Freeport Waters
Must Be Preserved
Warm weather brings more
and more activity on the Village's
waterfront and waterways. In
the delicate balance of nature,
heavy usage of Freeport's great-est
natural assets also endangers
them.
The waters are patrolled by
Town of Hempstead Constables
and the U.S. Coast Guard. These
authorities empowered to enforce
all laws by summonses and/or
arrest.
BOATERS: Obey all posted
speed-limits. Remember you re
responsible for your own wake.
Bring aboard a receptacle, for
trash, etc. DO NOT LITTER.
Stay- within marked channels and
show common courtesy to other
boaters -for everyone's safety.
Young people under 'age 16 are
required to have a State Young.
Boatmen's Certificate to. handle .a
power boat. . Follow all Coast
Guard regulations as to safety —
life jackets, fueling procedures,
etc.
WATERFRONT BUSINESSES:
Business refuse must not be dis-posed
of in the canals or other
waterways. Provide a sufficient
number of waste receptacles
for the use of employees and
customers. THOSE FOUND
GUILTY OF LITTERING ARE
SUBJECT TO FINES OF UP TO
$250.
WATERFRONT HOMEOWN-ERS:
Household refuse must not
be disposed of in the canals 01
other waterways^ Provide a suf-ficient
number of waste recep-tacles
in the backyard for the use
of family and guests. Grass
dippings and other yard materi-als
may not be thrown in the
waters. THOSE FOUND GUILTY
OF LITTERING ARE SUBJECT
TO FINES OF UP TO $250.
Comision de Derechos Humanos
Municipio de Freeport
IT'S SMART...
CleonUp!
Fix Up!
Paint Up!
Increase the value
of your property.
Querido Residente:
La Comision de Derechos
Humanos del Municipio de Free-pott
tiene la responsabilidad y
esta' comprometida a mejorar las
relaciones entre gentes de
diferentes origenes y razas en
nuestro comunidad. Recono-cemos
que existe discrimination
contra ciertos grupos de gente en
viviendas, empleos, en sitios de
servicios publicos de alojamiento
y creemos que mucho de este
racismo es el resultado de la
ignorancia. . . ^
Nuestro objectivo basico es
promover^ armonia' mediante la
elimination de la ignorancia, en
segundo termino tratamos de
resolver este problema des-arrollando
respe.to mutuo medi-ante
comprension y education.
La Comision de Derechos
Humanos esta compuesta por 13
Comisionados que representan
todos los grupos raciales y
e*tnicos de la comunidad de Free-port.
Los' Comisionados son
nominados por el Alcalde y
Guardianos y sirven por un
termino de tres anbs.
La Comision tiene como
precepto ba'sico lo siguiente:
(1) Promover entendimiento
mutuo y respeto entre
todos los grupos raciales,
religiosos y e*tnicos de.
la comunidad de Freeport.
(2) Formentar el trato equita-tivo,
v prevenir discrim-inacion
contra, cualquier
raza, religion, o "grupo
etnico,-o cualquiera de sus
miembros.
A fin de llenar los requisites de
su precepto basico, la Comisio'n
investiga quejas de discrim-inacion
en areas de trabajo,
education, vivienda y servicios
publicos cuando dicha discrim-inacion
se basa en diferencia
creencia racial, color,.- origen
nacional, sexo, estado de matri-monio
o incapacidad.
La Cornisio'n tanto inicia in-vestigaciones
y estudios en el
campo de la relaciones humanas,
cuanto recibe e investiga quejas
de personas agraviadas y casos de
action de grupos.
Si desea presentar una queja
de discriminacion o desea ma's
information llame al 546-8092;
378-4000x293.
Hay una persona disponible
que habla espanol.
Michael E. Kirwan
Director Ejecutivo
Animal Bites
At a recen; meeiing between
Mayor William White and the
representatives of the Village's
various civic associations, con-cern
was expressed over recent
newspaper articles regarding the
spread from the. southern states
of rabid raccoons.
