Faye Rogers (fourth from right) accepts a check on behalf of the
American Arthritis Foundation from the Tuesday Senior Citizens Club
which meets at the Freeport Recreation Center. The money, half of
which also went to the American Heart Association, was raised by the
raffling off of a handmade doll house the seniors had constructed and
furnished. From left to right are Blanche Rosenberg, Gertrude Fricke,
Al Birch, Club President Dorothy LeCun, Mrs. Rosaline Danziger,
Program Director Louise AI bach and Frank Merklin.
May 30-June 2 -- 2ND ANNU-AL
GUY LOMBARDO HALTER
CLASSIC (Off-Shore Power Boat
Race). Boats on view at Guy
Lombardo Marina, foot of Guy
Lombardo Avenue. Parade of
boats and races Thursday after-noon
through southern half of Vil-lage.
Boats leave Marina at 9am
Saturday for start of 179-mile
race. Viewing from pleasure
crafts and beaches, Rockaway to
Fire Island. Race may also be fol-lowed
through communications at
Marina. Information: Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, FR 8-
7402.
May 31-June 3 - 3RD AN-NUAL
GRECIAN FESTIVAL
AND BAZAAR of St. Demetrios
Greek Orthodox Church, Free-port,
Elks Club, West Merrick
Road. Thursday, 5-llpm, Friday,
5-midnight, Saturday, noon to
midnight, Sunday, noon-llpm.
Greek food and beverages, games
of skill, rides and handcrafts for
sale.
June 3 - 2ND ANNUAL FREE-PORT
HOUSE TOURS sponsored
by the Freeport Council of Civic
Associations. Tour of former
homes of show business person-alities
for non-residents. Free-porters
acting as guides and
hosts.
Present-June 15. - FISHER-MAN'S
WHARF PACKAGE
offered by the LI Tourist Com-mission.
Tourists being bused in
from New York City for weekend
stay in Freeport including motel
accommodations, day's fishing,
midnight cruise, dinners at water-front
restaurants.
July 15 - 6TH ANNUAL
GREAT CANOE RACES spon-sored
by the Freeport Chamber of
Commerce. For amateur pad-dlers,
ages 10 to 60. Viewing from
Waterfront Park. Information:
Chamber, FR 8-7402.
September 13-16 - 3RD ANNUAL
GREATER NEW YORK IN-THE-WATER
BOAT SHOW, Guy Lom-bardo
Marina.
Now Open - COLLECTORS
CARS AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM,
56 West Merrick Road. Fifty An-tique
and Classic cars with five
replicas of originals. Exhibition of
classic car paintings by Phyllis
Krim until June 10. Hours: Mon-day-
Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sun-day,
l-6pm. $3, adults and SI,
children under 12. Special group
rates.
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Exemptions to the Village
property tax are available to
certain senior citizens and
veterans upon application. Ap-plications
for the exemptions
must be made at Village Hall
between now and October 1 and
between 9 am and noon or 2 pm
and 4 pm each working day.
Senior citizens must apply each
year. The requirements are:
One owner must be 65 years
of age or older and must show
ownership of the property for at
least two years.
Proof of age and ownership
is required for new applications
only.
Combined income cannot
exceed $7,200. Income includes
social security payments, salary,
wages, interest and dividends,
net rents, capital gains, alimony,
support payments, disability pay-ments,
workmen's compsensa-tion,
etc. Proof of income must be
furnished with all applications.
If the owner filed a federal or
state income tax return for the
preceding calendar year, a copy
of the return is required.
Qualified veterans filing for the
first time, or updating their
applications for partial property
tax exemptions also must file
before October 1 each year. The
following is required for initial
applications.
Contract of sale and closing
statement.
Deed to property.
Discharge papers.
Evidence of veterans' bene-fits
received from either state or
federal governments.
Last bank statement showing
amount of unpaid mortgage.
Other pertinent data.
When filing for ah additional
exemption by updating a prior
application, only the following is
required:
Evidence indicating the ad-ditional
amount of money re-ceived
for veterans' benefits.
Last bank statement showing
unpaid mortgage.
Other pertinent data.
MAY 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.
Victor Cohen was renamed to
the Zoning Board of Appeals for a
term of five years, and Milton
Sanders was redesignated chair-man
of the ZB A.
