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.

 

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

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

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

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.

Readers' Advisory

Farewell Marvin Hamlisch

Composer

1944-2012

Books, scores, and soundtracks by Marvin Hamlisch.

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