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Friday, July 23, 2021
Vol. 6, No. 30
Port WashingtonTimes SUMMER DINING GUIDE PAGES 19-22
RESIDENTS URGED TO CONSERVE WATER
NASSAU TO GET UP TO $115M IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT
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Pride in Port parade to return Sept. 18 Annual celebration back after COVID-19 forces cancellation in 2020 BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y After skipping last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Port Washington’s 32nd annual Pride in Port parade will return Saturday, Sept. 18. Beginning in 1988, Pride in Port celebrated the people of Port Washington and the hamlet’s founding, which is commemorating its 377th anniversary this year. The day’s schedule will begin with an afternoon parade starting at Main Street from Belleview Avenue to Port Washington Boulevard. The parade will feature community organizations, schools, Schreiber Hall of Famers, and local first responders, including the Port Washington Fire Department. As always, the parade will be led by a grand marshal, who Pride in Port Co-Chairman Fred Pollack says is someone who stands out for their contributions in the area. “There have been business
people, community groups and also veteran’s groups,” he said. “They’re people who have done various things for the community over a long period of time that we want to honor for having things done in Port Washington.” Following the parade, a senior citizen luncheon will be held at Schreiber Hall. Activities will continue with the Homecoming football game against John F. Kennedy High School of Plainview, Schreiber’s second game of the season at 2 p.m. At halftime, the school will honor its newest inductees to the Schreiber Athletic Hall of Fame following their participation in the parade and induction ceremony held at the Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast earlier in the morning. For family and children, carnival games will be held after the parade at Weber Field for the Family Fun Day portion of Pride in Port. The evening is to be capped off Continued on Page 27
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Longtime Port Washington Tennis Academy President and Director Richard Zausner died at 87 last week.
Port tennis luminary Zausner dies at 87 Eastern Tennis HOF inductee ran academy BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
a Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, died on July 12. He was 87. Zausner, in a 2017 interRichard Zausner, the president and director of the Port view with Blank Slate Media, Washington Tennis Academy said he would be a part of the for more than four decades and Port Washington academy his
father had founded in 1966 until the very end. Zausner began working at the academy as a young man and said one of his main goals was to help children on and off the court. Continued on Page 26
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