Udalls Cove Meeting And Volunteer Day Set For May 7

It's that time of year again.

The Udalls Cove Preservation Committee will hold its 42nd Annual Meeting and Cleanup on Saturday, May 7. All members of the community, members and non-members alike, are invited to attend and help the organization get the park ready for the height of the late-spring and summer season. 

This year's effort will concentrate on the Virginia Point section of Udalls Cove, located at the northern terminus of Little Neck Parkway, which was the focus of a $17,000 restoration effort by the UCPC in 2009.

However, a June 24, 2010 "micro-burst" thunderstorm  swept through the area, toppling scores of trees in the Virginia Point section of Udalls Cove. Since then,  through the volunteer efforts of Mike Tielis of Little Neck's Tielis Landscaping.

According to the UCPC, the group will also recognize the contributions Lucille Helfat,  and Thomas Gaines — all longtime members who died in the past year.

Councilman Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone, and Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, are expected to attend. 

The group will meet on Sandhill Road, also known as the “Back Road," between Douglaston and Little Neck, just west of the Little Neck Railroad Station, on the north side of the railroad tracks at 10 a.m.