Taking The Oath
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Trustee Alfred Sirlin (center) receives the oath of office from Village
Justice Ralph Franco at the Annual Organization Night held on April
4. At left is Family Court Judge Patricia Collins, a Freeport resident,
who had previously sworn Judge Franco into office thaj^evening. AJso g gncj Services \
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A Healthy Business
Community Lessens The
Burden Of The Taxpay-ing
Resident . . .
• by broadening the tax
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e by providing employ-ment
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• by attracting more
tax-reducing develop-ment.
You can Help By Thinking
"Freeport First"
For Purchase Of Goods
FREEPORT MEMORIAL L1BRART.
WEST MERRICK ROAD,
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE TELEPHONE FReepprt 8-4000 WILLIAM H: WHITE. MAYOR
Public Meetings On The 1st and 3rd Mondays Of The Month, At 8:00 P.M.
Storm.
Cease &id Desist Orders Help Prevent Blockbusting
Freeport's Stabilization and
Affirmative Housing Task Force
urges all homeowners who have
not already done so, to submit a
cease and desist order to Secre-tary
of State Mario Cuomo.
These orders prevent mass solici-tation
of homeowners and undue
pressure to sell.
The cease and desist drive
.began some years ago when soli-citations
of homeowners in the
-•f Village by a few unscrupulous
..real estate.brokers led,to ."block
busting." Discussions between
the Village government and then
Secretary of State John Lomenzo,
led to the program whereby resi-dents
signing and filing such
orders with the State would be
protected from unwanted solici-tation
by real estate brokers and
salesmen. Those realtors refusing
to obey the order are subject to
punitive action by the Secretary's
office which can lead to suspen-sion
or revokation of the license to
operate in the real estate field.
If you..hay e__ never _signed a
cease and desist order — of if you
Date.
Hon. Mario P. Cuomo
Secretary of State
New York Department of State
Dear Secretary Cuomo:
I (We), the undersigned registered owner(s) of property located
at , in the Village
of Freeport, Nassau County, New York, do not wish to sell such
property. Accordingly, I (We) hereby revoke my (our) implied In-vitation
to solicit in any manner whatsoever.
I (We) hereby request you, by virtue of the power vested In you
as Secretary of State, pursuant to Article 12A of the Real Property
Law. to order all licensed brokers and salesmen to cease and desist
from soliciting the undersigned until such time as I (We) may
notify you in writing to the contrary.
(Signed)_
(Signed)_
Print Name.
have but have since moved with-in
the Village to another house —
clip out and sign the form below
and return it to the Village
Clerk's office (do not mail it
directly to the State).
The forms will then be recorded
by the Village and forwarded to
the Secretary of State. When you
have received an acknowledge-ment
from the State, you will
know that you are covered by the
non-solicitation order. If you.are.
subsequently solicited, save the
postcard, business card or other
material received, or'if solicited
by phone, make a note of the
time, date and name and broker
affiliation of the caller, and then
notify the .Code Enforcement
office.
To save postage, the form
below may be returned with your
electric payment. The Task Force
urges all Freeporters to add their
names to the hundreds of then-neighbors
who have already af-forded
themselves of this form of
protecting their property, their
Village and themselves. The sign-ing
of the order will not prevent
anyone from selling his home in
a legitimate manner by merely
contacting any reputable realtor.
The difference is that the contract
is initiated by the homeowner and
not by a real estate dealer.
Homesteading
Progress
Freeport's program, through
Community Development Act
funding, to revitalize an entire
neighborhood by turning over
once boarded-up houses to hard-working
young couples for the
cost of repairs to the structure is
now underway. Five such houses
have been occupied, five other
families will make the move
shortly and three other houses are
currently undergoing rehab-ilitation.
With a total of 80 houses in the
Homesteading program, appli-cations
are still being accepted
through the Freeport Community
Development Agency, 50 Liberty
Avenue. Successful applicants
must show a steady employment
record, a reasonable debt picture
and income sufficient to carry a-home
improvement loan over 10
years and meet the monthly
charges for taxes, fuel, etc.
