The Freeport Human Relations
Commission is exploring the possi-bility
of preparing a publication
delineating Freeport's cultural diver-sity.
The working title is, "You Are
Special—Freeport's Cultural Ricl>
ness ." The publication would be
distributed in the Village while also
being made available to others who
have little or no understanding of the
advantages of living among those of
differing cultures.
The Commission hopes to develop
the material through a series of
meetings with individuals or groups
representing the various ethnic/
national groups found in the Village.
They are particularly interested in
hearing of the experiences of new
immigrants to the nation and Free-port,
whether that experience
occurred several generations ago or
recently.
Those interested in participating in
this project are asked to send their
name, address and day phone
number to Human Relations Director
Michael Kirwan at Village Hall, 46
North Ocean Avenue.
The Freeport Memorial Library will
present a free lecture, "Service: The
Challenge of Greatness," on Thurs-day,
December 14, 7:30 p.m. The
lecture will be by Dr. Bernard
Lafayette, civil rights movement
activist, minister educator, and
authority on the strategy of nonvio-lent
social change.
The lecture is presented in coop-eration
with the New York State Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for
Non-Violence and is sponsored by
the Dr. Mefvin Livingston Schloss
Memorial Fund.
Dr. Lafayette has served as an
advisor and strategist for many of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaigns
for social change. He is a world
renowned authority on non-violence.
He espouses a program of education
through Dr. King's phitesophies and
methods to help revere© society's
violent trends.
Dr. Schloss who do®d in 1985, is
well-remembered for his philan-thropy
and service to the Freeport
community. The sponsorship of this
lecture by the Schloss, Fund ties Dr.
Schloss' philanthropy to Dr. king's
philosophy . . . the giving of one-self
in service to the community and
the larger community of mankind.
In these times fraught with violence
and chaos, which has touched every
community on Long Island, the
lecture and presence of Dr. Bernard
Lafayette is opportune. Come and
hear what he has to say! See how
you can serve the commun-ity
. . . in these times the challenge
is great!
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone: FReeport 8-4000
Dorothy Storm, Mayor
Meet with Mayor:
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., every Friday
Public Meetings: 8:00 p.m.,
1st and 3rd Mondays of the Month
- November 1989 -
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOI
First, I would like to address the residents and business people who experienced lack
of the phone service due to vandalism to telephone cables by unknown persons. We realize
that you experienced not only inconvenience but concern for your safety. We appreciated
your patience and would like to assure you that all emergency services were aware of your
plight and the areas were under surveillance during the entire time.
While we were fortunate that Hurricane Hugo did not visit us, the memories of Gloria
gave us some idea of the needs of Hugo's victims. Freeporters were quick to respond. Members
of the Chamber of Commerce donated food and building supplies. Our Electric Department
stood ready to send a repair crew to the Charleston area. The Recreation Department became
a collection spot for donations with the response so overwhelming a staff member said,
"This place is beginning to look like a supermarket." Clothes donated there were taken
to a South Main Street merchant collecting them for shipment to Puerto Rico. The $150
collected was sent to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which also includes assistance
to the victims of the northern California earthquake. Freeporters are unusally generous as
you have proved time and again.
We are approaching that time of year when we may have to battle the weather in the
form of snow. Printed in this issue are the regulations put into effect during a Snow Emergency.
Please cut it out and keep it handy.
Winter also brings festivities. Please mark your calendar now to attend the annual Holiday
Festival at the Recreation Center on December 10. — Dorothy Storm
HOLIDAY FUN. Several hundred youngsters enjoyed the free activities at the Recreation Center on
Halloween. Upcoming free events include the Holiday Festival (see story), and ice skating on New
Year's Eve, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. New this year will be "Shoppers Night," December 12 and 20, 7 to 9
p.m., where, for the price of admission, parents can leave their children to enjoy an evening of ice
skating while they go shopping.
Trustees: Vincent DiCostanzo, Ralph Smith, Victor Cohen, Anna J. Cacciatore; Village Justice: Michael Solomon
Village Clerk: Karen A. Navin; Counsel: William Glacken; Treasurer Michael Haran
The special Highway Department pick up
of bagged leaves for the 1989 season has
begun and will end Friday, December 29.
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 days set aside. Unlike trash
days, there is no limit as to the number of
bags of leaves which may be set at the curb
on the scheduled collection day. The
schedule is as follows:
Monday—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, South Long Beach
Avenue, including South Long Beach Ave.,
east to the Village line.
Reoreaftioini Oepaurtaneiraft
Offers Holiday Gnfft Ideas
The Freeport Recreation Department
offers Gift Certificates for a variety of
activities for both children and adults. These
include 15 sessions of ice skating, day bus
trips for seniors, fitness and creative courses,
and annual plans for the Health Wing.
The Arts Council At Freeport, with offices
at the Recreation Center, also offers gift
plans.
Waiter Bill Deadline
Residents and business owners are
reminded that any unpaid water bills as of
Friday, December 29, will be applied to their
1990 real property tax bill with a 25% penalty
charge.
Water bills may be paid by mail or in person
at Village Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays.
Thursday—Northeast; Sunrise Highway
north to the Village line, North Main Street
east to the Village line.
Friday—Southwest; Sunrise Highway south
to the Village line. All streets west of South
Long Beach Ave. (but not including South
Long Beach Ave.) west to the Village line.
This program will be carried out by the
Highway Department personnel using
packer trucks. The private carters will not
pick up bagged leaves on refuse days.