Lou Long was named to the
Board of Ethics for a five year
term. Robert Burger was re-named
a member of the Sewer
and Sanitation Commission for a
term of five years, and its chair-man
for one year.
To fill out departing Trustee
Lovelidge's unexpired term on
the Board of Police Commis-
. sioners, the Mayor designated
Trustee Al Sirlin to serve until
March 31, 1981. David Meehan
was reappointed chairman.
Henry Altengarten was named
to a one year term as chairman of
the Water and Light Commission.
Tom RejTenamed for five years on
the Park Commission;, was also
redesignated to serve as its
chairman for the next year.
Vincent Fortunate, Sr., was
redesignated to the Highway
Commission for five years. Its
chairman will be Larry Yanover.
- Dr. Walter Ligon was named
chairman for the coming year of
the Commission on Human Rela-tions.
Named . as members for
three year terms were Rev.
Santiago Herce, Rev. Joseph
Robinson, Rabbi Reuben Katz,
Roger Martin, Rev. John Dischin-ger
and Marion Douglas.
On the Commission for the
Conservation of the Environment,
Marilyn Roller was both renamed
a member for a five year term
and . redesignated chairperson.
Walter McDuffie was named to
fill out the unexpired term of
Frank Rzucido, which runs until
April, 1982. ox (Cont. on Page 3)
Recently elected Trustees James Clark (I.) and Timothy Peternana (c.)
are sworn in at the April 2 Annual Organization Night meeting. Village
Justice Ralph Franco administers the Oaths of Office.
New Trustees, C. James Clark
and Timothy C. Peternana, were
sworn into office at the Annual
Organization Night held on
April 2. Following the cere-monies,
Mayor William White re-appointed
Trustee Dorothy Storm
to serve as Deputy Mayor for the
coming year. Other reappoint-ments
include James Lyons as
both Budget Director and Village
Assessor; Henry Gramlich, Jr., as
Deputy Village Clerk; Marie
Barbieri, Deputy Treasurer; and
Barry Dunn as Deputy Assessor.
All are for one year terms.
Michael Solomon was renamed
Village Counsel for this coming
year; and Harrison Edwards,
Jr. and V. Roy Cacciatore, Deputy
Village Counsels.
Also reappointed for one year
terms were Charles Mehrmann,
Associate Village Justice; Ed
Prefer, Superintendent of
Public Works; and Ludovic Long,
Superintendent of Electric
Utilities. Lou Bello was renamed
Superintendent of Buildings.
To fill out newly-elected Trus-tee
Peternana's unexpired terms
on the Village's Board of Zoning
Appeals, the Mayor named John
H.Travers. Jr.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Timothy Peternana
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo - Treasurer: James J. Lyons - Counsel: Michael Solomon
Pagel
Martin Silberg, Freeport's new
Business Development Special-ist,
says that whenever he is in his
Village Hall office (Room 214) the
door is propped open. "That's not
by accident. It's meant to sym-bolize
my availability to anyone
and everyone who shares with me
the desire to make Freeport even
better."
The following is the schedule
.currently being adhered to by the
Village's private carter, Five
Counties Carting Corp. THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR
THE CARTER is 546-8080. The
phone is manned from Sam to
4pm, weekdays, and Sam to 1pm
on Saturdays. Five Counties'
Freeport offices are at 157 Albany
Avenue.
NORTH SECTION -
MONDAYS & THURSDAYS
If you live north of either Randall
or Grand Avenues, or on those
Avenues, your garbage will be
picked up on Mondays and Thurs-days
from the rear. In addition to
picking up garbage on Thursday,
the carter will also remove trash
placed at the curb on that day.
CENTRAL SECTION --
TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS
If you live between Randall and
Grand Avenues on the north and
Atlantic Avenue on the south,
your garbage will be picked up on
Tuesdays and Fridays from the
rear. In addition to picking up
garbage on Friday, the carter will
also remove trash placed at the
curb on that day.
SOUTH SECTION --
WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS
If you live on Atlantic Avenue, or
south of it, your garbage will be
picked up on Wednesdays and
Saturdays from the rear. In
addition to picking up garbage on
Wednesday, the carter will also
remove trash placed at the curb
on that day.
