PROTECT YOUR HOME
Burglary is a problem,but something can be done to prevent it.
Whenever you leave your home to spend an evening or a week-end
elsewhere, housebreakers may move in if they're certain you have
left. Burglars spend their daylight hours "casing" neighborhoods,
looking for uncut lawns and overstuffed mailboxes. They spend their
spare evenings looking for darkened houses--or lights left on too
long.
HOW TO DISCOURAGE BURGLARS AND PROWLERS
If you're leaving home for more than an evening, have you:
(1) Cancelled all daily deliveries? (2)Left a lamp or two connected to
an automatic timer, so that your lights turn on at dusk, turn off again
at bedtime to create a "lived in" look while you're away?(3) Discon-tinued
the newspaper (or arranged to have it forwarded? (4)Notified
Police and a neighbor as tcf the- date =>of your, departure and return?
(5)Left shades or blinds in normal position--not completely closed?
(6)Shut and locked all windows and doors, including the garage?
(7)Arranged to have your lawn cut? (8) Arranged with a neighbor or
the postoffice to hold all mail? (9) Used pin-tumbler cylinder locks
(with a dead-lock mechanism) on all exterior doors? (10) Rented a
safety deposit box for storage of all valuables?
You can help your Police Department reduce burglaries in Free-port
by following this guide. And always report suspicious persons,
questionable or dangerous actions to your Police Department by dial-ing
"0" for operator or FR 8-0700,.
*****
THE WATER .DEPARTMENT
(Continued from Page 3)
Mr. Crevoiserat first entered public service on a commission that
zoned Freeport in 1923-24, and served on the Zoning Board of Appeals
before his election as a Village Trustee. Born in Freeport, the Water
-Superintendent-recalls,hills,. valley_s_and streams ojn^local farms be-fore
homes (or streets) came into existence. This knowledge of nat-ural
high and low land has helped in planning or servicing water mains.
"Replacement of old mains has been stepped up," said Mr. Crevoi-serat.
"It was found that meadow bog electrolysis in South Freeport
areas quickly ate out cast iron pipe. As disintegration occurred, we
installed asbestos cement pipes instead.
"Pressure is provided entirely by the two elevated tanks--one with
a half-million gallons capacity at the Northeast Water Shed and the
other capable of holding a million gallons, on Sunrise Highway. "
The Water Department, which started its work in 1894, was"Daddy"
of our electricity system. Our forefathers saw steam engines pump-ing
water into a standpipe and.decided to hook up an electricity geaer-ator
to one of them--for street lighting. The same plant served a
double purpose until the Northeast Water Shed tank and wells were
developed in 1929.
FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY/
WEST MERRICK ROAD,
FREEPORT, L h, N, V,
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
ROBERT J. SWEENEY. MAYOR
TRUSTBSS
HENRY M. ALTENGARTEN
FRANK W. 80MER8
GEORGE H. FAIRBBRO
FRANCIS J. MU8BO
JOHN J. MAC DONALD
VILLAGE CLERK
LEONARD D. B. SMITH
TREASURER
JOHN O. TBSSIER
VILLAGE COUNSEL
•TELEPHONE FR 8-4OOO
"The Boating and Fishing Capital of the East"
MARCH
RECREATION PROGRAM A CO-OPERATIVE PROJECT '
1964
The Freeport Recreation Department furnishes a majority af all
community recreation programs, under the jurisdiction of the Park
Commission and in close teamwork with the Park Department, at all
Village playgrounds. During the Winter it also maintains recreational
activities in six Freeport schools with the co-operation of the School
Board. The program is a dynamic, ever-changing effort to meet the
needs of all ages.
Leadership is structured around staff members who are employed
durine the Winter as teachers in Freeport's school system.
The Department also strives to assist local groups to fulfill their
goals working with youth in community ventures. All outdoor facilities
(ball fields--picnic areas) are scheduled through the recreation offices.
Close co-operation of the Park Department provides the key to suc-cess
in this entire program, as it has the responsibility of developing
and maintaining all areas, as well as to assist with over-all planning.
The Park Department schedules feature events at the Freeport Stad-
4um, assisted by the Recreation Department.
SPRING PROGRAM '
Supervised playground programs are sponsored by the Recreation
Department at Northeast, Northwest and Randall Parks March 23
through March 29 fr.om 3:30 to 5:30 P. M^ every afternoon after school.
The Easter Vacation Program runs from March 26 to April 3,10
A. M. until noon and IP. M. until 5 P. M. at the above-mentioned
parks with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays.
