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.

 

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.

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