NOTE: ONLY THE SOUTHERN
SECTION HAS TRASH PICKUP
ON A WEDNESDAY. When a
holiday occurs on your garbage
collection day, pick up will be
done on the next regularly
scheduled pick up day for your
area. Trash in that area will not
be picked up that week.
Completing his first month with
the Village, Silberg says he has
been amazed at offers of help and
support from Freeport business
people and residents as he pro-ceeds
to visit every corner of the
community. "I plan on taking up
everyone's offer of assistance. In
my efforts to make the new Office
of Business Development suc-cessful
and making Freeport's
retail and industrial 'body' 100%
healthy, I'll more than need help
and advice; I'll depend on it."
Silberg reported that one of his
first goals has been to begin to
get the message out that, "I am
anxious to help anyone wishing
establish or expand a business i
Freeport. With the Federal funds
available and expertise of our
staff, Freeport can provide a
valuable service to businesses."
Reports from the Office of
Business Development will be
published periodically in the
"Village News."
You can make your neighbor-hood
a more pleasant place to live
and increase the value of your
property. You can help the Vil-lage
of Freeport to be clean and
attractive by observing the
following:
Do's Four EtonnxB Audi Bmsfcness
DO maintain your home or bus-iness
establishment by painting
and repairing. Village Ordinances
require painting of all wooden
surfaces to prevent deterioration.
This is being strictly enforced by
the Building Department.
DO maintain your garages and
fences and keep them repaired
and painted. Maintain your
lawns, gardens and yards for
beauty and cleanliness. Pick up
all litter including any at curb-side.
Cut down weeds between
sidewalk and curb.
DO have proper rubbish and
garbage receptacles with covers
in sufficient number. All contain-ers
must be kept closed, including
the large commercial dumpster
units.
DO remove trash around your
house, yard, fence or hedge.
Clean unsightly litter accumula-tion
from wire fences, bushes and
hedges. Put out trash at curb for
pick-up •
DO call for special pick-ups for
large or bulky items, such as dis-carded
refrigerators, stoves and
such. Put weeds, leaves, grass
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cuttings, etc. in plastic bags for
curbside pick-up.
DO use litter baskets when you
are in the business districts. Keep
a litter bag in your car or boat.
DO report vacant lots that are
in need of cleaning. Under Village
ordinances if the property owner
does not clean his lot the Village
will have it done by a contractor
and the cost will be charged
against the property.
DON'T confuse or mix trash or
garbage. Trash is burnable items
only, such as paper, rags, pieces
of wood, and is to be put out for
collection only on trash days.
DON'T put out excessive
amounts of trash for pick-up on
one day. If you have a large
amount, put only part of it outside
on any trash day and hold the
rest for the next week's pick-up.
DON'T put trash out before
6 PM on the night prior to trash
pick-up.
DON'T sweep leaves, twigs,
grass clippings, etc. into gutter.
Pick them up and put them into
closed containers for trash
pick-up.
If you are a businessman,
DON'T pile boxes and crates
alongside your dumpster. Break
them down to flat units and put
them in the containers. Use con-tainers
of adequate size to handle
all of your trash.
Two new members were named
)
to the Planning Board. Arthur
Strunk was designated for a five
year term; and Richard Ostrofsky
was named to fill out newly-elect-ed
Trustee Clark's term which
ends April, 1982. John DiGrazia
was again named chairman.
William Cominos, William Hill,
George Hubschmitt, Ludovic
Long, Frank McKenna, Dominick
Molese and Peter Meyer were
named members of the Electrical
Board for a term of one year,
with McKenna to serve as chair-man.
Gil Krog, John Marshall
and William Bateman were
named to one year terms on the
Plumbing Board, with Marshall
. serving as chairman.
One year appointments to the
Beautification Committee were
given to [Catherine Butterfield,
Ernestine Costa, Ramona Crook,
Mary Giordano, Fern Hill,
Martha DeSalvo, Nancy Lamb,
Louise Minnick, Eileen Mahoney,
Maryann Ostrofsky, Judith
Reilly, Helen Warren, Virginia
Warren, Edel Marone, Marge
McKeown, Estelle Meyer and
Samuel Meyer. DeSalvo was
designated committee chair-person.
