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Trash Pickups
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Ice Skating Schedule
Set For Winter Season
The ice skating rink at the Free-port
Recreation Center, 130 East
Merrick Road, is scheduled to
open Friday, November 26 depen-ding
on the weather. Also sched-uled
is a Gala Ice Show the follow-ing
day. "Watch the local news-papers
for details on the show.
Public skating sessions are held
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
from noon to 2 pm, 3 to 5 pm and
7:30 to 9:30 pm. The schedule for
Saturday is noon to 2 pm, 2:30 to
4:30 pm and 7:30 to 9:30 pm. The
rink is available for charter to
hockey teams on Monday and on
Wednesday for community
groups as well as hockey teams.
Community groups may charter
the rink for a minimum of two
hours at $75 (cost for one hour is
$40) for fund raising or social
events, the home games of the
Freeport High School Hockey
Team are played Mondays, Wed-nesdays
and Fridays as scheduled
A hockey clinic for children from
elementary school age through
junior high school is held each
Sunday morning from 9:30 to
11:30.
Discount ticket holders are ad-mitted
free at all public skating
sessions. Cost to others for a
single admission is $1 for adults
and 50<t for children. A 15-session
multiple discount plan may be
purchased at $10 for adults and $5
for children. Figure and hockey
skates may be rented at 55* per
session. Group and private les-sons
are available.
Plan Trip To T.R.'s Home
The Freeport Recreation De-partment
is sponsoring an. adult
trip to Sagamore Hill, the home of
Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster
Bay, on Wednesday, November
10. The fee of $7.50 includes
transportation, tour and a three
course luncheon at The Harbor
House in Oyster Bay. The bus will
leave the Center at 10:30 am and
return about 5 pm. Advance res-ervations
may be phoned in to
223-8000, ext. 10. The fee may be
mailed or brought to the Center at
130 East Merrick Road, Tuesday
through Friday, from 9 am to
4 pm. Monies must be in no later
than Wednesday, November 3.
Seniors Will Hold
Holiday Handcraft Sale
The Senior Citizens Club of the
Recreation Center will hold a
Holiday Sale of handcrafted items
and plants in the lobby of the
center, Saturday, November 6,
from noon to 5 pm. Proceeds for
the sale will be to the senior citi-zens
division of The Industrial
Home for the Blind.
Want To
WORK CLOSE TO HOME ?
Then Talk To Your Boss About Freeport,...
Tell him how the Village's Community Develop-ment
Funds are being used to modernize our
Central Business District and to assemble land
which can be offered at write-down prices. Tell
him the local government stands ready to be ojt-every
assistance possible, in locating his business
in Freeport.
Talk To Your Boss ... -
About Freeport.... and you may get to
EAT LUNCH AT HOME I
Residents are reminded that
there will be no curbside trash
pickup on Wednesday, November
3, and Wednesday, November 24,
due to the Election Day and
.Thanksgiving Day holidays grant-ed
to Village employees. Resi-dents
are urged not to put trash
on the curbs in November except
on Wednesday, November 10 and
Wednesday, November 17.
Village Will Pickup
Bagged Leaves
Superintendent of Public
Works Edwin Prefer has an-nounced
that the special Highway
Department pick up of bagged
leaves begins the last week in
October. Property owners must
adhere to the proper schedule if
the program is to be successful.
•Plastic bags holding leaves are
not be be placed on the curb for
pick up, except on the day set
aside. The schedule is as follows:
MONDAY - Northwest: Sunrise
Highway north to the Village Line
North Main Street west to the Vil-lage
Line.
TUESDAY - Southeast: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village Line
South Grove Street east to the Vil-lage
Line.
THURSDAY - Northeast: Sun-rise
Highway north to the Village
Line, North Main Street east to
the Village Line.
FRIDAY - Southwest: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village Line
South Grove Street west to the
Village Line.
This program will be carried
out by the Highway Department
personnel using packer trucks.
The Sanitation Department will
NOT pick up bagged leaves on
Wednesdays.
Extra large and heavy duty
plastic bags may be purchased at
Village Half at 10 for $1.25 on
week days between 8:30 am and 4
pm. For additional information,
please call the Highway Depart-ment
at FR 8-4000, ext. 224.
SHOP IN
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illage
REFERENCE ONLY
OCTOBER 1976
News
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE TELEPHONE FReeport 8-4000 WILLIAM H. WHITE. MAYOR
Public Meetings On The 1st and 3rd Mondays Of The Month, At 9:00 P.M.
