HEM Volunteer firefighters celebrated
Opera workshop
SAYVILLE — On Thursday, Aug.
16 and Friday, Aug. 17, the Sayville
Young People's Opera Workshop
(unique to Long Island) is slated to
presents the second and third performances of the classic operetta The
New Moon.
The Sigmund Romberg and Oscar
Hammerstein II creation is scheduled
to be performed in David M. Jones
auditorium in Sayville Middle School
located on Johnson Avenue at 8 p.m.
Admission is free. For more information, visit sypow.tripod.com.
Island tour
PATCHOGUE — The Fire Island
National Seashore is offering a special
tour to Barrett Beach on Saturday
Aug. 18 and Sunday, Aug. 19. Weather
permitting, there will be round-trip
ferry service from the Watch Hill Ferry Terminal in Patchogue leaving at
9:15 am and returning by 4 p.m.
Lifeguards and limited snack bar
service, including hot dogs, hamburgers and sandwiches, along with
canned soda and bottled water will be
available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Parking at the ferry terminal is free,
but a round-trip ticket costs $14 for an
adult and $9 for a child. For more
information, call 687-4759 or visit
www.nns.aov/fiis.
Seafood festival
WEST SAYVILLE — The annual
Long Island Maritime Museum
Seafood Festival is scheduled to be
held on Saturday, Aug. 25 and Sunday,
Aug. 26 on the LIMM's property on
West Avenue.
More than 15,000 attended last
year's event to enjoy some of the
Island's best seafood , listen to the live
entertainment and educational programs and view a wide array of arts
and crafts.
Expected this year are more than
100 exhibitors, Antigone Rising, a fivepiece all-female rock-n-roll band on
Saturday, while Sunday boasts former
Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artjmus
Pyle and his band, and Zebra, who
were recently inducted into the Long
Island Music Hall of Fame. For more
information, call 447-7679 or visit
www.limaritime.ore.
Bayport FD hosts town 's flremens ' parade
By BRITTANY HERTH
BAYPORT — Hundreds of Long
Island residents gathered along Main
Street with lawn chairs and children
held balloons and stuffed animal Dalmatians, to honor 18 volunteer fire
departments that marched in Islip
Town's Volunteer Firemen's annual
parade last Saturday.
Sponsored by one of Islip Town's fire
departments for half a century, the
parade features volunteer firemen, Fire
department bands, emergency medical
service workers, as well as modern and
antique emergency service vehicles.
This year, the Bayport Fire Department sponsored the parade, providing
food , drink and music for nearly 1,000
community members and volunteer
firemen following the march down
Main Street.
The parade featured approximately
800 volunteer firemen, including engine
companies from Islip Terrace, East
Islip, West Islip and Holbrook. The Bayport Fire Department was first in the
precession, followed by their 1955
Mack pumper fire engine.
Awards for best appearance were given to the East Islip Fire Department for
the category of under 30 men, and for
over 30 men, West Islip took first place.
The West Sayville Fire Department won
for the best appearing band, and
Sayville took home the trophy for the
most men in line.
"We are here to give volunteer firemen the credit they deserve," said Connor Dougherty, who plays bagpipes for
the Thomas O'Shaughnessy Pipe
Band , and performs with the Lakeland
Fire Department.
When becoming a volunteer fireman,
The Bayport Fire Department hosted Islip Town's annual Volunteer Firemen's
Parade and after marching took to the grills for some hearty food fare.
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one must be medically fit, endure an
application process, a background
check, and go through a challenging
one-year physical trainingprocess.
To remain an active volunteer, fire
departments require a minimum of
events that one must attend. Bayport
requires that their volunteers attend
approximately 50 activities, such as
drills and other meetings, annually.
"Volunteering is very rewarding for
men and women. We help out our
neighbors by keeping them safe and
controlling our taxes," said Charlie
Zigrosser, who is the third of four generations of volunteer firemen in his
family.
In addition to the food , antique fire
Attack of the aquatic algae
Islip cleans up seaweed at town beaches
By JEFFREY BESSEN
ISLIP TOWN — It is green, brown or red, long and stringy,
and clumps together sometimes so much so that wading
through it is next to impossible and its collection is necessary.
Seaweed, an algae that lives in fresh or saltwater environs
and boasts up to approximately 10,500 species, is not the most
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attractive feature of South Shore beaches.
SUFFOLK COUNTY — Following
To help ensure that Islip Town's eight beaches are clear for
the Minneapolis bridge collapse earliswimmers, the Parks Department collects an estimated 26
er this month, a report released this
yards (three to four truckloads) of seaweed three times per
week by Suffolk's Department of Pubweek prior to the facilities' opening.
lic Works showed that 44 of the 72
"Although seaweed is a fact of nature, its overabundance can
bridges owned and maintained by the
put a damper on the enjoyment of our town beaches," said
county require no repairs.
Supervisor Phil Nolan. "The town's seaweed removal program
The remaining 28 need only slight
is one of many ways our Department of Parks and Recreation
repairs not requiring their closure,
work hard throughout the summer to keep our beaches beauranging from guardrails to incidental
tiful."
paving repairs. Capital projects are
From the amount of seaweed that washes up on shore, the
already scheduled to address 20 of the
town has discovered that three times a week is necessary to
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apparatus and a children's inflatable
bounce attraction, the Bayport Fire
Department provided classic entertainment from Just 60s, a three-man band
that performs music by artists such as
The Doors and The Beatles.
"We do everything we can to help the
community," said Paul Kaiser, a friend
of the band, and a 22-year volunteer of
Bayport Fire Department
"With Bayport Fire Department,
you feel safe and secure and there is
always someone here to assist you if
you need help with anything," said
Kristy Saper, daughter of Jack Stevens,
Bayport Fire Department's Honor
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in fact serve only as an anchor called the holdfast. It simply
absorbs minerals, nutrients and water directly through their
surface tissues from the nutritious sea around them.
In Islip Town, the seaweed collected is transported to the
town's compost facility on Railroad Avenue in Ronkonkoma,
where it is used to produce an effective fertilizing substance.
This compost is available to town residents throughout the
year and for free.
"This program demonstrateshow our Department of Environmental Control gets the most from its resources," Nolan
said, noting that the facility combines seaweed with other natural items to create nutrient-rich compost.
For more information, call 224-5640 or visit www.townofislip-ny.gov. M