MAR 79
Freeporters will see some
$500,000 of road improvements
being accomplished this spring
through a Federal Aid to Urban
Systems Agency grant channeled
through Nassau County. Cost to
the Village will be approximately
$43,000 and engineering costs.
The roads slated for the
improvements are: Guy Lombar-do
Avenue from Front Street to
the Guy Lombardo Marina;
Pine Street from Madison Avenue
to Church Street; South Long
Beach Avenue from Atlantic
Avenue to Waterfront Park;
Casino Street from South Bayview
Avenue to South Long Beach
Avenue; Front Street from South
Ocean Avenue to Guy Lombardo
Avenue;' Prince Avenue from
Pennsylvania Avenue to North
Main Street; and Suffolk Street
from South Long Beach Avenue to
Miller Avenue. •
This work is in addition to
similar street improvements
recently accomplished through
the Village's federal Community
Development grant. Without the
federal funds the work would
have had to be done using
Freeport tax monies. Road work
is only one area in which the
Village's successful campaign to •
attract outside funding is helping
to relieve the property taxpayer's
burden.
May 1 is the deadline
for filing applications for
'summertime employment
with the -Village. Applicants
must be a Freeport resident
and be at least 18 years of
age. Those applying for life
guard positions must hold
certification.
Applications are available
at the Office of the Village
Clerk, 8:30am to 4:30pm,
each business day. No tele-phone
inquiries will be
accepted.
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MARCH 1979
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.
Mayor William White (third from left) cuts ribbon at Freeport Chamber
of Commerce snowy ceremonies opening Freeport's new bakery on
Atlantic Avenue. Nationally franchised, "The Glass Oven," fills a gap
that long existed in the village.
The Freeport Zoning Board of-Appeals has paven the way to allow the
Doc Holliday franchise to open a take-out and eat-in fried chicken out-let
on the now empty lot on the northeast corner of West Merrick Road
and South Long Beach Avenue. With some 30 outlets, the majority in
the southern states, the wood and glass building will be Long Island's
first Doc Holliday Restaurant. The opening is scheduled for the Spring.
The Village of Freeport is once
again selling plastic bags for use
The price is $1.50 per ten bags.
They may be purchased at the
counter adjacent to the Treas-urer's
Office in Village Hall, each
working day between 8:30 am and
4pm.
The children of the Freeport School District's Pre-K Center at the Cleveland Avenue School asked
Mayor William White (left) and Superintendent of Schools Donald Costlow to help them with the "Be
A Sweetheart! Buy a ' I Love Freeport'" T-Shirt campaign. Sponsored by the Parents Advisory Board,
funds raised will go toward purchase of equipment to build an outdoor play area using volunteer labor.
Cost for the shirt is $3 for children's sizes and $4 for adult. They are available by calling 223-4457 or
623-0039.
Trustees: Thomas J. Lovelidge, Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan, Alfred Sirlin
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo- Treasurer: James J. Lyons-Counsel: Michael Solomon
Trustee Thomas Lovelidge has
informed Mayor William White
that he will retire from the Board
of Trustees at the expiration of
his four-year term on April 1.
In making the decision public,
Mayor White said, "Tom Love-lidge
will be sorely missed by
myself and the other members
of the Board. While not given to
being vocal at public sessions,
we who have worked with him
..over, the years know .him as a
dedicated hard worker who has
always been an integral part of
our decision making. His financial
expertise alone has been a
valuable asset to his community.
After years of Monday nights
when he would get off the train
after a day of work in the city and
go immediately to Village Hall
for sessions that can go on until
after midnight, it is regrettable
but understandalbe that Trustee
Lovelidge has decided to retire
from government service."
Trustee Lovelidge has served
on the Board of Trustees for
three terms, a total of 12 years.
He had previously been appoint-ed
a Commissioner of Water and
Light and acted as .fiscal officer
for both the municipal stadium
and the Freeport Urban Renewal
Agency. His non-government
involvement has included Little
League and many positions
within Our Holy Redeemer
Parish. An employee of Western
Electric Co. for the past 33 years,
he is supervisor in the finance
division.
Trustee Lovelidge and his wife,
Agnes, moved to their Atlantic
Avenue home in 1955 and raised
seven sons .in the Village.
In explaining his decision,
Trustee Lovelidge said, "We will
not be leaving Freeport. How-ever,
two weeks after we moved
to the Village I belonged to three
different organizations and I
haven't stopped in 24 years.
Now I want to spend more time
with my family which requires
travel. We have three married
sons but all of the children are far
flung with three in Texas in two
different cities, one in Florida,
another in Nebraska and two in
New Jersey. The voters have
elected me to office three times
for which I thank them. I can not
ask them to do so again if I am not
prepared to devote the time
necessary to do the job to the best
of my ability."
Fre.eport, Superintendent „. of
Electric Utilities Ludovic Long
has released the comparison his
department prepared of Free-port's
electric rates to that
charged by the private utility
company serving the areas out-side
Freeport. The month of
January, 1979 was used for
comparison purposes.
If a Freeport electric customer
were to consume 250 kilowatt
hours (KWH) in a month his
electric bill would be $13. A utility
consumer would pay $18.82 for
the same KWH, $4.59 or 44.7%
higher. Other comparisons follow
in order of KWH consumed, the
Freeport rate, the utility rate, the
difference in the bill, and finally
the percentage of additional cost
of the utility over Freeport:
500... ,KWH,_ ...$21.52... $34.50,-
$10.73, 60.3%; 1,000 KWH,
$38.03, $64.84, $22.57, 70.4%;
and 1,500 KWH, $54.53, $94.91,
$34.18, 74%. All taxes and fuel
adjustments charges have been
applied where necessary to the
figures.
