Back by popular demand, this year’s event will feature old “tyme” music and Strawberry Shortcake Sundaes

Lindenhurst, NY – The Lindenhurst Historical Society invites one and all to return to summer days gone by; when Sunday afternoons were spent strolling in the park, serenaded with melodies like “In the Good Old Summertime” and lingering long enough to enjoy that perennial summer favorite—strawberry shortcake.

Back by popular demand, the Lindenhurst Historical Society is once again hosting its Old Tyme Summer Sundae Social on Sunday June 23, 2024 at the Lindenhurst Village Square from 1PM to 3PM. This year, strawberry shortcakes replete with vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream will be on sale for all to enjoy.  Period costumed members of the Lindenhurst Historical Society will be on hand to inform local history buffs, summer dessert aficionados and Sunday strollers about life in Lindenhurst during the 90s… that’s the 1890s and setting the mood will be Get Your Groove On DJ, providing period accurate music; the perfect accompaniment for viewing the Society’s historical photo display depicting Lindenhurst in days gone by.

“The Lindenhurst Historical Society is pleased to once again host this event;  inviting friends, old and new, to join us and spend some time sharing stories about Lindenhurst’s past and helping the Society further its mission to preserve and celebrate our Village’s rich and colorful  history, ” said Lindenhurst Village Historian and Event Chairperson Anna Jaeger.

“We greatly appreciate the support the Lindenhurst Historical Society received from the community during last year’s Lindenhurst Historical Society 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary celebrations,” said Lindenhurst Museum Director and Event Co-Chairperson Marianne Guglieri. “We are especially pleased at the recognition and support received for this year’s Sundae Social.  The H.F. Wreith Insurance Agency (368 South Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst) and the East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (134 Great East Neck Rd, West Babylon) have made generous contributions to this year’s event, helping to ensure a successful Summer Sundae Social.  Please join us at the Lindenhurst Village Square.” 

Mother Nature provided a spectacular day for the annual Lindenhurst Fire Department Invitational Parade & Drill.  Fire Departments from across Long Island came to Lindenhurst to participate, and enjoy a day of festivities and thrilling drill competition. This year, the parade was extra special since the LFD invited a group of Firefighters from Germany to march alongside them.

Mayor Michael Lavorata said, “It was a site to behold, with so many firefighters marching in formation, accompanied by marching bands, and followed by fire trucks and rescue vehicles. I also had the honor, along with LFD Chief David Collins, to present the German firefighters with a proclamation welcoming them to our Lindenhurst community.”

Pictured here with members of the Walldorf Germany Fire Department –Max Bowitz (Captain) and Christiane Stabb (Member, Deputy Head of County Fire Service Association, Former Mayor of Walldorf, and Member of State Parliament)  are (left to right):

PHOTO #1 – Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Kevin J. McCaffrey, Mayor Michael Lavorata, Deputy Mayor RJ Renna, and Trustees Douglas Madlon and Maryann Weckerle.

PHOTO #2 – Trustee Maryann Weckerle, LFD Chief David Collins, and Mayor Michael Lavorata.

The Village Board recently acknowledged May 14th, 2024 as “Apraxia Awareness Day” in
the Village of Lindenhurst. Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is an extremely
challenging neurological speech disorder that affects 1-in-1,000 children. The disorder
causes children to have significant difficulty learning to speak, and is among the most
severe speech deficits in children. Pictured here with Mayor Michael Lavorata is the
Pope Family, who have two children diagnosed with CAS, and who seek to bring about
greater awareness of the disorder.
Mayor Lavorata said, “Our highest respect goes to these children, as well as their
families, for their effort, determination, and resilience in the face of such obstacles.”

Representatives from East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Taylor Webb & AnneMarie Fragkoulis, recently met with Deputy Mayor RJ Renna and Village staff to discuss their ideas to help and become more involved in the Lindenhurst Community.  In addition to hosting events and programming to assist our seniors at the Rainbow Center, including nutrition tips, understanding benefits, and injury-prevention techniques, East Neck also committed to partnering with the Village as a sponsor of our 2024 Lindenhurst Free Summer Concert Series.  We are so grateful to these kind, warm-hearted folks, and we look forward to our continued collaboration.

Pictured here (left to right) are:  Deputy Mayor RJ Renna, Village Clerk Katie Schrader, Rainbow Senior Center Manager Dawn Shipsey, and Taylor Webb & AnneMarie Fragkoulis of East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Lindenhurst Village Officials recently traveled upstate to attend the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM) Annual Meeting & Spring Training School. The NYCOM meeting is an opportunity for Mayors, Trustees, and Village officials to network with peers from other communities, and attend a variety of training sessions and seminars.  Topics covered include areas of essential information and skills that every local official needs, as well as breakout discussions on timely subjects and innovations.

Mayor Michael Lavorata said, “The NYCOM annual meeting is an incredible opportunity to meet and talk with fellow Village officials that serve in local governments throughout the State of New York.”

Pictured here (left to right) are:  Trustee Douglas J. Madlon, Patchogue Mayor Paul V. Pontieri, Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray, and Lindenhurst Mayor Michael A. Lavorata.