Homesteading families must
certify that they will occupy the
house for a minimum of five years
at which time it becomes their
own property. All the houses are
in Housing Improvement Area #1
which is Babylon Turnpike to
Wallace Street, the Long Island
Railroad to the northerly Village
Line.
Present day property owners in
the area are also eligible for low-cost
property improvement loans,
or in the case of fixed income,
direct grants. Information may be
obtained from theAgency.
Recreation News
Residents are reminded that all
Freeport Activity Cards expire as
of June 1. The Cards "are nec-essary
for 'all over the age of 3Vi
for admittance into the Recreation
Center and for all programs for
which there is a registration. New
Cards must be applied for at the
Center in person as a photo must
be taken. Proof of residency is
required. The cost is $2 and the
Cards will be honored until
June 1,1978.
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The Freeport Recreation
Department is planning a series
of six trips for children during
July and August. Detailed flyers
will be distributed through the
schools and can also be picked up
at the Center starting mid-June.
Two trips for adults have been
scheduled by the Recreation De-partment
for July. The first, on
Thursday, July 7, is to the Jones
Beach Marine Theatre to see the
production of "Finian's Rain-bow."
The cost of $10 covers
admission and transportation. A
$5 deposit is required to hold a
reservation and all monies most
be in by Thursday, June 16. The
bus will leave the Center, at 7 pm
and return about 11:45 pm. The
second trip, featuring a clam bake
at Pomona, N.Y., is on Wednes-day,
July 20. Food will be served
all.day starting with coffee and
danish. Trip goers will be able to
use the outdoor recreational
facilities and there win be live
music for dancing. All, including
transportation, is included in the
fee of $16. A $5 deposit is requir-ed
and the entire fee most be paid
by June 29. The bos will leave the
Center at 8:30 am and return
about 9pm.
NOTICE ,
ELECTRIC CONSUMER DEPOSITS
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1977 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 117 OF PUBLIC SERVICE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK AND. VILLAGE OF FREEPORT P.S.C. NO. 8
— ELECTRICITY SCHEDULE, THE VILLAGE WILL
REQUIRE THAT CONSUMERS EITHER IN ARREARS OR
DISCONNECTED FOR NONPAYMENT OF ELECTRIC
BILLS FURNISH A TWO-MONTH DEPOSIT TO INSURE
PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED. SAID DEPOSITS
WILL CARRY SIMPLE INTEREST AT RATE PRESCRIBED
BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. IN ORDER TO
AVOID HARDSHIP AND FINANCIAL BURDEN OF A
DEPOSIT, PLEASE ARRANGE TO PAY YOUR BILLS
WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE (25) DAYS.
Trustees: Thomas J. Lovelldge, Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan, Alfred Slrtln
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVlncenzo - Treasurer: James J. Lyons - Counsel: Oakley Gentry Jr.
Some $46,000 in Federal Com-munity
Development funds are
being used currently to clean and
paint the Village's water tower on
Sunrise Highway. The cleanup
operations, required by law, are
being combined with the overall
graphics program which will be-come
apparent throughout the
Village as the shopping mall de-velops
and work begins in the
waterfront area. Seen for miles
around, the top of the tower will
be white with the words "Free-port"
in black lettering. A wave
pattern of greens and blues will
appear- on -the .bottom with the
supporting structure in a light
green.
Superintendent of Water Dis-tribution
Edward Voelker points
out that the emptying of the one
million gallon West Water Stor-age
Tank early last month, for a
total of approximately six weeks,
leaves the Village with an ample
water supply from the Northeast
watershed. However, because of
the greater distance the water
must travel, water pressure may
be reduced during times of heavy
use, particularly in the westerly
section of the Village. Since the
pressure drop is in proportion to
the water used, residents are ask-ed
to cooperate by conserving
water in whatever ways possible.