The Freeport Recreation Department will
hold its Annual Holiday Festival for children
of all ages at the Recreation Center on
Sunday, December 10, 12:30 to 5:00 p.m.
There is no admission charge for this
community-wide event which attracts sev-eral
hundred families each year.
Highlight for children, up to the age of
eight, is the visit to Mr. and Mrs. Santa Glaus
in their Workshop where each child receives
a gift. There will also be rides for youngsters
and entertainment for the entire family. Free
ice skating for children and adults will be
offered at the enclosed rink.
All Village offices will be closed on
Monday, December 25, in observance of
Christmas and again on Monday, January
1, in observance of New Year's. There will
be no meetings of the Board of Trustees
those evenings.
The Freeport Recreation Center will close
at 5 p.m. on both Christmas and New Year's
Eve.
There will be no refuse collection in the
southeast/southwest sections on the holiday
Mondays.
Mayor Dorothy Storm is issuing herannual
reminder to residents and business owners
that the snow ordinances of the Village must
be obeyed. "I would like to thank those who
cooperated in past storms," the Mayor said.
"Unfortunately there were too many who did
not cooperate and it was necessary for the
Police and Building Departments to issue
summonses returnable to Village Court
where violators face a fine of up to $250 per
summons. We would like to minimize the
inconvenience a snow storm brings to the
public but there is little choice if we are to
accomplish a quick and efficient storm
cleanup needed to assure safe movement of
traffic and pedestrians."
Superintendent of 'Public Works David
Lovejoy states that the main impediment to
efficient plow operations in storms is the
numerous vehicles parked at curbside
throughout the Village. "Too often we see
clean and empty driveways with the family
cars parked on the street. Even with the
smallest plow, we cannot achieve a sufficient
path down a street when cars are parked on
both sides. Another headache are the
mounds of snow put in the streets by private
plow operators and shovelers."
When snow reaches the depth of four
inches, or there are predictions of that depth,
the Mayor has the power to put the Village
under Snow Emergency designation. When
a Snow Emergency is declared, it will be
announced over Radio Stations WBAB and
WHLI and aired on Cablevision's Channel 12.
Under a Snow Emergency status, vehicles
must be removed from ALL Village streets.
Owners who do not remove them are subject
to a summons.
The main arteries of the Village and other
key streets are posted as "Snow Emergency
Routes." The public is asked to look for the
signs now to see if their home or business
is located on such a street. (A list of these
streets follows, please save.) The State and
County also post streets where they are
responsible for snow removal such as
Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road, North
Main Street, etc.
Vehicles parked on "Snow Emergency
Routes" are subject to being TOWED AWAY
at the owner's expense in a Snow Emer-gency.
Vehicles without chains, snows or
radial tires may not travel these routes under
the Emergency status.
Mayor Storm noted that the Village
government recognizes the problem of
families with multiple cars and limited garage
and driveway space. "We can only encourage
cooperation among neighbors. If you have
space available, please offer it to others until
plowing is completed." The Mayor also
acknowledged long-time complaints
received by all municipalities from property
owners who clear their driveways only to
have them blocked by plowing operations.
"This is unfortunate but unavoidable. Our
primary concern must be to clear the roads
for the passage of emergency vehicles."
Owners and occupants of residential and
commercial properties are also required to
remove all snow and ice from sidewalks 24
hours after the cessation of snowfall. The
snow should be placed on a lawn or between
the sidewalk and curb, not in the roadway.
Not only may failure to remove snow and
ice bring a summons, but sanitation workers,
postal carriers and meter readers are within
their rights not to service uncleared
properties.
Village ordinances also call for owners or
occupants to keep any fire hydrants on their
property clear of snow and visible at all times.
This is of extreme importance in the case
of an emergency and violators will receive
summonses. Snow Emergency Routes:
Albany Ave., Merrick Rd. South; Ann Dr. E.;
Ann Dr. N.; Ann Dr. S.; Archer St.; Bayview
Ave., Sunrise Hwy. to Pennsylvania Ave.;
Bayview Ave., Wilson PI. to Brookside Ave.;
Bayview Ave., Bryant St. to Sunrise Hwy.;
Broadway; Brooklyn Ave.; Brookside Ave. N.
& S.; Bryant St.; Buchanan St.; Buffalo Ave.,
Sunrise Hwy. to Mill Road; Casino St.; Cedar
St.; Columbus Ave. N.; Commercial .St.;
Church St.; Doxsee Dr.; Front St., Long
Beach Ave. to Guy Lombardo Ave.; Grand
Ave., Main St. to Babylon Tpke; N. Grove
St.; Guy Lombardo Ave.; Hanse Ave.; Howard
Ave.; Hudson Ave.; Independence Ave.; Jay
St., Grand Ave. to E. Seaman Ave.; Jefferson
St.; Lakeview Ave.; Laurette Ln., Main St. to
Ann Dr. N.; Lena Ave., Long Beach Ave. to
Main St.; Long Beach Ave. N.; Long Beach
Ave. S.; Main St., Merrick Rd. to Henry St.
Ext.; Meister Blvd.; Ocean Ave. N. & S.;
Parsons Ave.; Pennsylvania Ave.; Pine St.;
Polk St.; Prince Ave.; Ray St., Westend Ave.
to Main St.; Smith St., Bayview Ave. to Main
St.; Southside Ave., Brookside Ave. to
Westend Ave.; Suffolk St.; Westend Ave.;
Wilson PL; and Woodside Ave.