Ann Anderson was named
chairperson of the Recreation
Programs Committee. Desig-nated
along with her for a term of
one year were Anthony Arcuri,
Chris Criscione, Marion Gott-schalk,
Elaine Latham, Steven
Malone, Elizabeth Miller, Carla
Mims, Adolph Ringer, Chris
Sarelles and-Keira Taylor:— -
One year terms on the Tenant-
Landlord Relations Committee
went to Irving Anton, Constantine
Cassis, Stanley Lewis, Jonathan
Raddock, Bertha Rosenthal,
Ira Schildkraut and Michael
Kirwan. Kirwan will serve as
coordinator.
The members of the Stabiliza-tion
Task Force for the next one
year period will be Ramona
Crook, also renamed coordinator;
Tom DeVincenzo; Marion Harvie;
Ruth Hauck; Michael Kirwan;
Marilyn Margolis; Marilynne
Moynihan; Thelma Johnson;
Gwen Alexis; and Joanne Para-dine.
Kay Benda, Sandy Danziger,
Martha DeSalvo, John Digrazia,
Hugh Erwin, Sigmond Esposito,
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Ray Henderson, Helen Jenkins,
Alex Khanamarian, Janet Mor-gan,
Harry Gritman, Cecilia
Rios, Warren Samet, Louise
Simpson, Elinor Shebar, Lionel
Socolov and David Vieser
were designated to serve one year
terms on the Citizens Committee
on Community Development.
Benda, Wes Carman, Jo Cona,
Donald Coons, Phil Ehrhart,
Al Grover, Bennett Minton, Brian
O'Donohoe, and Charles Pigadis
will serve on the Waterfront
Commission.
Named to the Historic Land-marks
Commissions for terms of
one year each are Clinton Metz,
Wilfred Morin, Patricia Napoli
and Robert Raynor, chairman.
Baldwin and Cornelius were re-appointed
village engineers for
one year; and Drs. Bernard Ross
Benedetto Caruso, Rudolph
Joseph and Shyam Prabhakar,
police surgeons.
One year appointments as
Police Matrons were made for
Josephine Donnelly and Mary
Volpe.
Canale and Gerardi were
named public auditors at a comp-ensation
of $4,500 per year.
Depositories of the village
funds will be National Bank of
North America, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Citibank, Long Island
Trust Company and Chemical
Bank. The Leader was again
designated the official newspaper
for the village of Freeport for a
period of one year.
Freeport Mall, Merrick Road,
Woodcleft Avenue, Guy
Lombardo Avenue, Atlantic
Avenue, all around town...
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The Freeport Stabilization and
Affirmative Housing Task Force,
meeting last Friday, .issued a
statement regarding the recent
U.S. Supreme Court decision that
municipalities and homeowners
can sue real estate firms under
the 1968 Fair Housing Act. "This
is an important milestone for inte-grated
communities such as Free-port.
The Court has recognized
such communities can become
segregated by the action of some
real estate firms who illegally
'steer' black homebuyers to inte-grated
neighborhoods while at
the same time directing white
potential buyers elsewhere," the
Task Force stated.
The group expressed satifact-ion
that the practice of racial
steering has now come under
greater scrutiny. Prior to the
Supreme Court decision, "The
New York Times, on April 9,
published an article dealing with
the subject which was followed by
a segment on "60 Minutes," over
CBS-TV. The Task Force pointed
out, however, that these reports
focused on the Chicago area. "It
is our hope that the media will
now focus its investigative skills
on Queens and Long Island real-tors.
We and similar groups in
Baldwin, Wheatley Heights and
elsewhere have proven that racial
steering is rampant on Long
Island."
•Vowing to continue and expand
the testing program by which the
practices of the real estate in-dustry
in Nassau and Queens
Counties are monitored, Task
Force member and Human Re-lations
Director Michael Kirwan
added that reputable real estate
firms have nothing to fear. "All,
we desire is a healthy housing
market in which blacks and
whites are made aware of all op-tions.
We cannot maintain inte-gration
unless all communities
are open to-all prospective buyers
regardless of race.''
Freeporters who wish to assist
in the real estate testing program
or who have complaints about
racial steering, are urged to call
Kirwan at FR 8-4000.