An Easter Egg Hunt is planned at all three Village playgrounds
Saturday, March 28, from 12:30 to 2:30 P. M.
Requests are being accepted for use of Village ball fields and pic-nic
areas. For further information call FR 8-4000.
STRICTER ORDINANCES ON DOGS
If dogs are caught running at large, their owners face heavier
penalties under an amended Village ordinance. Violations bring a
fine up to $100, while the fee to redeem seized animals has been
raised to $10.
Damage, injuries and annoyances caused by dogs led to public
demand for the new regulations, as well as for a tightening of rules
on "walking the dog". Owners should restrain their pets from com-mitting
nuisances on public sidewalks, the areas between sidewalks
and curbs, parks, stations, parking fields, floors or halls of apart-ment
houses or other places used in common by the public, The fine
for each offense has been set at $25.
" The ordinance on "Animals Running at Large" prohibits them
from being at large in' streets, public places or the premises of any-one
other than the owner or keeper, unless the owner or occupant of
such premises grants permission. Leashes used in walking a dog must
not exceed six (6) feet in length, held by a person of adequate age and
discretion.
It is the duty of authorized persons to seize any dog found running
at large. The pound keeper shall, on receiving any such dog, immed-iately
notify the owner or harborer. Any dog so seized may be re -
deemed by the owner upon payment of $10 to the Village Clerk, and in
addition, if such dog is unlicensed, by the payment of the license fee.
All dogs not so redeemed within five (5) days after -such seizure shall
be destroyed.
Any owner or harborer of a dog violating this ordinance, known as
No. 1.1, will be subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each offense
and is declared to be a disorderly person as provided in Article 3 of
the Unified Code of Ordinances.
LET'S KEEP FREEPORT CLEAN!
Because our Sanitation Department collects more than 300 tons
of garbage and 200 tons of trash weekly, residents' help is important
to keep Freeport clean. We shall all benefit if we follow these sugges-tions
from Superintendent John S. Marra:
(1) For Wednesday TRASH COLLECTIONS, don't put out any trash
at the curb until after 6 P. M. TUESDAY NIGHTS, but do so before
6 A. M. Wednesday. Please wait until SUPPERTIME TUESDAYS-at
the earliest to put out unwanted articles, for neatness' sake.
(2) When there is a holiday in any week, the usual Wednesday pick-up
of trash will be eliminated. However, each home will have twice -
a-week collections of garbage.
(3) If you wish a copy of the rules and regulations, please call the
Sanitation Department at FR 8-4000.
THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Pumping about 1.1/2 billion gallons in the past year, Freeport's
Water Department ha's done more than keep up with rapidly growing
demand. It has anticipated increased needs so that restrictions on the
use of water are unnecessary, even in dry spells.
"Consumers here pay water rates one-third lower than other dis-tricts,
in the vicinity," said Water Department Superintendent Will-iam
E. Crevoiserat. "The rates have gone up only twice in 70 years.
Taxpayers get an additional bonus: Free hydrant service and free
water for municipal buildings, parks and the public library, keeping
taxes lower by about eight cents per $100 assessed valuation than they
otherwise would have been.
"Few homeowners realize that the extremely low fire insurance
rates result largely from dependability.of our water supply. In fact,
fire insurance rates are based 34 per cent on this reliability as well
as the water pressure, and 30 per cent on fire departments. In Free-port
the two departments always maintain close co-operation."
Mr. Crevoiserat has participated in two big periods of water faci-lity
expansion--during the late 1920s and the past 10 years. He was a
Village Trustee, serving as Chairman of the Village Board's Water
Committee, in 1929 when the Northeast Watershed, first elevated tank
and first deep wells were introduced. Twenty-five years later, when
Mr. Crevoiserat became Superintendent, the department increased
its source of supply to seven 500-foot-deep wells, extended or en-larged
many mains throughout South Freeport and added an auxiliary
engine at each of the two huge storage tanks to assure uninterrupted
service in case of electric failure.
No increase in staff has occurred within the past 10 years. The de-partment
chief has 11 employees under his supervision: Seven in op-erating
and maintenance work, three meter readers and one secretary.
Clerical financial duties are handled by employees under direction
of the Village Treasurer.
Meanwhile receipts have almost tripled and the equity of the water
plant has increased by more than half a million dollars. Through a
long-range "pay as you go " policy, earnings are used to pay for im-provements
and thereby keep debt redemption costs down. But unex-pectedly
rapid growth in demand—about 2,000 additional meters in
10 years--has necessitated some bond issues in order to keep ahead of
present needs. The Water Department takes pride in 100 per cent fi-nancial
self-sufficiency, paying off all bonds, interest and maintenance
costs out of revenue.
