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Friday, October 7, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 40
HOME & DESIGN
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Rain pushes street fair to this Sunday
GROWING THE GAME
Mineola chamber reschedules annual event after forecast of inclement weather BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Mineola Street Fair, slated for Sunday, Oct. 2, has been pushed back to Oct. 9 due to weather forecasts that predict rain this weekend. Mineola is projected to have showers with winds diminishing Sunday afternoon, according to weather.com. The website has Sunday with a chance of rain at 50%. In 2020, the street fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2021 was rained out after a downpour started two hours after it began. Tony Lubrano, the Mineola Chamber of Commerce vice president, told Blank Slate Media the fair this year will spotlight Mineola businesses and families. “We decided this year we are going to take it back and go to our roots,” Lubrano said. “We decided to target a theme this year of a family fun day.” Lubrano mentioned how this year the chamber took on the full responsibility for planning the street fair after having a third party help out over the past few years. “The atmosphere was there was really no reason to hang out there,” Lubrano said. “Once you take one lap, you’ve seen everything and don’t need to stay.” To fix the problem, there will be a
bigger focus on interactive activities, including kid rides, a yearly staple, and the dunk tank, which the chamber donates to the Mineola Junior Fire Department. In addition, there will be carnival games with the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, donated by the chamber, bouncy houses, clowns and magicians, among other activities. Can You Escape? Long Island will also be bringing a portable escape room and attendees can expect additional activities such as ax throwing or viewing a boxing demonstration. For musical entertainment, a show mobile will be set up and feature 10 acts. At 11 a.m., JHL Dance Dynamics will perform, then American Theater Dance Workshop at noon, an opening ceremony featuring bagpipers, color guards and elected officials at 12:30 p.m., Ariel Loft at 1 p.m., Jason the Clown Magic Show at 1:30 p.m., Portuguese Dancers at 2 p.m., Master Jeon Tai Kwon Do at 2:30 p.m., vocalist Nick Fabiano at 3 p.m., Jason the Clown Magic Show again at 3:30 p.m. before ending with Herricks musicians at 4 p.m. For live music, Run for Cover will be playing at a designated spot for each live act at 11 a.m., Perfect Strangers at noon, North American Pandas at 1 p.m., Delusions of Grandeur at 2 p.m., Fuzz at 3 p.m. and Skyward Effect at 4 p.m.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MINEOLA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Seniors on the Mineola High School varsity football team visited fourth graders at the Jackson Avenue School to help teach and promote the sport.
Pereira seeks to move on overlay districts soon BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Mineola Mayor Paul Pereira said the village hopes to move on potential overlay districts in the near future following a presenta-
tion last Wednesday to reimagine the village’s building districts. On Sept. 21, Mineola’s Board of Trustees listened to a presentation by Paul Grygiel on creating an overlay district on the strip of
Jericho between Willis Avenue and Marcellus Road and on Main Street, First Street and Second Street between Mineola Boulevard and Willis. Continued on Page 42
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