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72nd Yea»i No. 8 Fteeport, N^ 11520
The Community Newspaper
Thursday, February 22» 2007
Nunley Carousel^s new home!
RIDE *EM, COWGIRL! Rachel Obergh tries out one of the carousel animals, flanked bi' Nassau Legislator Joe Scannell, left, and Count>' Executive Tom Suozzi, center.
AN ACCIDENT took place Sunday night, February 18. at Merrick Road and Church Street. Freeport. photo by MO* Kosner
In this issue:
Freeport's school board studies budget page 2 Freeport Lions and the blind page 10
A rainswept St. Valentine's Day last week did little to dampen the spirits of Nassau County E.xecutive Thomas R. Suozzi and Nassau County Legislator Joe Scannell, as they bridged their chasm of difference over where to jjer-manently house Nunley's Carousel by announcing that the historic amusement would ride once again on Nassau County's Museum Row.
The carousel has been in storage since it was closed and dismantled in 1995 at its Sunrise Highway site in Baldwin on the Freeport border, where it had been a fixture since 1939. The county purchased the ride for S854,400 in 1998 to save it from being auctioned off, horse by horse.
Museum Row, on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Garden City, is also home to the Cradle of Aviation Museum, the Children's Museum of Long Island, the Long Island Museum for Science and Technology and the Nassau County Firefighters Museum.
Said County Executive Suozzi of the permanent carousel move to a new location, "This one-of-a-kind carousel has a special place in so many people's hearts, and I am thrilled that we will be getting it back in operation in a centrally
located new home so that all the residents of Nassau County can enjoy it.
"Nunley's will join our all-star lineup on Museum Row, giving people yet another great reason to visit."
Joe ScanneU's support imperative
Legislator Joe Scannell (5th LD), who last year had heated words with Mr. Suozzi over Mr. Suozzi's decision to relocate the horses and carousel to Oyster Bay at the request of the town -with restoration paid for by Long Island singer-songwriter Bill Joel -and who promised to disrupt the Democratic agenda in the Legislature over the move, struck a conciliatory tone.
In a phone interview with The Leader, Legislator ScanneU's aide LuAnn Lima indicated that Mr. ScanneU's community development monies of $430,000, as promised, would still go to the restoration of the carousel horses. "Joe made a promise and he will keep it."
The bid process for the restoration is presently underway, with responses expected by mid-March.
She said that as much as Mr. Scannell
wanted to return the carousel to Baldwin,
it became clear that it would be better
(continued on page 3)
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| Title | The-Leader_2007-02-22 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2007 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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