A five-member Board of Water and Light Commissioners super-vises
Freeport's two utilities, with its major decisions subject to
approval by the Village Board. ' ' ' ' '"L
( Continued on Page 4)
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 North Ocean Avenue
Freeport, New York
Bulk Rate
U.S. Postage
Paid
Freeport, N.Y,
Permit 647
VILLAGE NEWS
NEW APPOINT-MENTS
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT COMMISIONERS —
Mark Joseph Hroncich. COMMISSIONER — Rene L. Basile-
SEWER AND SANITATION BOARD--Loren Hebl (Member)
BONDS SOLD AT 2.9 PER CENT INTEREST RATE
Village'of Freeport public improvement bonds were sold recently
at a bond sale to Meadow Brook National Bank at the extremely good
rate of 2.9 per cent, with a premium of $201.
*****
WATER DEPARTMENT (Continued from page 3)
Mr. Cr evoiserat, first entered public:. service on a. commission
that zoned Freeport in 1923-24,. and served on the Zoning^Board of
Appeals before his election as a Village Trustee. Born in Freeport,
the Water Superintendent recalls hills, valleys and streams on local
farms before homes (or streets) came into existence. This knowledge
of natural high and low land has helped in planning or servicing water
"Replacement of old mains has been stepped up," said Mr. Cre'v-oiserat.
"It was found that meadow bog electrolysis in South Freeport
areas quickly ate out cast iron pipe. As disintegration occurred, we
installed asbestos cement pipes instead.
"Pressure is provided entirely by the two elevated tanks--one with
a half -million gallons capacity at the Northeast-Water Shed and the
other capable of holding a million gallons, on Sunrise Highway."
The Water Department, which started its work in 1894, was the
"Daddy" of our electricity system. Our forefathers saw steam engines
pumping water into a standpipe and decided to hook up an electricity
generator to one of them --for street lighting. The same plant served a
double purpose until the Northeast Water Shed tank and wells were dev-eloped
in 1929.
VILLAGE NEWS
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
ROBERT J. SWEENEY. MAYOR
HENRY M. ALTENOARTEN
PRANK W. 80MER8
OEORQE H. FAIRBBRO
FRANCIS J. MUSBO
JOHN J. MAC DONALD
VILLAGE CLERK
LEONARD D. B. SMITH
TREASURER
JOHN O. TE8SIER
VILLAGE COUNSEL
•TELEPHONE FR 8-4OOO
"The Boating and Fishing Capital of the East"
MARCH
RECREATION PROGRAM A CO-OPERATIVE PROJECT
1964
The Freeport Recreation Department furnishes a majority af all
community recreation programs, under the jurisdiction of the Park
Commission and in close teamwork with the Park Department^' at all
Village playgrounds. During the Winter it also maintains recreational
activities in six Freeport schools with the co-operation of the School
Board. The program is a dynamic, ever-changing effort to meet the
needs of all ages.
Leadership is structured around staff members who are employed
during the Winter as teachers in Freeport's school system.
The Department also.strives to assist local groups to fulfill their
goals working with youth in community ventures. All outdoor facilities
(ball fields-- picnic areas) are scheduled- through the recreation offices.
Close co-operation of the Park Department provides the key to suc-cess
in this entire program, as it has the responsibility of developing
arid maintaining all areas, as well as to assist with over-all planning.
The Park Department schedules feature events at the Freeport Stad-ium,
assisted by the Recreation Department.
SPRING PROGRAM ' - i "
Supervised playground programs are sponsored by the'Recreation
Department at Northeast, Northwest and Randall Parks March 23
through March 29 from 3:30 to 5:30 P. M., every afternoon after school.
The Easter Vacation Program runs from March 26 to April 3,10
A. M. until noon and 1 P. M. until 5 P. M. at the above-mentioned
parks with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays,
An Easter Egg Hunt is planned at all three Village playgrounds
Saturday, March 28, from 12:30 to 2:30 P. M.
Requests are being accepted for use of Village ball fields and pic-nic
areas. For further information call FR 8-4000.
:: STRICTER ORDINANCES ON DOGS •: ; ;
If dogs are .caught running at large, their owners face h/eavier
penalties under an amended Village ordinance. Violations bring a
fine up to $100, while the fee to redeem seized animals has been
raised to $10.
