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The Freeport Association will
host a meeting open to all resi-dents
on Thursday, November 2,
at the Atkinson School, West
Seaman and North Ocean Ave-nues,
beginning at 8 pm.
Guest speaker will be Ramona
Crook, Coordinator of the Vil-lage's
Stabilization and Affirma-tive
Housing Task Force. Other
members of the Task Force will
be on hand to serve as panel
members.
The purpose of the meeting is
to provide residents with informa-tion
on the purposes and progress
of the Task Force. The group is
involved in the free Homefinder's
Service, one aspect of which was
the recent House'Tours'.'"' '"' "" "'
WLIW/Channel 21 has pro-duced
a 15-minute show entitled
"Close Up: Freeport" which had
its first showing last month and
will be repeated from time to
time in the months ahead.
Interviewed for the program
were Mayor William White,
Lillian Glaser and Robert Raynor
of the Freeport Historical Society,
Sara Holly of the Freeport Board
of Education and The Freeport
Association, Jack Holly of the
Freeport Arts Council and Free-port
Community Chorale, Dotty
Berkowitz who owns the "Star-stream
n," Nat Mizrahi of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce,
participants in the Recreation
Department's senior citizen
program, Homesteaders George
and Christine Lovelock,- Super-intendent
of Public Works Edwin
Prefer and Deputy Director of
Community Development Harry
Brewster.
Topics discussed include the
history of the Village, its water-front,
schools, cultural activities,
the Recreation Center, the Mall,
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As of November 1, a family •
wishing to purchase a Discount
Plan for fall usage of the Recrea-tion
Center's Health Wing will be
required to pay only $35. The fee
was $60 when the season began
on Labor Day. The Plan will be in
effect until January 14. The dis-counted
mid-season rate for an
individual is $15 and $8 for a
senior citizen. Non-resident rates
are $45, $22.50 and_ $12_ respec-
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Those purchasing Discount
Plans have unlimited admission
at the Center's swimming pool,
steamroom and sauna, exercise
room and gymnasium. The Dis-count
Plan holder must also have
the annual Freeport Activity Card
which may be purchased at the
Center for $2.
A local artist shows off her works to some of the over 1,500 visitors to
last month's Creative Arts Fair at the Recreation Center sponsored by
the Freeport Arts Council and Recreation Department. Among the
activities were silver jewelry making, stained glass, calligraphy,
etching, quilting, pottery, life drawing, off-loom weaving, gymnastics,
fencing, yoga, baton twirling, poetry readings, original films, Middle
East, folk and modern dance and button making.
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The Village government will
observe three holidays in .the
month of November: Election Day
on the 7th, Veterans' Day on the
10th and Thanksgiving Day on the
N23rd.
'"• Trash is never picked up from
curbside on Wednesdays in a
week which contains a holiday
REGARDLESS of the day the
holiday falls upon. This is to allow
the Village to use employees to
maintain a twice-a-week garbage
pickup.
Following is a list of the holi-days
involved. Please clip and
•post for year-round reference: ~ "~~
New Year's Day, Lincoln's
Birthday, Washington's Birth-day,
Memorial Day, Indepen-dence
Day, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Election Day, Veterans'
Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christ-mas
Day.
civic involvement, Homesteading
and other Community Develop-ment
activities. Backgrounds
shown include Woodcleft Canal,
Freeport River, Recreation
Center, Village Hall, the Mall,
Freeport Historical Museum and
Northeast Park.
The program was produced in
cooperation with the Village's
Publicity Department.
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' iOCT'OBER*1978
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 8:00 P:M.~
Following the highly successful Canoe Races, Nautical Fair and various
fishing tournaments, Freeport's waterfront saw more activity last
month. The Town of Hempstead's Guy Lombardo Marina was the site
of the Second Annual Greater New York Boat Show which attracted
some 10,000 visitors. The Village government, Chamber of Commerce
and Historical Society mounted a booth at the Show manned by "vol'un-"
teers. More visitors were attracted by the two-day stay at the marina of
the brig, "The Unicorn" during which a concert was held by a steel
band from Trinidad. Finishing off the busy season was the First Annual
Guy Lombardo Gold Cup race to determine the national champions in
the sport of ocean power boat racing also held out of the marina.
The Freeport Chamber of Com-merce,
in cooperation with the
Village, will sponsor the annual
Toyland Parade and Festival on
Saturday, November 18.
Bands, colorful floats and
marching units will leave Free-port
High School at 9:30 am and
proceed west on Merrick Road to
The Freeport Mall where the
reviewing stand will be located.
A Festival of games, entertain-ment
and refreshments will be
held on the Mall immediately fol-lowing
the parade.