Parade Winners
From left, MaryAnn Elar, Mayor William White, Bicentennial Com-mittee-
Chairman Robert Raynor, Adelaide -Aims- and Carl-Gould
display the two trophies the Village's contingent won in the recent
Town of Hempstead Bicentennial Parade. The trophies are for "largest
contingent" and "most original float."The photos in the background
are part of a display depicting Village officials from its incorporation in
1892. The Incorporation Papers are also displayed. The permanent
exhibit, put together by former Village employee Harry Mitthauer,.
may be viewed on the second floor of Village Hall immediately adjacent
to the Main Conference Room.
Legal Ads Switch
Advertisements are published
in newspapers to give the public
.due notice of proposed changes in
•Village law, zoning and building
code admendments, bid propos-als,
and other official matters.
For the past six months the Vil-lage
of Fre'eport legal notices
were published in the Long Island
Kernel. For the next six months -
October, November, December,
1976 and January, February and
March 1977, they will appear in
The Leader.
Arts Council
_ Plans Fair, .,„„_
And Concert
The Freeport Arts Council,
a non-profit, volunteer organiza-tion
which presents major con-certs,
dramas and workshops in
the arts to residents, will be
holding a fund-raising Junktique
Sale and Fair, November 11, 12
and 13, 9 am to 5 pm, at Old Hose
3 Firehoiuse Theatre at Bayview
and Atlantic Avenue. Residents
are asked to search their attics,
etc. for items which can be sold
for the benefit of the Council.
Those donating items will receive
a receipt for tax purposes after a
sale is made. Donations should be
brought to the Theatre, Monday,
November 8, from 9 am to 1 pm
or 7 to 9 pm. Limited pickup is
available by calling the Council at
223-2522. Baked goods to be sold
will alspjbe welcomed on.the.days
of the Sale with the Council re-questing
advance telephone
notice. Tickets to Hofstra basket-ball
games will also be available
at the Sale with a portion of the
money being donated to the
Council.
The Council's first concert,
featuring the Tokyo String
Quartet with French Horn player
.Barry Tuckwell, will be held
October 30, 8:30 pm, Freeport
High School. Information on that
performance, one of six planned
for the season, may be obtained
by calling the Council.
Trustees: Thomas J. Loveliage, Ralph P. Franco, Dorothy Storm. Wayne Jordan
Village Clerk: Thomas JJeVincenzo-Treasurer: James J. Lyons - Counsel: Oakley Gentry Jr.
Village History To Go On Sale
Bicentennial Edition
AS IT WAS
Clinton E. Metz
Village Historian
Above is the cover design
drawn by Charles Zimmerman for
a three-century history of the Vil-lage
wjhich.w,ill.be^placed on .sale.,,
by the Freeport Bicentennial
Committee in November. The
exact date the book will become
available will be announced
through the local newspapers.
Illustrated with 40 photos,
sketches and an old regional map,
"Freeport As It Was" by Village
Historian Clinton E. 'Metz tells
about the past so intimately that it
provides both information and en-tertainment.
Adults, students and
researchers should.find the book
equally valuable.
The price of the book has not
been determined as yet but
should fall below $3. In an effort
to speed distribution before the
holiday gift season, a reduced
price will prevail when the books
are printed, if purchased at Vil-lage
Hall by November 30.
A foreword by the author-edi-tion
of the book expresses hope
that "his guidebook'^ tojiistory
will' give perspective" "enabling"
readers "to look at life an see it
whole." For that purpose he has
divided the text into subjects and
arranged the sections in time
order whenever possible.
Included in the subjects cover-ed
are the Playland Park, the visit
of Theodore Roosevent, trolley
cars, John Randall's mansion/
"Woodbine," the private school .
during the Civil War, Village
roads in the early 1800's, Ray-nor's
Neck in 1838, the first Black
family and the Central Hotel.
Mr. Metz, a Freeporter who
serves as Village Historian at no
compensation, has 50 years ex-perience
as a newsman.
New Firm Coming
With the aid of the Villag
government, Comstron-Seg, a
electronics firm presently locate
in Richmond Hill, will be moving
to the 14,000 square foot, two-story
building located at 200
East Sunrise Highway.
The four-year-old firm is head-ed
by two Freeporters, Philip
Basse of Pennsylvania Avenue
and Ronald Juels of Lena Avenue.
Presently employing 50 persons,
Comstron-Seg expects to expand
to 100 employees over the next
two years.
The firm began in the Village
but moved to Queens after ac-quiring
another company which
had facilities which have now
been outgrown.
Working with the firm, the
Village's' ' Community 'Develop-ment
Agency was able to find a
suitable building which had stood
empty for some time. In addition,
the Board of Trustees ordered im-provements
be done to a nearby
municipal parking lot which can
be utilized by the firm's em-ployees
as well as the general
public.