The Village has since been in
contact with the Nassau County
Board of Health. There has
been no finding of rabid raccoons
in the County. The. last case
of "rabies occurred two years ago
and involved a bat.
The Board of Health does
stress the importance of the inoc-ulation
of domestic animals
against rabies for the safety .of
not only 'the animal, but for the
owner and his family. Such inoc-ulation
is required by state law
for all dogs.
The health officials warn that
any wild animal - raccoon, skunk,
bat - should be avoided. Rabies is
not the only danger they pose.
Any animal bite, domestic or
wild, should be reported to the
County Board of Health at
535-3272. In the case of a domes-tic
animal, the owner will be re-quired
to keep the animal in
quarantine for ten days after
which they must report the health
of animal to the Department.
In the case of a wild animal,
an attempt should be made to
trap or kill it only by trained
persons in order to avoid further
biting.
Homeowners wishing to rid
themselves of raccoons may call
the State Department of Environ-mental
Conservation for a list
of licensed exterminators. The
number is 516 757-7900.
The public associates rabies
with a series of painful injections
in the abdomen. While this was
true some 20 years ago, it is no
longer so. The injections are
similar to those, received for flu
protection.
REFERENCE ONLY
Village
News of The s
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.
^Federal Funds
For Village Park
The Village applied for, and is
to receive, $133,000 for the
rehabilitation of Martin Luther
King Park on Stevens Street.
A grant of $113,050 will come
from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-ment
through its Urban Park
Recreation and Recovery Pro-gram
(UPARR) to be supplemen-ted
by $19,950 in state funds.
The funds will be used for the
planting of trees and hedges
to screen the recreational activit-ies
of the park from the surround-ing
residential areas; for the
resurfacing of -two basketball
courts and the rehabilitation of
the handball court; the installa-tion
of new rest rooms and
rehabilitation of the existing
pavilion; and for the creation of
a landscaped .sitting area de-'
signed for senior citizens and a
picnic area for families.
UPARR funds have previously
been used for the rehabilitation
of Northeast Park. The Martin
Luther King Park is one of the two
Village parks offering swimming
in the summer.
The current funds were made
available to the Village under the
Emergency Expenditures to Meet
National Needs Act recently
passed by Congress. The fed-erally
funded project will result in
the creation of several jobs
under the contractors winning the
bids for the scheduled work.
Day Trips
For Youth
The Freeport Recreation De-partment
will offer three trips for
children during August. All must
have a current Freeport Recrea-tion
Activity Card and a parent
must sign a permission slip.
Reservations, available at the
Recreanon Center, are limited
and on a first come, first served
basis. There are no refunds un-less
a trip is cancelled.
The first trip will be on August
I and will be to the Long Island
Game Farm. Raindate is Aug-ust
2. Tripgoers must be six
years old or older. They may
bring a lunch and beverage or
purchase them at the Farm.
The bus will leave the Center at
10am and return about 5pm.
Fee is $5.
On August 8 (raindate Aug-
_ust 9) the trip will .be to Adven-tureland
for children eight and
older. They will be offered the
opportunity to ride all the rides
as many times as they wish.
Lunch should be eaten at home.
The bus will leave the Center at
ll:45am and return about 4pm.
Fee is $5.50.
The last trip, on August 15,
rain or shine, will be fishing in
local waters aboard the Blue Fin
II charter boat. The fee of $7.50
includes rod and bait. Children,
ages eight and older, will meet
and be picked up at the Blue
Fin's dock on Woodcleft Avenue.
The boat will leave at 9am and
return about 1pm.
7th Annual
Boat Show -
The 7th Annual Greater New
York In-The-Water Boat Show
will be held at the Town of •Hemp-stead
Guy Lombardo Marina,
Friday through Sunday, Septem-ber
30-October 2 and Friday
through Monday .(Columbus
Day), October 7-10.
Admission will be '-$4 for
adults and $3 for children- under
12.
The show features an assort-ment
of large and small inboard
and outboard sport and fishing
boats, including many 1984
models, and a good -selection of
small cruising sailboats and day
sailers. The exhibit area usually
displays marine equipment and
nautical decorative items. Re:
freshments are available for pur-chase.