Voelker pointed out that work on
the tank must be done in warm
weather when water usage is at
its highest and the high temper-atures
this spring has been an
added complication.
Watering lawns and gardens
should be confined to 'Sunday
when schools, commercial and in-dustrial
activities are shut down.
Residents who have lawn sprink-lers
on a timer should disconnect
the timer to avoid unnecessary
watering. The use of automatic
dish washers and clothes washers
should also be restricted to even-ing
use when there is less water
being used for other needs.
Energy as well as water can be
""conserves" by 'using 'automatic"
washers with full loads only.
The average homeowner will
probably not notice the slight
pressure drop. It will be more
noticeable in homes where the
water service is old. (galvanized
pipe) or of a size just adequate to
supply water under normal con-ditions.
It will also be noticed that
there is less pressure on the hot
water than the cold. This is due to
the added resistance through the
heating coil of the furnace.
If there is less flow of water
from the kitchen faucet than the
rest of the house, the strainer in
the faucet may need cleaning.
Flushometers must be adjusted
for the reduced pressure if they
do not flush properly or are run-ning
constantly. Apartment
dwellers should notify their build-ing's,
management if the flusho-meter
is not working properly.
It is simple to readjust and
should be taken care of parti-cularly
if it is running constantly.
Special procedures have been
instituted to assure that full fire
protection services are maintain-ed
during any period of reduced
pressure.
The Board of Trustees, which
meets publically on the first and
third Mondays of each month to
hear suggestions and comments
from residents; -has"changed the'
time of such sessions from 9pm to
8pm for the convenience of the
public.
The meetings are held in the
Main Conference Room at Village
Hall, 46 North Ocean Avenue.
When the first or third Monday of
the month falls on a holiday or an
eve of a holiday, the session is
held the following Monday.
The Board, in addition, meets
every Monday in public voting
session beginning at 7:30 pm. At
these meetings the public may
listen but not participate. Public
hearings on specific matters are
held as required on Mondays at
8 pm and are advertised in
advance.
The offer below is given -to Freeport residents so they may once
again have the first chance to enjoy and become familiar with the Free-port
Recreation Center at a time when both seasonal and annual
Discount Plans are being offered to join one of the finest recreational
facilities in the northeast.
SEE AMD SWIM
Joan® 23,1877
LIFEGUARD FOOL SHOW
(Demonstration of life saving techniques,
clown diving, etc.)
All entering between 11 am and 1 pm will be allowed
full usage of the Health Wing (steam, sauna, exercise
room, pools, gymnasium, and handball court) until 9:30
pm. Coupon will not be honored after 1 pm. All under
18 must be accompanied by an adult.
GOOD FOR OWE FREEPORT I
Following his installation on
April 4 as Mayor of Freeport for
an additional four years, William
White announced that Trustee
Dorothy Storm, also newly re-elected,
will serve as Deputy
Mayor.
• Reappointed for terms of one
year were Budget Director and
Village Assessor James Lyons,
Deputy Village Clerk Henry
Gramlich, Deputy Village Treas-urer
Marie Barbieri, Deputy As-sessor
Barry Dunn, Village
Counsel Oakley Gentry Jr.,
Associate Village Counsel
Michael Solomon, Superinten-dent:-
of ,-Buildings--- Louis- -Bello,-
Superintendent of Electric Utili-ties
Ludovic Long and Superin-tendent
of Water Distribution
Edward Voelker. Code Enforce-ment
Attorney Raymond Lavallee
was appointed to serve at the
pleasure of the Board.
Robert Burger was reappointed
Chairman of the Sewer and Sani-tation
Commission for one year
with a new member, Lazaros
Apostolides, appointed for five
years. Reappointed to the Water
and Light Commission.was Chair-man
Henry Altengarten for one
year and member Harold Freder-ick
for five years. Thomas Re will
again serve as Chairman of the
Park Commission for one year
and will be joined by James
Staros, appointed for a .five year
term. Mr. Staros served on
the Commission during former
Mayor William Glacken s admin-istration
in the 1950s. Leo Canal-izo
• was -selected for' a" five year"
term on the Highway Commission
for which Norman Schmeling will
continue as Chairman in the
coming fiscal year.
