June 8 Mamaroneck Village Street Fair:
Celebrating the Old & the New

by Tom Murphy

(May 21, 2003) On Sunday June 8, the Village of Mamaroneck will celebrate the rebirth of its downtown shopping area by looking back at 300 years of its past. Known as the “Historic Harbor Street Fair,” the extravaganza will go on between 11 am and 4 pm, from Mamaroneck Avenue to Harbor Island Park. Among the Fair’s features will be three tall ships in the harbor, Revolutionary and Civil War re-enactments, and silent movies. Village merchants will showcase their wares and local non-profit organizations will be educating the public about their missions.

The driving forces behind the Fair are the chairwomen of the event, Sunny Goldberg and Carolyn Pomeranz. Both Sunny and Carolyn are long-time advocates of improving the downtown shopping area. Their efforts contributed to the now completed Mamaroneck Avenue Streetscape which replaced sidewalks, buried power lines and doubled the number of trees on the avenue.

Sunny and Carolyn have set their sights on people within and without the Village. They hope the Fair will attract folks from outside the Village to take a fresh look at Mamaroneck. They also expect the Fair to give residents a renewed sense of pride in their downtown and all the Village has to offer as a place to live.

Sunny and Carolyn have logged countless hours in preparation for the June 8 party and have enlisted scores of volunteers from every neighborhood in the diverse village to help out in various capacities. To illustrate the bi-partisan nature of their support, they former Mayors Joe Lanza (Republican) and Debbie Chapin (Democrat) are working together to insure the full participation of the business community. The organizers hope is the fair becomes an annual event.

Anyone wishing to volunteer in any capacity on June 8 is asked to contact Mamaroneck Village Hall at 777-7722.

Tom Murphy is a long-term resident of the Village of Mamaroneck