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Strawberry Festival Set for Thursday

Children with special needs will be admitted into the event earlier on its opening day.

The 25th Annual Nassau County Strawberry Festival, hosted by the Bellmore Lions and Kiwanis Clubs, will start on Thursday evening and run through Sunday.

Children with special needs will have the opportunity to enjoy Thursday's festivities earlier at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.


"Children with special needs may never have had the full opportunity to participate in a carnival and enjoy all its rides," Joe Anderson, co-chairman of the Nassau County Strawberry Festival said. "For the past several years, we have made this possible at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival through Blue Sky Amusements, the operator of the amusement rides."

The event will include live entertainment, rides, fresh strawberries and a variety of strawberry concoctions.

The festival will be open to the general public: Thursday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m, Saturday, 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is $2 and children under 5-years-old will be admitted for free. Parking will be free.

The Nassau County Strawberry festival will be held at the BOCES School grounds at Newbridge Road and Jerusalem Avenue.

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Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meetingRead More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....itsRead More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 01:34 pm
Can you edit above and add photo? Then I will post to top news! Thanks! MG