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Friday, August 23, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 34
Port WashingtonTimes BACK TO SCHOOL
COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST TERRY
TOWN HIGHWAY SUPERVISOR RESIGNS
PAGES 27-36
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Sands Barn undergoes restoration
A WORK OF ART
Historical society plans to repurpose the structure as an exhibition space BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The Dutch-American barn that sits behind Port Washington’s Sands-Willets House is getting a facelift in order to serve a new purpose for the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society: to serve as an exhibit. The restoration work being conducted by the society includes the removal of the Sands Barn’s roof, which will be replaced with 24-inch cedar shingles, replacing portions of the siding and new doors, which will be constructed as they were in 1690, said Fred Blumlein, barn project manager and trustee of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society. The doors will be reproduced by an ironmonger in Massachusetts, he said. The most modern addition to
the barn will be a new ramp that will allow access by the disabled to the coming exhibit. Chris Bain, president of the historical society, said the exhibit will feature the society’s collection of agricultural tools and its rolling surrey, horse-drawn sleighs and other large items that the public has rarely seen. Blumlein said the exhibit will represent the lives of the people who worked in the barn over the centuries. The use of the society’s tools will help complete the visualization of how the work was done. He said the exhibit aims to connect the stories of people to a tangible object, one of the most important achievements in museum exhibitions. Blumlein said Port Washington’s Dutch-American-style barn Continued on Page 61
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ART GUILD
A work in progress at Children’s Art Studio. The Art Guild recently released its fall schedule of art classes. See story on page 51.
Suspicious morning fire at Manorhaven pool shed BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
Detectives said they responded to a call at 4:57 a.m. and the Port Washington Fire A suspicious fire broke out Department arrived on the at Manorhaven Beach Park scene to extinguish the fire, Pool early Saturday morning at which resulted in no injuries. The county’s arson/bomb a shed owned by Kostal Paddle.
squad was called to the scene to investigate and determined the fire to be suspicious. Residents Forward’s scheduled bay clean-up on Monday was postponed due to the unContinued on Page 50
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