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 earned 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.

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.

Bus Trip

Philadelphia Flower Show
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!

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