Further details will be furnish-ed
through the local media.
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 to be placed on the curb for
pick up, except on the day set
aside. The schedule is as follows:
MONO AY-Northwest: Sunrise
Highway north to the Village Line,
North Main Street west to the
Village Line.
TUESDAY - Southeast: Sunrise
Highway south to the.Village Line,
Guy Lombardo Avenue east to the
Village 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,
Guy Lombardo Avenue 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 Hall at 10 for $1.50 on
week days between 8:30 am and 4
pm. For additional information,
please call the Highway Depart-ment
at FR8-4000, ext. 224.
Trustees: Thomas J. Lovelidge, Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan, Alfred Sirlin
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo-Treasurer: James J. Lyons-Counsel: Michael Solomon
Keeping Alcohol Away From Youth
Freeport School District Superintendent Donald Cost low (second
from I.) presents "Seal of Approval" to Bayview Delicatessen owner
Paul Kayster indicating the store is a member of the "Responsible
Seller's Club." Looking on (I.) is Freeport Police Lieutenant Joseph
Bachety and (r.) Village Drug Education and Counseling Center
Director Marion Harvie.
In an effort to take positive
action toward the prevention of
drug and alcohol abuse among
Freeport's youth, the Village and
School District have created a
Freeport Drug and Alcohol Task
Force. Members are Police
Lieutenant Joseph Bachety, PTA
Central Council members Janene
Suchan and Margaret Catropa,
Superintendent of Schools Donald
Costlow, Village Drug Education
and Counseling Center Director
Marion Harvie and Schools' Drug
Education Counselor William
Miller.
In its first project, a letter was
sent by the Task Force to all Free-port
establishments licensed to
sell or serve alcoholic beverages
asking that they carefully check
identification of youthful
customers, discourage loitering,
report unruly youngsters and vio-lations
related to illicit alcohol
and beer distribution to the Free-port
Police Department. Those
agreeing become members of the
Task Force's "Responsible
Seller's Club" and receive a
decal, supplied by local service
clubs, so that customers are
aware of their membership in the
cooperative prevention program.
Task Force member Marion
Harvie points out that "there are
individuals in the community with
problems and they need help. By
asking those who are licensed to
sell alcoholic beverages to cooper-ate
in our program and carefully
conform to the laws, we can begin
to help alleviate some of the prob-lems
which, while not unique to
Freeport, must be the concern of
the total community." She also
stated that the Village's recently
enacted Open Container law pro-hibiting
the drinking of alcoholic
beverages in public areas was
another way in which Freeport
was addressing the problem.
Members of the "Responsible
Seller's Club," to date, are:
Amber Delicatessen, Anchor Inn,
Baldwin Yacht Basin, Bayview
Delicatessen, Barrow's Waters
Edge Restaurant, Freeport Bev-erage
Center, Caprf RestaurantT °
Chinatown Cafe,FiremistLourige,
Freeport Lodge of Elks, Grand
Union Co., George's Delica-tessen,
The Helm, House of
Pizza, Imperial Diner, Italian
American Delicatessen, Lucky's
Liquors, Lucky's Superette, Mike
and Joe's Delicatessen, Mount-castle's
Liquors, Muller's Fish
Market, Outrigger Restaurant,
Pantry Pride, Photo Finish
Lounge, Poop Deck, Puddles Pub,
Galley Cafe, Rocco's Italian
American Grocery, Sandpiper
Cafe, SBS Liquors, The Schooner,
Seven Eleven (both), Stadium
Bar, Right Track Inn, Seaman's
Wines and Liquors, Sportsman's
Cafe, Stroodles, Triangle Gro-cery,
Uncle Joe's Kitchen, Van
Deusen Spirits, Yankee Clipper
and Villa Rosa Restaurant.
Other establishments wishing
to participate should call Ms.
Harvie at Village Hall.
Making Home Ownership Easier
Do you have a friend or relative
in Freeport, or outside the Vil-lage,
who would like to be a home
owner but can't afford 'a large
down payment or heavy carrying
costs?
Your friend or relative may be
eligible for the Freeport Home-steading
Program and get a house
in excellent condition with a down
payment of only $200 and a total
cost of only $10,000. This is made
possible through the use of
federal funds in our Community
Development program which
enables the Village to acquire
foreclosed houses and refurbish
them for the Homesteading
Program.
This is a great opportunity for
home ownership, for couples and
families who otherwise might not
be able to own a home for many
years.
If you know someone who
might be interested, send them
this "Village News" article and
ask them to write for more in-formation
and an application form
to: Freeport Community Develop-ment
Agency, 50 Liberty Avenue,
Freeport, New York 11520.
