 victims.
Once digitized, these newsletters will be fully searchable and will be available to everyone on the Long Island Memories digital site (www.longislandmemories.org).
Freeport Author
Freeport Author: Erik Larson
Erik Larson’s new book In the Garden of Beasts is a New York Times best seller. Larson grew up on North Grove Street and graduated Freeport High School in 1972. He earne
d his B.A. in Russian history and culture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. Two years later, Larson graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in with an M.S. He has been a feature writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He also has written articles for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker. He taught nonfiction writing at San Francisco State, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Oregon. He currently lives with his family in Seattle. Larson’s latest nonfiction book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, tells the story of William E. Dodd who became U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933.
Larson’s previous books include: The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities, 1992; Lethal Passage: How the Travels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis, 1994; Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, 1999; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and the Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Crown , 2003; and Thunderstruck, 2006.
Erik Larson’s new book In the Garden of Beasts is a New York Times best seller. Larson grew up on North Grove Street and graduated Freeport High School in 1972. He earne
d his B.A. in Russian history and culture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. Two years later, Larson graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in with an M.S. He has been a feature writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He also has written articles for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker. He taught nonfiction writing at San Francisco State, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Oregon. He currently lives with his family in Seattle. Larson’s latest nonfiction book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, tells the story of William E. Dodd who became U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933.Larson’s previous books include: The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities, 1992; Lethal Passage: How the Travels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis, 1994; Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, 1999; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and the Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Crown , 2003; and Thunderstruck, 2006.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Technology Help @ FML
If you own an e-book reader, tablet computer, or other electronic gadget and are not sure how to use it, you can make an appointment for quick technical help. This service will include how to download free e-books from the Nassau Digital Doorway. Please sign up at the Reference Desk, call (516-379-3274), email frreference@freeportlibrary.info, or text us at 66746 (start your question with ASKFML) to make an appointment.
eBooks
Free eBooks @ FML with a Kindle
The Freeport Memorial Library is excited to announce that the Nassau Digital Doorway (Overdrive) ebook collection is now compatible with the Kindle ebook reader. Patrons can now download popular and classic ebooks to a Kindle device or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, and more.To get started, visit the Nassau Digital Doorway. Kindle users can browse the collection from a PC or Mac computer, check out titles using a valid library card, and select "Get for Kindle" to deliver the ebook to the Kindle device, or Kindle app. If a title for which you are looking is already checked out, you can reserve it and we will let you know when it is available.
Freeport Author
Freeport Author/Musician: Reverend Tina Baker
Reverend Tina Baker donated a copy of her new CD A Powerful Worship Experience and DVD This Is It both featuring the Refuge Temple Choir. Reverend Baker graduated from the Refugee Bible Instituteand was ordained in 2002. She is theMinister of Music at Refuge Apostolic Church of Christ in Freeport. Additionally, she is a preacher, teacher, author and songwriter.
Cynthia Krieg, Librarian; Ken Bellafiore, Library Director; Reverend Tina Baker; and Robert Sizemore, Library Staff Member and choir member of Refuge Apostolic Church of Christ.
Reverend Tina Baker donated a copy of her new CD A Powerful Worship Experience and DVD This Is It both featuring the Refuge Temple Choir. Reverend Baker graduated from the Refugee Bible Instituteand was ordained in 2002. She is theMinister of Music at Refuge Apostolic Church of Christ in Freeport. Additionally, she is a preacher, teacher, author and songwriter.
Cynthia Krieg, Librarian; Ken Bellafiore, Library Director; Reverend Tina Baker; and Robert Sizemore, Library Staff Member and choir member of Refuge Apostolic Church of Christ.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Bus Trip
Philadelphia Flower Show
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, COST: $65 per person
Bus departs the Freeport Recreation Center at 8 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, COST: $65 per person
Bus departs the Freeport Recreation Center at 8 a.m.
and returns approx. 7 p.m.
America’s first flower show held in Philadelphia, in 1829 has grown to be the largest in the world. Located in the state-of-the-art Phildelphia Convention Center, the show features lectures and
demonstrations, culinary presentations, and 140 marketplace vendors. There are numerous places where you can enjoy lunch while still remaining at the center. The cost includes admission to the flower show and deluxe motor coach transportation. Registration begins at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, in the lobby for Freeport residents and at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, for nonresidents. Payment is by check or money order only, payable to the Freeport Memorial Library. No Cash Please!
America’s first flower show held in Philadelphia, in 1829 has grown to be the largest in the world. Located in the state-of-the-art Phildelphia Convention Center, the show features lectures and
demonstrations, culinary presentations, and 140 marketplace vendors. There are numerous places where you can enjoy lunch while still remaining at the center. The cost includes admission to the flower show and deluxe motor coach transportation. Registration begins at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, in the lobby for Freeport residents and at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, for nonresidents. Payment is by check or money order only, payable to the Freeport Memorial Library. No Cash Please!
Freeport Memorial Library Blood Drive
presented by the
Long Island Blood Services
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1:15 to 7:15 p.m.
This blood drive is in honor of Martin Luther King’s birthday and his dedication to serving and helping others. We as a community can follow in that tradition of reaching out to our neighbors by donating blood and saving lives. Donors must be between the ages of 17 and 75 and weigh at least 110 pounds. Bring valid ID and your Social Security number. Please schedule an appointment at the Reference Desk. 516-379-3274
Long Island Blood Services
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1:15 to 7:15 p.m.
This blood drive is in honor of Martin Luther King’s birthday and his dedication to serving and helping others. We as a community can follow in that tradition of reaching out to our neighbors by donating blood and saving lives. Donors must be between the ages of 17 and 75 and weigh at least 110 pounds. Bring valid ID and your Social Security number. Please schedule an appointment at the Reference Desk. 516-379-3274
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