Sponsorship of the show is
by the Marine Trades. Associa-tion,
Inc. in cooperation with
the Freeport Chamber of Com-merce.
For further information
call 957-1477.
Holiday Schedule
There will no NO garbage >
collection on Labor Day,
Monday, Septembers, in the
northern section of the Vil- i
lage. \
There will be NO trash 5
collection on Thursday.,
September 8, in the northern
section of the Village.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Molloy
Violators Fined In Court
Three homeowners who al-lowed
the human occupancy of
their basements illegally found
themselves conditionally fined
$1,000 each after appearing
before Judge Ralph Franco in
Freeport Village Court recently.
Each had received summonses
from the Village's Building De-partment.
"_
John "Johnson, bwrier of 88
North Columbus Avenue was
fined for using his legal' !'two-
' family^houseV'.as °a -.residence
for two families . while. he . him-self
occupied'the" basementr, Be-";,
sides the oyefoccupancy, he" re/
ceived" summonses • for doing
electrical ''work "iri "the1 basement
without' a"permit;:-insfallihg.l*'a"*_
basement'" kitchen without a"'pef-mit
and for allowing human be- '"
cupancy of a basement which is'
less than four feet, six inches
above ground level. The fines
4 will be reduced if all violations are
. : corrected within 30 days.
Alejandro Gonzalez of 534 "
Archer Street was also- con-ditionally
fined for renting out
his basement to two women "while
continuing to occupy the'"one/
family house with his own family.
Specific summonses were issued
for the over-occupancy, permit-ting
the occupancy of the base- -
ment, for installing a gas water
heater without a permit and not
having the required insulation for
the oil burner.,
A $1,000 conditional fine was
also given to • Humberto Loeza
of 61 South .Bayview Avenue.1:
He allowed the one-family house
to be shared _by_his family and
another family. Again the base-ment
was illegally occupied.
Loeza also received summonses
for installing a kitchen and bath-room
in the basement without
Jhe necessary permits. ,
Not 'a basement •but .an. apart-ment
unit was illegally over-occupied
in the case of Ophelia
Machuca of 52 Russell Place.
She was fined $250 for renting
one room in the apartment -to
another "person while occupying
it with her own family. ':
•"- The': owners of two of _the
Village's rooming houses "Were
'also iri Village Court recently
and were fined'for violations. ''.
,,t. .Eustorgio. Peralta, owner of the,
, rooming house .at 3..Smith Street,
was conditionally fined $750 "for"
failure to exterminate against
insects, vermin and rodents;
.for failure to have a fire extin-guisher
in the boiler room;.and
for. failure to : keep a register
showing the names and occupa-tions
of all tenants as is required
under a rooming house license.
' Eduardo Peralta was also fined
$750 conditionally' for violation's
at his' rooming house at- 29
Bedell Street. He had received
summonses from the Building
Department for not having a
:fire extinguisher for the first
floor, for not having fire resistant
material over the oil burning
equipment and for not maintain-ing
a register of tenants.
_ .Joseph Abruzzese pleaded
guilty to running a business at
117South_Main Street with three
Kiddie dub
Registration for the Freeport
Recreation Department's Kiddie
Club, which begins Septem-ber
13, will be held at the Recrea-tion
Center on Thursday and
Friday, -September-1 *and 2. from .
9am to 4pm. Thereafter, monthly
registration will be held the last
'- Tuesday of each, month, 3:30-
4:30pm, but only if space is
available.
: The Kiddie Club is from age
three to four and a half and a
child must be toilet trained to
attend.
A child may be registered
for two days a week ($25 per
month), three days ($35) or four
($45). Non-residents pay $10
additional. They may be regis-tered
for the morning sessions
which is from 9 to ll:30am or
the afternoon sessions, 1 to 3:30
pm. Payments must be made
•prior to the first of each month.
The program lasts until.mid-May,
1984.
A birth certificate and a
•physician's certification of good
health is required at registration.