"SOMETHING
SPECIAL
From Freeport"
Sundays, 11 pm, WG B B (12.40 AM)
• Hear about your village
• Find out what's new
• Listen to your friends
& neighbors on the air
Suggestions and com-ments
about the show are
welcome and may be sent in
with your electric payment.
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Ice Skating Rink To Open
The giant ice skating ring at the
Freeport Recreation Center is
eduled to open for the season
" 'ovember 25, weather permit-
. The skating sessions will be
held according to the following
schedule:
Tuesdays -
3:30-5:30pm and7:30-9:30pm
Wednesdays -
3:30-5:30 pm
Thursdays -
'3:30-5:30pm and 7:30-9:30pm
Fridays -
12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm
and 7:30-9:30pm
Saturdays -
12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm
and 7:30-9:30 pm
Sundays -
9-11 am (Hockey Clinic),
1-3 pm and 3:30-5:30 pm
All sessions are subject to
change. On public school recess
or other holidays, the Saturday
schedule is in effect except for
Mondays when the Center is
closed.
Cost per session for residents is
$1.25 for adults and 75<f for
children. Non-residents pay a
higher fee. Holders of annual
Discount Plans to the Center's
Health Wing are entitled to 10
free sessions per family member.
Discount tickets are available
bringing the cost of 15 sessions
down to the cost of 10. Figure and
hockey skates are available for
rental for 60$ per session. There
is a fee for those wishing to go out
to the rink to watch of 25$.
Olga Kubik and Magdalena
Molinari, both natives of Czecho-slovakia
will return for then-second
season to instruct both
adults and children in skating
throughout the season which ends
February 28,1979.
Both instructors were Junior
Champion skaters in their native
country, have performed in ice
revues throughout Europe and
the United States, and taught at
leading skating schools. Instruc-tion
will be for beginners, inter-mediate
and advanced as well as
power skating. The lessons are in
accordance with the Ice Skating
Institute of America curriculum'.
The two professionals will also
organized ice shows during the
season.
Community groups and hockey
teams may charter the rink for a
minimum one hour period. This
gives exclusive use of the facility
and the time may be used as a
fund raiser or just for fun. The fee
of $40 for one hour and $75 for
two includes personnel but not
skate rental.
The Center's skating area
includes lockers, skating lounge
with fireplace and a snack bar.
When It Snows
Remember Freeport's Snow
Emergency Signal on the fire
horns—four blasts, pause-—two
blasts.
Your car must be off the street
or it is subject to being towed
away at your expense. Streets
must be kept clear for snow
plows, fire trucks and other
emergency vehicles.
Sidewalks should be cleared of
snow as soon as possible. This is
the responsibility of the property
owner or tenant. Violators will
receive summonses.
The Freeport Fire Department
also reminds homeowners with
fire hydrants on their property
that the area around the hydrant
should be the first area cleared of
snow. Loss of life and/or property
could result if the Department is
unable to locate the hydrant
quickly.
Announcements on closings in
the Village and other important
information will be aired by
WGBB (12.40AM) and WHIL
(11AM) in an emergency sit-uation.
Village
Sewer Department
Aids Homeowners
There are over 100 miles of
sewer lines under the Village
streets which are rodded and
cleaned throughout the year by
the maintenance crew of the
Sewer Department. This crew
also responds to emergencies
such as sewage stoppages in the
street and broken or noisy man-hole
covers, etc. There have'beeri
several instances of basement
flooding because a property
owner or a plumber opened a
sewage house trap in the home
before checking the street sewer
lines first. If there is' any" "doubt
that the stoppage is not located in
the home, please call the Village
Sewer Department at FR 8-4000,
Ext. 228," before opening the
house trap. After business hours
and on weekends, call FR8-4009.
Lateral sewer pipe connections
from the house to the Village
sewer lines, and the proper fitting
of house trap plugs are the re-sponsibility
of the property
owners.
Safe Halloween Fun
The Freeport Recreation
Center will again be the scene of a
Halloween Costume Parade for
youngsters. It will begin at 4 pm
on Tuesday, October 31. The
children will march around the
outside of the Center to the'music
of the Dodd Junio'r High School
Marching Band with prizes going
for the most original costumes.
Following the parade there will
be entertainment by magician
. Edd Patterson and holiday treats
given out to all.
That evening school age child-
.ren can participate in a mystery
word game to be distributed
through Freeport schools. Child-ren
giving the correct answers
will be awarded prizes if they are
home on Halloween Eve to re-ceive
a phone call from the Rec-reation
Department.
This traditional holiday fun is
provided by the Village and is rec-ommended
by the Police Depart-ment
as being the safest way for
children to celebrate.
