Malverne's Small Town Glory (Research)

Kellerman, Vivien. “If You’re Thinking of Living In/Malverne, L.I; Mom-and-Pops and a Working Farm.” New York Times 5 Oct. 1997, late ed., sec 9: 3.

On 1997 The New York Times wrote an article on Malverne’s own groundhog, Malverne Mel, who brought many visitors to the town. While the reporter for this article visited the quaint town of 8,000 residents they emphasized the structure of the small town. The article gives a vivid description of the “mom and pop” stores, the independent movie theatre and the library. Malverne is located between two big Nassau communities so the residents of Malverne are not closed off from the rest of the world. It is approximately 22 miles away from midtown Manhattan and it takes just 43 minutes on the Long Island Rail Road to get there. The residents of this town don’t always have to go out of their neighborhood to find entertainment they hold antique car shows and an annual one-day County Fair that brings at least 200 vendors. A famous part of Malverne is one of the last farms on Nassau County, Grossmann’s Farm. A small knit family that creates tomatoes, beets, scallions, zucchini, etc operates the Farm. It has been around for seventy-five years. Another farmhouse in the village was turned into a museum that is free on Sundays from twelve in the afternoon until three.