The Lindenhurst Rotary Club recently held their annual Pups on Parade & Blessing of the Animals event.  It was a beautiful day to celebrate our pets!  An array of dogs and their owners enjoyed marching around Village Square Park, led by Rotary Club Co-Presidents June Cullinane and Trish LaFlare.  Participants were also invited to bring a gift to be donated to a local animal shelter, and used to help homeless pets in need of attention and love.

Trustee Douglas Madlon said, “This wonderful, outdoor event was warm and loving, full of children, and short enough to get all the pets blessed before any serious barking broke out.”

Pictured here (left to right) are:  Trustee Douglas Madlon, Rotary Club Members Pat Chiodo, June Cullinane, Trish LaFlare, Event Chairperson Patty Maisel, Joe Perrone, Lorraine Riginio, Karen Golden, and Denise Iadicicco & Mayor Michael Lavorata.

Winter Bros. Waste Systems, of West Babylon, recently made an $8,500.00 donation to the Village of Lindenhurst for the planting of new trees along South Wellwood Avenue, through the heart of the Lindenhurst Downtown Business District, from Gates Avenue to Hoffman Avenue. 

Therefore, in an effort to replant trees that would benefit the Village in longevity — ones that will not become too large and cause future damage, and ones that are not of an invasive species – the Village consulted with a number of horticultural experts, as well as the Long Island Invasive Special Management Area (LIISMA), and garnered input from valued members of the community, before choosing two varieties to plant in our Lindenhurst Downtown – the Kwanzan Cherry Tree & the Snow Goose Flowering Cherry Tree.

Mayor Michael Lavorata said, “The Village of Lindenhurst extends its grateful thanks to Winter Bros. Waste Systems for this very generous donation towards the beautification of our Downtown.  We appreciate their partnership in our commitment to the planting, preserving, and caring of trees in our community.”  

The Lindenhurst Historical Society and the Village of Lindenhurst will cohost the unveiling of the 1901 Restored Long Island Rail Road Depot and Freight House Museum’s William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historic Transportation Marker- Saturday June 8, 2024 at 1 P.M.

Celebrating its 50^th year as a museum, the marker further designates the Depot and the adjoining Freight House as a significant Lindenhurst historic site

Lindenhurst, NY – The Lindenhurst Historical Society is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historic Transportation Marker grant.  The grant funds were utilized to procure a Pomeroy Marker bearing an inscription that indicates the historic significance of the 1901 Restored LIRR Depot and Freight House and the role both the Depot and the Rail Road played in the 1870 founding of the City of Breslau.

The Historic Transportation Marker will be unveiled in a joint ceremony held by the Lindenhurst Historical Society and the Inc. Village of Lindenhurst on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the 1901 Restored Depot and Freight House located at Irmisch Park at the intersection of South Broadway and South Third Street beginning at 1 P.M.  Included among the speakers helping to unveil the marker are Lindenhurst Village Mayor Mike Lavorata, Lindenhurst Village Trustees Doug Madlon and Maryann Weckerle,  Lindenhurst Village Historian Anna Jaeger and Town of Babylon Historian Mary Cascone.

Credited as Long Island’s first railroad museum, the Depot and Freight House replicates the Lindenhurst stop on the LIRR, recalling its original location along East Hoffman Avenue, close to the grade crossing at No. Wellwood Ave.

Depot Museum Site Manager Ed “Skip” Meinhold will help host the ceremony.  “We are excited to kick off the Depot’s 50^th Anniversary Year with the Marker’s unveiling,” said Mr. Meinhold. “Our museum staff is looking forward to an exciting summer season at the Depot and hope to culminate our 50th Anniversary year in an even larger celebration this October.”  The 1901 Depot and Freight House Museum  are opened to the public from June thru October on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.  Admission is free.

The Lindenhurst Historical Society has enjoyed a valuable and mutually advantageous partnership with the Inc. Village of Lindenhurst.  United in a shared vision to preserve, the partnership has produced three instances whereby buildings relevant to Breslau’s/ Lindenhurst’s founding and subsequent development as the 4^th largest village in New York State were protected from demolition and preserved as museums.  The Lindenhurst Historical Society is proud to manage all three buildings as museums; The Lindenhurst Historical House Museum (reopening Fall 2024) at 272 South Wellwood Avenue and at Irmisch Park, the 1901 Restored Long Island Railroad Depot and Freight House Museum and the Old Village Hall Museum(reopening Summer 2024).

“All our museum buildings are all historically valuable in their own right,” said Village Historian Anna Jaeger, “but also provide intrinsic and germane exhibit space along with valuable storage for the Society’s collection of local artifacts, objects and historical items.”

“We are proud to be recognized once again by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for our commitment to historical accuracy and to our ongoing endeavors to celebrate our community’s rich history,” said Village Museum Director Marianne Guglieri. “We are looking forward to the unveiling and to the community joining us to help celebrate this special event.”

Catskill and 35th Street: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Dekalb Avenue and North 6th Street: Friday, May 24, 2024

The Village of Lindenhurst will be milling the roadway on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 (Weather Permitting). PLEASE NOTE: All motor vehicles must be off the streets and out of driveways, if usage is required, by 7:00 AM; the streets will be reopened in the late afternoon.

The Village will make every effort to limit your inconvenience and keep the roads passable. Please bear with us as we make these much needed improvements to our village.

If cars are not moved off the roadway, they will be towed.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation. Should you have any questions, please contact the Superintendent of Public Works at 631-957-7520.