Mayor William White points
out, "This is an example of the
'invisible' work being done under
our Community Development
grant. While the construction of
the walkway on South Main
Street is highly visible, residents
may not be aware that while this
time last year there were eight
vacant stores on South Main
Street, there is now, at this
writing, only one, with that being
the former W.T. Grant's. This up-swing
is the result of publicity on
the upcoming mall, our adver-tising
campaign, personal contact
and direct mailings."
Police Referendum
Dropped After Hearing
The November 2 referendum as
as to whether or not the Village
should abolish its Police Depart-ment
and contract with Nassau
County for law enforcement ser-vices
will not be held.
At a public hearing held to hear
comments on whether or not to go
to the referendum, some 300 res-idents
appeared with approxi-mately
60 speakers telling the
Board of Trustees that they were
not concerned with the savings of
$240,000 per year which could be
expected by going to the County if
it meant losing the local force. No
one spoke in opposition to that
position, either at the meeting
or by 'communicating with the
Board by other means. Several
local organizations took a posi-tion
to keep the Freeport Police
Department.
The matter had first come up in
November, 1975 when the Chief
of Police indicated his 80-member
force would require an additional
10 men. With the Department's
1976-77 budget set at $1.7 million
at the present staff level the
Board began investigating the
possible savings to taxpayers
which would result from con-tracting
with the Nassau County
Police Department. While
originally estimated at $400,000,
the final savings arrived at was
$240,000 or $30 per year for the
average property owner. With the
services promised from the
County deemed adequate, the
Board voted to bring the matter
up for public discussion, and if
necessary, to the voters on
November 2.
In announcing the decision not
to hold the referendum, Mayor
William White stated, "As we be-gin
deliberations on the 1977-78
municipal budget, the members
of the Board of Trustees are fully
aware, as taxpayers, that we can-not
withstand a much heavier
burden. The residents showed
that when the Freeport School
District's budget was voted down
three times for the first time in
history.
"The Board saw that a tax
savings could be accomplished in
the future with the abolishment of
our local police force which would
have .meant the,first .major,change
"' in'th'e Village's structure since its
incorporation in 1892. We could
not legally, but more importantly,
morally, have made that change
on our own. However, neither
could we, again morally, have
kept the possibility of such poten-.
tial savings from the residents".
"The public hearing held on
September 13 was widely publi-cized
so that as many Freeporters
as possible would be aware that
the Board would be meeting to
decide whether or not to adopt
two local laws necessary for the
placement of the matter on' the
November 2 ballot. The resound-'
. ing comment from those present •
at -the meeting was 'no referen-dum.'
It was the Board's obliga-tion
to respond to the opinion it
The ice skating rink at the Freeport Recreation Center is scheduled t.
open on November 26, weather permitting, with a Gala Ice Show tc
be held'the following day. Skating is free to Discount Ticket holders.
Others pay.$-1-for-adults and 50e for-children per session. Skates; may
be rented and'lessons are available at an additional fee.
asked to hear. The issue is closed
for the November 2 election and
for the 1977-78 municipal
budget."
Cable Television
The Board of Trustees is
currently considering proposals
from cable television operators
to set up a system within the
Village.
Direct financial aid to the
Village would be the receipt of
3% of the gross profits, esti-mated
to be between $12,000 and
$14,000 annually, in addition to
which local real estate taxes
, would be collected. The operation
of a cable television system
will also undoubtedly generate'
some jobs for local residents.
Conversations with residents
have indicated a desire for cable
television for sporting events and
entertainment viewing. Another
advantage would be the provision
of a Village-wide communications
system with the possibility that
local programming could be
instituted: " ' ."
The subscription to the cable
television system would be op-tional.
Free access to the system
would be given to all educational,
charitable, religious and govern-mental
institutions. Repairs to the
cable system would be done by
the franchiser .who would not do
. general television repair work.
It is estimated it will take two
years from the signing of any
contract to the complete installa-tion
of the system. The Village
Board of Trustees solicits the
opinion of residents on the
desirability of having cable tele-vision
in Freeport. Your com-ments
may be enclosed in the
envelope with your electric bill
payment.
Chamber Makes Plans
For Big Parade
The Freeport Chamber of Com
merce's Annual Holiday Festiva
and Parade will be held Saturday,
November 13 (raindate, Novem-
-ber 20).- Tentative plans call for
the Parade to leave Freeport High
School at 9:30 am and proceed
down Merrick Road to the Free-port
Recreation Center at 13(
East Merrick Road. The Parade
traditionally consists of colorfu
floats, marching units, bands and
dignitaries.
Following the Parade, a Fest-ival
of booths, refreshments and
rides for children will be held a\
the Center's parking lot until ap-proximately
3 pm.
All organizations interested in
participating in the Parade or th<
Festival are urged to contact tht
Chamber at 378-7402.
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