The Incorporated Village of

We started off the summer with breakfast in the Park. This event is a great tradition of the Village, it’s wonderful to see neighbors, family and friends meet up for delicious breakfast in Brady Park. July also brought the excitement of our Independence Day celebrations—which managed to top last year’s celebrations with a Fireworks Display at Mansfield Park and Fourth of July Parade down Lake Shore Drive and Park Boulevard.

Our Village is such a patriotic community, and it’s in part thanks to all of you who turn out each year and show your pride in America and its history. Speaking of our country— every year Sgt. Peter F. Colleran, Jr. VFW Post 7763 holds a Korean War memorial service in late July at the Korean Monument at the corner of Lake Shore Drive and Mayflower Ave. After attending this year’s memorial service with the Village Trustees, I joined the Veterans at their Post on Park Boulevard and had the opportunity to speak with Commander Gorman about some of their programs and initiatives that they are working on for the upcoming year, starting off with a recruitment drive. Veterans who wish to join the VFW and assist with their outreach programs, should call the VFW Post at 516-799-6758.

This year, the Village Board and I have also been focused on continuing our improvements around the Village with repaving more roads—as well as continuing to invest in improvements to our infrastructure including, the installation of a new roof at the Senior Center, and replacing the roof at Village Hall, later this fall.

I know many of you enjoyed the Park After Dark events this summer. These events allow our community to gather and enjoy a night in our vibrant downtown. It’s events like this that showcase why our Village is such a wonderful place to live and raise a family.

The Village Board and I would also like to congratulate our hometown champions the Massapequa International Little League 12U Softball Team and their coaches, parents, and volunteers for bringing home the Softball Little League World Series title! They are the first team in New York State history to win this prestigious title and we are all so proud of their achievements!

We have many events to look forward to this fall, starting with Irish Night sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 15. It will be held at Brady Park on September 16th starting at 6:00 p.m. This is always a great night to bring a lawn chair and enjoy a night of Irish entertainment and celebrate the halfway point to St. Patrick’s Day.

Our Fall Festival will be held on Sunday, October 1st starting at 10:30 am, followed later in October with the Annual Halloween Costume Parade on Sunday, October 29th in Brady Park sponsored by The Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of the Island Council and Safe Halloween Trick or Treat on Park Boulevard will be held on Tuesday, October 31st from 3:00pm-5:00pm. We ask you to please plan your Trick or Treating on Park Boulevard during these hours so that our merchants can conduct their business during the day.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us here at Village Hall.

Warmest regards,

Mayor Daniel Pearl