In an informal atmosphere,
the Kiddie Gub encourages
creativity and learning. The pro-gram
includes music, games,
creative drama, srorytime, dance,
puppciry, arts and crafts, films
and irips. Special programs
and events are planned utilizing
the gymnasium, pool and ice rink
at the Center.
coin operated machines, a vio-lation
of the Village code. He
was given one week to pay a
$100fine.
Willie Blyther, owner of 191
Rutland Road, received a $250
conditional fine -for, .renting out
.the house without first obtain-ing
the .necessary rental permit
..from the Building Department.
. T. Gales of 111 West End;
. Avenue was conditionally fined
$500 for conditions at his property,
at 45 Russell-Place. The-fines
J will be reduced if he .replaces
missing windows . at the front
of the house and paints or applies;
.some preservative to the exterior
wood surfaces.- ;." • - ':-••.;•'•• -, •
^George Gooding,of .Hemisphere
Realty, Hempstead, must re-ievel
the front porch.of 110 E..
Seaman Avenue with proper sup-ports
of face the maximum fine
. o f $250. , . . - - . -
The owner of 82 Weberfield
Avenue and 55 N.: .Columbus
Avenue, Roy Hoffman ' of West
Hempstead, was fined $1,250
for violations at those sites.••
Summonses were issued for fail-,
ure to maintain ;a ground cover-,
ing, below grade level driveways
• which allow the collection of stag-nant
water, and the failure to
paint or "otherwise preserve the
exterior wooden surfaces at 55 N.
Columbus. . .
Willie Moore of 90 Independ-ence
Avenue received a con-ditional
fine of the maximum of
$250 for allowing the premises,
to be strewn-with wood debris}~
discarded tires and general rub-bish.
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Meet the Judge
Freeport Village Court Justice
Ralph P. Franco wishes to
expand his dialogue with resi-dents
regarding the Village's
judicial system. For that purpose
he is inviting., program. ..chair-. .
persons of civic associations,
and other interested groups, to
contact him at 379-6500. Arrange-ments
can be made for the
Judge to appear at meetings,
beginning in the fall, to discuss
Freeport's ordinances, violations,
overoccupancies, etc.
In the past Judge Franco
has invited youth groups and
"court watchers" to his Court.
He now wishes to go to the resi-dents
to keep abreast of the-
"pulse of the community."
Arts and Crafts Show For Anniversary
The Freeport Historical Society
will hold its annual Arts and
Crafts Show on the Village
Green, corner of North Ocean
Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue,
on Saturday and Sunday, Aug- •
ust 20 and 21 (rain date August" 27'";
and28),-10"am toSpm.
This year's event marks the
130th anniversary of the naming
of the Village.
The event will'include the dis-play
and sale of the works of local
artists as well as a special exhibit
of the paintings done'by senior
citizens. Refreshments, including"
baked goods, will''• be • available
for sale. .. -• •• • ••''" • '•
The Freeport Fire Department -
Band will: hold'-oh-'aScohcert "on'
the Green at 2:30 pm on Sunday.
How We Got Our Name
According to Village Historian
Clinton Metz's ^book, "Freeport
As It Was," seamen used the
name "Free ' Port" unofficially
during colonial days long before
residents, voted to make it of- '
ficial -'-'••-. without 'dividing the
syllables.- Captains had found
they could sail through Jones In-let
and land cargo in the- "free '
Following a public hearing on
May 2, the Village Board of
Trustees, at the legislative ses-sion
held May 23, allocated the
$535,000 expected; to be ; re-,
ceived from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Develop-ment
(HUD) for the ninth year of
community development activi-ties
in Freeport.
The sum of $50,000 was al-located
,' to the continuation of
the residential rehabilitation.
loans and grants program.
The low interest loans and, when
eligible, outright grants, are for
the upgrading of residential prop-erties.
The same amount was al-located
for commercial rehabilita-tion
matching grants and interest
subsidies to store owners and
commercial tenants in the qual-ified
areas of the Village. In this
program, the Freeport Commun-ity
Development Agency will give,
a grant to the maximum of
$5,000 to storeowners oc store
tenants for the improvement of
their structure's facade. The own-er
or tenant must match the
grant.
