Volume XXV No. 41 Hometown Newspaper for Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glen Head, Glenwood, Locust Valley and Brookville Week of 6/23/16 75C Glen Cove’s 2016 July 4th Weekend Celebration Children’s Bike Parade, Three Free Concerts and Fireworks! The City of Glen Cove’s annual July 4th festivities celebrates great traditions with free concerts, fireworks and a children’s bike parade. “Glen Cove is the place to be for July 4th weekend as we have the best of everything for our residents - fireworks, a classic child’s bike parade, concerts downtown and in the park, beautiful beaches and picnic grounds,” said Mayor Spinello. Coordinated by the Glen Cove Youth Bureau, the annual July 4th Children’s Bike Parade has become a morning holiday tradition for kids of all ages and their families. Children take bikes, scooters, wagons, strollers and battery- powered vehicles and roll down the streets of downtown Glen Cove to the Village Square with their spirited energy and patriotism in full view. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. but children are asked to arrive at the Robert M. Finley Middle School at 9:30 a.m. to decorate their bikes/wagons etc. for a bike decorating contest. For the bike contest, one winner will be selected in three categories - Most Patriotic, Most Original and Best Group - with a special prize for each winner. photo by Peter M. Budraitis more photos and schedule on page 2 County Repairing Sea Cliff Seawall July 4th In Sea Cliff The boat ramp along Prospect Avenue Whitton said. “It was immediately compromised. I am very glad to the wall in Sea Cliff and adjoining wall have been apparent that the sea wall was being and boat ramp completely secured now.” Please join the Civic crumbling and the foundation under the Association on Monday ramp washing away with storm tides. July 4 at 10 am at the village This has become a potentially hazardous Green in Sea Cliff to celebrate situation since the ramp is sinking, causing it to be uneven and dangerous Independence Day. There will for a boat to use as a launching area for be reading of the declaration, access to Hempstead Harbor. music, noisemakers, and Thankfully, Nassau County Legislator followed by the reading will Delia DeRiggi-Whitton was able to secure County funding to completely be a bicycle parade down Sea repair the seal wall and replace the Cliff Avenue to Lincoln plaza boat ramp. “After receiving calls by Metro Bistro. There will be from my constituents, I met Nassau refreshments as well. County Department of Public Works representatives and Sea Cliff Mayor We hope to see you there! Bruce Kennedy at the site,” Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi- Page 2 Gold Coast Gazette Week of June 23, 2016 Glen Cove’s 2016 July 4th Weekend Celebration Children’s Bike Parade, Three Free Concerts and Fireworks! continued from cover the Landing neighborhood on July 4. Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 4, There will also be free refreshments, a there will be no parking on Germaine July 4th arts and crafts project, giveaways Street, Landing Road or McLoughlin and a Patriotic singalong. Street west of Carpenter Street. Parking After the morning bike parade, all for individuals with Handicap Parking Here’s a look at Glen Cove’s July 4th full Weekend Schedule: residents are invited later in the day Permits will be available in the Morgan to Morgan Memorial Park for a 7:30 Park parking lot. For residents who Friday, July 1: p.m. concert featuring the Northwinds watch the fireworks from the Long Island Symphonic Band and a 9:15 p.m. · 7:30 p.m.: Downtown Sounds’ 2016 series kicks-off with a free concert Sound, safe boating is encouraged. featuring a Veterans Concert with the Patriot Brass Band at the Village Square. fireworks display. Under the musical Glen Cove’s July 4th festivities direction of Helen Bauer and guest Supported by the Downtown Business Improvement District and City of Glen are made possible through support Cove, this year’s presenting sponsors are Bethpage Federal Credit Union and conductor Barbara Sherwin, this provided by The Glen Cove Mansion, year’s program will feature familiar Garvies Point. Rain location is the Wunsch Auditorium at Robert M. Finley Garvies Point, Phillips Lytle LLP, Middle School. marches, patriotic favorites, selection Zarin & Steinmetz, D&B Engineers from the King and I, and the music of & Architects, P.S., , Anker’s Electric Irving Berlin and John Williams. A Sunday, July 3: Services, American Paving & Masonry · 7:30 p.m.: The 2016 Morgan Park Summer Music Festival kicks-off with Dixieland combo will feature G. Edward Corp., Bowne AE&T Group, Newport Smith on clarinet, Robert P. Evans on a Salute to America – Concert Pops of Long Island. Bring a picnic basket