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Welcome to the Freeport Memorial Library blog. We hope to use this blog to offer in-depth information about library services that we do not have room to explore in our bi-monthly newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

ESOL Classes

English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL)
sponsored by the Freeport Public Schools

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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

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
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Items Available as of July 2012 for Freeport
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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
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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
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69,317 Hits for July 2012

Wednesday, August 1, 2012