Damage, injuries and annoyances caused by dogs led to public
demand for the new regulations, as well as for a tightening of rules
on "walking the dog". Owners should restrain their pets from com-mitting
nuisances on public side-walks, the areas between sidewalks
and curbs, parks, stations, parking fields, floors or halls of apart-ment
houses or other places used in common by the public, The fine
for each offense has been set at $25.
""The ordinance on "Animals Running at Large" prohibits them
from being at large in streets, public places or~thV~pr~e~mises"of'any-""
one other than the owner or keeper, unless the owner or occupant of
such premises grants permission. Leashes used in walking a dog must
not exceed six (6) feet in length, held by a person of adequate age and
discretion.
It is the duty of authorized persons to seize any dog found running
at large. The pound keeper shall, on receiving any such dog, immed-iately
notify the owner or harborer. Any dog so seized may be re -
deemed by the owner upon payment of $10 to the Village Clerk, and in
addition, if such dog is unlicensed, by the payment of the license fee.
All dogs not so redeemed within five (5) days after .such seizure shall
be destroyed. '
Any owner or harborer of a dog violating this ordinance, known as
No. 1.1, will be subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each offense
and is declared to be a disorderly person as provided in Article 3 of
the Unified Code of Ordinances. -
LET'S KEEP FREEPORT CLEAN! - -- - - -
Because our Sanitation Department collects more than 300 tons
of garbage and 200 tons of trash weekly, residents' help is important
to keep. Fr.eeport clean. We shall all benefit if we follow these sugges-tions
from Superintendent John S. Marra: ,
, (1) For Wednesday TRASH COLLECTIONS', don't put out any trash
at the curb until after 6 P. M. TUESDAY NIGHTS, but dp so before
6 A. M. Wednesday. Please wait until SUPPERTIME TUESDAYS at
the earliest to put put unwanted articles, for neatness1 sake.
(2) When there is a holiday in any week, .the usual Wednesday pick-,
up of trash will be eliminated, However, each home will have twice -
a-week collections of. garbage.
(3) If you wish a copy of the rules and regulations, please call the
Sanitation Department at FR 8-4000.
- THE WATER DEPARTMENT *
Pumping about 1 1/2 billion gallons in the past year, Freeport's
Water Department has done more than keep up with rapidly growing
demand. It has anticipated increased needs so that restrictions .on the
use of water are unnecessary, even in dry spells.
"Consumers here pay water rates one-third lower than other dis-tricts,
in the vicinity," said Water Department Superintendent Will-iam
E. Crevoiserat. "The rates have gone up only twice in 70 years.
Taxpayers get an additional bonus: Free hydrant service and free
water for municipal buildings, parks and the public library, keeping
taxes lower by about eight cents per $100 assessed valuation than they
otherwise would have been.
"Few homeowners realize that the extremely low fire insurance
rates result largely from dependability of our water supply. In fact,
fire insurance rates are based 34 per cent on this reliability as well
as the water pressure, and 30 per cent on fire departments. In Free-port
the two departments always maintain close co-operation."
Mr. Crevoiserat has participated in two big periods of water faci-lity
expansion--during the late 1920s and the past 10 years. He was a
Village Trustee, serving as Chairman of the Village Board's Water
Committee, in 1929 when the Northeast Watershed, first elevated tank
and first deep wells were introduced. Twenty-five years later, when
Mr. Crevoiserat became Superintendent, the department increased .-• •
its source of supply to seven 500-foot-deep wells, extended or en-larged
many mains throughout South Freeport and added an auxiliary
engine at each of the two huge storage tanks to assure uninterrupted
service in case of electric failure.
No increase in staff has occurred within the past 10 years. The de-partment
chief has 11 employees under his supervision: Seven in op-erating
and maintenance work, three meter readers and one secretary.
Clerical financial duties are handled by employees under direction;
of the Village Treasurer". "" "" ""
Meanwhile receipts have almost tripled and the equity of the water
plant has increased by more than half a million dollars.- Through a
long-range "pay as you go " policy, earnings are used to pay for im-provements
and thereby keep debt redemption costs down. But unex- •
pectedly rapid growth in demand—about 2,000 additional'meters iri
10 years--has necessitated some bond issues in order tor keep ahead of,
present needs. The Water Department takes'-pride'in- 100 per cent fi:-.::
nancial self-sufficiency j paying off all bonds, 'interest and maintenance
costs out of revenue. . , . . : :.;„• - '• •• '•'•.•> •.... .r:
A five-member Board of Water and Light Commissioners super- ^
vises Freeport's two utilities, with its major decisions"subject to -
approval by the Village Board. ' /: ' ;'.'": '
(Continued on Page 4)