To serve an additional three
years on the Human Relations
Commission are Rev. S. Frank
Emmanuel, Charles Friedman,
Lawrence Gumbs, Mary Hall and
Sara Holly. Dr. Walter. Ligon was
reappointed Chairman for one
year. Marilyn Roller was renamed
Chairman of the Commission for
the Conservation of the Environ-ment
for one year and Frank
Rzucidlo will continue as a
member for five years.
Following receipt of a letter of
resignation from the Zoning
Board of Appeals from Fred
Hager "due to the pressure of
Freeport's veterans organizations will once again appro-priately
mark Memorial Day on May 30. A parade of mem-bers
and dignitaries will begin at 10 am heading east on
Pine Street from Grove, south on Main Street, west on
Merrick Road to the Freeport Memorial Library where
services will be held, then north on Long Beach Avenue,
east on Brooklyn Avenue to Ocean Avenue where the/
Freeport Fire Department will honor its departed mem-bers,
then north on Ocean Avenue past the reviewing
stand on the Village Green.
Mayor William White will deliver the eulogy to be followed
by the sounding of Taps, a gun salute and flag folding cere-monies.
Veterans not affiliated with any. organization are
invited to join the line of march by appearing'af Grove and * '
Pine Streets at 9:30 am.
work as Special Assistant to the
Nassau County Executive and as
Freeport Republican Leader,"
Mayor White appointed Rev.
Timothy Peternana to fill the one
year unexpired term on the Board
while also reappointing Martha
DeSalvo to a five year term. John
DiGrazia is to be continued as
Chairman of the Planning Board
for one year while C. James Clark
was selected as a new member to
serve for five years. The Electric-al
Board will continue hi the
coming year to be composed of
Chairman Frank McKenna and
members George Hubschmitt,
Ludovic Long, Louis Bello, Wil-liam
Hill, Peter Meyer and Wil-liam
Cominos. Similarly, the
Examining Board of Plumbers
-will be Chairman John Marshall,
Gil Krog and Robert Nelson.
Jack Extract was reappointed
for one year as Chairman of the
Recreation Programs Committee
.which is composed of Anthony
Arcuri, Elsie Anderson, Earl de
Barrbs, Chris Criscione, Angie
Cullin, Scott Fierner, Marion
Gottschalk, Marilyn Roller, Fred
Roberts, Trustee Dorothy Storm
and Elizabeth Taub. Katherine
Burterfield is the new Chair-woman
of the Beautification
Committee to serve one year with
Rose Carvell, Mary Claire,
Ernestine Costa, Ramona Crook,
Mary Giordano, Joan Jeffries,
Nancy Lamb, Edel Marone,
Marge McKeown, Estelle and
Samuel Meyer, Mary Ostrofsky,
Katherine Parker, Judith Keilly,
Willa Scott, Isabelle Stark, Helen
Warren and Virgina Warren, to
continue as members.
Baldwin and Cornelius Col was
appointed Village Engineers for
one year; Drs. Santos Angeles,
Benedetto Caruso, Rudolph
Joseph, Fritz Chubb and Bernard
Ross were appointed Police Sur-geons
for one year; Josephine
Donnelly and Mary Volpe," Police
Matrons for one year; Canale and
Geraldi, Public Auditors for one
year; .Schmeling Agency, Inc. as
Insurance Agent for the Village
and Broker to provide bonds; the
National Bank of North America,
Chase Manhattan Bank, First
•National City Bank, Long Island
Trust Company and Chemical
Bank as depositories of the Vil-lage
funds; and The Leader as the
official newspaper for one year.
The Board of Trustees also
approved the setting of 8pm as
the time of the public meetings,
held the first and third Mondays
of each month.
