LINDENHURST NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION & BALL DROP
The Village of Lindenhurst culminated their 100th Anniversary Year in the same way they kicked it off – with a New Year’s Eve Ball Drop! While last year’s event drew hundreds of residents, families, and visitors out in the rain, the milder weather this year brought thousands to Village Square to celebrate 2023 and welcome 2024!
Sponsored by the Village of Lindenhurst and the Lindenhurst Chamber of Commerce, the event featured live music by The Good Life band, fun giveaways, dancing robots, the ball drop, and fireworks!
The Village celebrated Joseph Randazzo, Lindenhurst’s only-surviving WWII Veteran, as the evening’s honoree to help drop the Lindenhurst New Year’s Eve Ball. Unable to attend at the last minute, Mr. Randazzo, who was just eighteen-years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Army through the Draft Board on June 6th, 1944 – D Day, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, was proudly represented by his daughter and extended family.
The Lindenhurst New Year’s Eve Ball, designed and built by long-time Lindenhurst resident Floyd Chivvis, and his crew at Chivvis Enterprises, Inc., was operated with the expert assistance of the Lindenhurst Fire Department. When the countdown ended, a spectacular Fireworks by Grucci show wowed the happy crowd!
Pictured here with members of the Randazzo Family are Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey and Mayor Michael Lavorata (Photo Credit: Ed Shin).