Urban Homesteading, a pro-port"
if they wished to avoid
paying duties at customs houses
in such ports as Sag Harbor and
New York.
A movement in 1853, 130 years
ago, came about for a change
'from Raynortqwh, 'the prevailing
name at the time,' and led to
voting meetings at "the. Home .of :
'Benjamin Smith. "That" is .docu-mented
history as notices were
published in newspapers. The re-sults
of: those meetings are also
documented. However; an in-teresting
tale has been passed
down for generations.;,.
The first meeting was held on
Saturday, August 6 and the result
'•was 17 votes for "Raynortown"
"'"and 11 -for /"Bayside;;-Village:"
The second' meeting was held
on Saturday, August 13 with 30
votes for "Raynortown" and 23
votes for "Freeport:" -The third
meeting was not held on a Satur-day'but
on Mondayi August 22.
"Ffeeport" was chosen '• unani-mously
and there is no record as
to how many votes were cast.
On a Monday the" members of
the Raynor Family, descendants
of Edward''Raynor, the; original
HUD Funds Allocated
gram that has seen over. 70
formerly boarded-up houses re-habilitated
and occupied by new
owners, will receive $100,000.
The houses sell for a maximum
of $20,000. The . community
development monies are used
for the rehabilitation of the struc-tures
.
,„ A total of .$101,500 will be used
for urban redevelopment activi-ties.
These include the acquisition
and/or demoliton of properties,
the disposition of property and
any necessary relocations of per-sons
and businesses. Such
activities in the past have in-cluded
the establishment of Gouz
on North'Main Street and the de m - •
blition of eyesores on West Lena
Avenue which were replaced by
new single-family housing.
Under housing services,
$50,000 was allocated. This in-cludes
funding for the Affirm-ative
Housing and Stabilization
Task Force and the activities
of the Homefinders Office
which has handled the sale of
over 600 houses with no fee to
either buyer or seller.
Both the Freeport Economic
settler of the Village in 165°,
would have been a: their work of
fishing. Only the newly arrived .
"big city slickers" would have -.-•
been around to vote.. . •
• The .final resolution:. "Re-,
solved, unanimously that this ,-1
.village be .hereafter known by
the name of'Freeport and not .by,.
those of Raynortown, Raynor
South and South Hempstead
as heretofore." ~ .
•• Another Chance To Vote ^;
• Robert;Raynor, spokesman for",
the Historical Society's'Arts and"..
Crafts Show, has annouiiced.jthat ,.
since it doesn't seem.jtalmatter,.
.how mahyj.'times liie question is-voted
upon,' Show, goers" .;will M
be invited to participate.in a straw.
vote. They will, be asked to chose v
between . "Raynortown," ."Bay'--:-
side Village" and "Freeport."
; " • Raynor has .also ahnounced-that
to'be sure that the vote'is as fair:.r.
as it was 130 years'ago, no mem- -(
ber of his family will be allowed.. ,
to vote. ' " ... ,,srv.
The results of the. straw vote .
will not be forwarded, tp.the Board _:
of Trustees for official action...... j .
Opportunity Council and the
Freeport -Memorial Library had
representatives at the May 2
public hearing asking for fund- . •
ing for their projects. A sum of
$25,000 has been allocated to the
Library to be used'towards the
removal of architectural barriers
which restrict accessibility of the ••'
. elderly and handicapped at the
Library. The EOC will receive
$5,000 for the repair of its van
and for gasoline. The van is used .
to transport senior citizens. '
Program administration, the
running of the Community
Development Agency and its
activities, received $107,000
under-,the .-allocation , proposal.,,'
Contingencies and local option,.--
activities were earmarked for
$46,500.
The allocation plan must now-be
submitted to the Nassau
Urban County Consortium for ap-proval
by HUD.
The current Community De-velopment
funding proposal does
not include the $115,000 to be re-ceived
by the Village through the
recent enactment of the federal
Jobs Bill.