and Engineering, Turner Miller Group, Glen enjoy the concert at Morgan Memorial Park. trombone, trumpeter Barry Schwalb, Cove PBA, North Coast Subaru and Kevin Weibley on Tuba and Caitlyn Gannet Flemming. Cummings will “swing away” to When Monday, July 4: the Saints Go Marching In. Guest · 10:00 a.m.: Glen Cove’s Annual July 4th Children’s Bike Parade. Meet at soloist and harmonica virtuoso, Jiayi, the Robert M. Finley Middle School horseshoe at 9:30 a.m. for bike decorating. will dazzle the audience with Flight of Parade ends at the Village Square in downtown Glen Cove. the Bumblebee and Sousa’s Harmonica Wizard accompanied by members of · 7:30 p.m. Northwinds Symphonic Band performs at Morgan Memorial the band. Soprano Allison Tamburello Park. will join the band for the Josh Grobin favorite, You Raise Me Up and God · 9:15 p.m. Fireworks by Grucci. Bless America. To close the concert and honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Northwinds will perform Northwinds Symphonic Band The Stars and Stripes Forever while Fireworks by Grucci brings bright bursts Performs July 4th at Morgan Park and a spectacular pyrotechnic artistry to the skies high above Morgan Memorial Broad Stripes and Bright Stars Park at 9:15 p.m. In case of rain, the concert will be held Celebrate the 4th with a program of great concert band music presented by the indoors at St. Patrick’s Church Parish Northwinds Symphonic Band under the direction of East Island resident Helen Bauer Hall on July 4th and the Fireworks will and guest conductor Barbara Sherwin. be rescheduled for Tuesday, July 5 at Included in the program will be familiar marches and patriotic favorites, selections 9:15 p.m. Residents are reminded that from the The King and I, and the music of Irving Berlin and John Williams. Guest bags and backpacks are subject to search soloist and harmonica virtuoso Jiayi He will dazzle the audience with Flight of the at Morgan Memorial Park for contraband Bumblebee and Sousa’s Harmonica Wizard accompanied by members of the band. including alcohol and fireworks. Soprano, Allison Tamburello will join the band for the Josh Grobin favorite, You Parking restrictions will be in effect in Raise Me Up and God Bless America. Northwinds will honor the men and women of the armed forces and close the concert with the Official March of the United States of America- The Stars and Stripes Forever. Please join us for an evening of great band music and wonderful family HEALTHY HOME TOUR entertainment, which will be followed by spectacular fireworks. Identify potentially hazardous products in your home www.Healthyhomenow.info The Gold Coast Gazette 57 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542 (USPS008886)(ISSN10651748) Postmaster: Send address changes to The Gold Coast Gazette, 57 Glen St. Glen Cove, NY 11542. Entered as second class paid postage at the Post Office at Sea Cliff N.Y. Published weekly on Thursday by KCH Publications Inc. 57 Glen St., Glen Cove NY 11542. Phone (516) 671-2360. Price per copy is 75 cents. Week of June 23, 2016 Gold Coast Gazette Page 3 Finley Cellist Earns Scholarship The Secret Gardens of Sea Cliff July 9th a Sat. 10am-3pm Summer Refreshments 1pm-4pm Finley Middle School eighth-grader Axelle LaBaw, a cellist in the school’s string Tickets $25 orchestra, received a scholarship from the Nassau Music Educators Association to attend Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. Come! Follow the sweet scent of roses, honeysuckle, phlox and lilies. They will Axelle has a strong desire and passion to study music and develop her skills on lead you along with us on a joyful and playful treasure hunt of gardens bursting with the cello. She was recognized for her performance at NYSSMA and her leadership color and with a special surprise around every corner....big treasure, little treasures... role in the middle school orchestra. Orchestra instructor Chris Lippe, the Glen Cove artistic creativity is very much alive and it plays out beautifully in this little Victorian Music Department and the Glen Cove School District would like to congratulate Village overlooking Hempstead Harbor. Axelle on her hard work and achievement and wish her the best of luck on her future musical endeavors. How difficult it is to have a favorite! Gardens are as unique and imaginative as the gardeners. There are waterfalls, ponds, garden structures, unusual perennials and artful terracing, designs, and patterns tucked away in unsuspecting corners. What a wonderful delight! Share the day with your friends and neighbors wandering through eight secret gardens. At tours end you can relax and enjoy some light refreshments in a lovely garden shaded with a high canopy of walnut, maple, and oak trees with thoughts of flowers dancing in your head.