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Library seeks to expand its social services dance at these programs, Pagano said, the library is exploring expanding the range of servicThe Franklin Square Public es it provides. One option the Library has been expanding its library is considering is hiring social services to better address an intern studying social work the needs of patrons seeking at a local college to offer partspecialized resources. The time assistance to patrons library follows a whose needs extend years-long trend b e yo n d e x i s t i n g across the Nassau library resources. Library System. Several libraries Enlisting volunin the Nassau systeers from nearby tem have already law fir ms to propartnered with vide legal advice, Adelphi and Stony health care workBrook universities ers to conduct free to hire interns who health screenings, visit on scheduled and post office staff days and times, for to host passpor t up to 15 hours per services, libraries week. The interns, have become cenwho are graduate tral hubs for more students, help JamEs PagaNo than just books. patrons obtain A c c o r d i n g t o Assistant director, unemployment James Pagano, the Franklin Square benefits, behavioral library’s assistant Public Library health resources, director, the addifood assistance and tional services are more. popular with patrons. They’re Communities with libraries so well attended, he said, that currently partnered with the appointments quickly run out. colleges’ internship program “We’re doing what we can to include Bellmore, Freeport, fill the needs of the communi- Glen Cove and Uniondale. ty,” Pagano said. “We’ve had According to Abby Balbi, lines out the door for some of assistant director of practicum our services.” education at Adelphi’s School As a result of high attenContinued on page 13
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Joe providence, a beloved upS delivery driver who delivered packages to the elmont community for 24 years, retired Sept. 26 after over 30 years with the company.
Joe Providence, local UPS legend, retires after 31 years By RENEE DeloRENZo rdelorenzo@liherald.com
Joe Providence, a local legend in the Elmont community, retired from United Parcel Service after delivering packages to residents for the last 24 years of his 31-year tenure at the company. Known for his bright demeanor and caring personality, Providence delivered between 300-400 packages to residents daily, always with a smile. Managers and crewmembers gathered at the UPS Nassau Hub in Uniondale Sept. 26 for a short retirement celebration, coordinated by the Locustwood Gotham Civic
Association. The group gathered in front of the Mitchell Field management office, which manages 70 delivery routes including Elmont, and grabbed bagels as manager Dave Janosek and Bob Barker, president of the civic association, shared a few words about Providence’s decades-long legacy at the company. “Joe has gotten to know almost everybody on his route,” Janosek said to the dozens of crewmembers that attended the celebration. Janosek said Providence was the last of the ‘Fab Five’ to retire — a group of five delivery drivers who worked the Elmont route alongContinued on page 7
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