Grist Mill Committee seeks vendors for Huckleberry Frolic event  

The Grist Mill Committee will host the Huckleberry Frolic event for its fifty-fifth year on June 7, with a rain date of June 14.

The event will be located at Grist Mill Museum, with a parade along Main Street before. The parade will have live music, food vendors, petting zoos and other entertainment.

The Grist Mill was built in 1688, and Joseph Haviland was its first owner, before Alexander Davidson purchased it in 1818. According to the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, Haviland built the mill to help create a shipping and trading center.

The Village of East Rockaway acquired the mill in 1960, and soon afterward it was restored and moved from Mill River to its current location in Memorial Park, at Woods and Atlantic avenues. Eventually it became a museum. The site was destroyed by an arsonist in 1990, but was fully restored. Work to further rehabilitate the facility began in mid-2018, and funds from the 2019 Frolic helped continue that effort. The rehabilitation project included the installation of a new roof, and new fire alarm and security systems.

The committee is currently seeking interested vendors, and applications are available on the VillageofEastRockaway.org website.

For more information, contact the East Rockaway Village Hall at 516-887-6300.