July 29, 2010, Freeport-Baldwin Leader
Holding court in Baldwin
The ribbon is cut and the renovated basketball courts are open at Coes Neck Park.
Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (fourth left) joins town officials and community leaders in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the newly renovated basketball courts at Coes Neck Park in Baldwin. Tennis and handball/paddleball courts were also refurbished in a parks improvement project that included the installation of new energy efficient lights to illuminate the court areas, new sod, plantings and a sprinkler system. Joining Supervisor Murray to officially open the new court areas are Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla, Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, Jacqueline Bell, president of the Baldwin Oaks Civic Association, Dr. Terri Magnum, president of the Uniondale Board of Education, Claude Mangum of the Baldwin Oaks Civic Association, Meta J. Mereday of Baldwin, Emma Mereday of Baldwin, Joan and Joe Keegan of Baldwin and Russell Scout and Joseph Epifania of Nelson and Pope Engineering.