Superintendent Long pointed
out the difference between the
local rate and the utility's is most
graphically evident in taking one
of the Village's heaviest electric
consumers. An institution, the
January bill was $9,920.85. Had
they been supplied by the utility,
their bill would have been
$14,730.31, $4,809.46 or 48.5%
higher. This is an important plus
for commercial organizations
locating in Freeport, where they
can save tens of thousands of
dollars a year in electric bills.
Success continues ^to mark the
Village government's Home-finders
Service which puts buyer
and seller together with no fee to
either party. Tentative plans call
for a House Tour using selected
available properties in the early
spring. Similar tours last year
were instrumental in the sale of
properties and the attraction of
new home owners. - . - - -
One reason the Service has
proved so sucessful is the wide
selection of houses—by type,
price and area—it is able to show
to prospective buyers. Therefore,
.the Service is once again solicit-ing
listings of available proper-ties.
Such houses will also be con-sidered
for inclusion in any
upcoming House Tour. Owners
are invited to call FR 8-4000, ext.
296 and receive a listing form.
Residents interested in pur-chasing
houses, or having friends
or relatives in the market, are also
invited to call the above number.
Volunteers working with the
Homefinders Service will be
happy to meet with any prospec-tive
buyers, tell them about the
various aspects of living in the
Village and show them all avail-able
houses meeting their specifi-cations.
The Ffeeport( Recreation Cen-1'
ter will be 'the "site 'of the '4th"
Annual Gem and Mineral Show
chaired by Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Romalewski. The event includes
demonstrations, exhibits, prizes
and merchandise for sale.
The Show will run on Saturday
from 10 am to 8 pm and on Sun-day
from 10 am to 5 pm. There
will be free admission for all
holders of a Freeport Activity
Card. The normal charge is $1 for
adults and 25<t for children
under 12.
On Friday, March 30 at 8pm
the a ward-winning, 65 member,
Freeport Fire Department Band
will give a two hour concert fea-turing
music from classical to
pops at the Freeport High School
auditorium. Tickets are $3 per
person and may be obtained at
the office of the Freeport Arts
Council at the Recreation Center.
Benefiting from the sale of
tickets will be the ALS (Lou
Gehrig Disease) Foundation. A
similar concert held last year
netted the Foundation $2,500.
The concerts began when Band
members learned Music. Director
Ned Mahoney's son, in his late
twenties, had been diagnosed as
having ALS. It is a progressive,
muscle wasting disease for which
there is no known cure.
Kazmier Albianski is the con-ductor
of the Freeport Fire
Department Band which is an
autonomous segment of the
volunteer Fire Department.
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RAYNOR MOCK-SMITH °\fi/
Out of more than 40
entries received from communi-ties
throughout the nation,
Freeport was one of five winning
honorable mentions m a recent
contest sponsored by the national
Boating--and-Engine Manufact-urers
Association. The winner of
the annual contest, to select the
national "Boating Community
of the Year," was announced at
the recent New York Coliseum
Boat Show. Port Huron, Michi-gan,
a recipient of large amounts
of federal monies for their water-front,
was the winner. The five
honorable mention communities
are automatically entered into
next year's competition for the
national title.
"Since Freeport had never
entered the contest before, we
did surprisingly well," said
Mayor William White who
submitted the Village's applica-tion
in conjunction with Freeport
Chamber of Commerce Water-front
Division Chairman Charles
Pegadis. "Our closest geograph-
Dennis Eberhart (center) and Jonathan Wright (right), Freeport
Recreation Center staff members, receive congratulations from
Freeport Mayor William White for their part in saving the life of a
Center patron. Last Monday, when the man collapsed from a heart
attack while jogging in the gymnasium, Eberhart and Wright rushed to
his aid using life saving techniques in which they had been trained.
Both went with the victim to the hospital in a police ambulance, with
Eberhart receiving a cut lip while giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
during the bumpy ride. The hospitalized man is reported in satisfactory
condition.
ical neighbor on the eastern
seaboard in the honorable men-tion
class of five was Savannah,
Georgia so "The Boating and
Fishing Capital of the East",
our Village, certainly is holding
its own."
White noted that Freeport won
its points in the contest in the
area of 'promotion of water-front
activities'. The Village's
Publicity Department document-ed
media -coverage of. canoe...
races, boat" shows, nautical
fairs, a visit by The Unicorn,
the almost daily reporting of
Freeport's charter fishing fleet,
tournaments, the national power
boat race and the photographic
aspects of the Nautical Mile
used by advertisers of anything
from fashions to banking serv-ices.
"With Long Island leaders, in
the private as well as the public
sector, pushing to make Nassau-
Suffolk a tourist attraction for
the economic value realized,"
White said, "Freeport should
now be recognized for what it is.
Montauk and Greepoint have
their charms. Those tourist
charms are also in Freeport—
only 45 minutes from Man-hattan."
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. Departrnent:;-,This .-crew-also
responds to emergencies
such as sewage stoppages in the
street and broken or noisy man-hole
covers, etc. There have been
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.
