Welcome to North Hempstead! The official start of summer is still a month away but here in the Town, summer arrives this weekend with the Asian American Festival, a beach-front gala of food, folk art and performance from Japan, India, China, Korea and Pakistan. But that’s just the curtain raiser to a spectacular fun-filled season of festivals, the highlight of which takes place the following weekend with our Memorial Day Fireworks tribute to our fallen troops.