MAYOR STORM TO RETIRE
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from infrastructure projects to the war on
drugs. Despite reduced outside funding, an
independent report entitled "Government of
' New Yprk," a nation-wide survey by the
Municipal Analysis Service Inc., ranked
Freeport in the top 10 percent of govern-ments
around the nation effectively manag-ing
their financial resources.
Besides her mayoral duties, Mayor Storm
served as President'of the Nassau County
Village Officials Association, serving on its
Executive Board for seven years, and is
currently a five year member of the executive
committee of the New York Conference of
Mayors. During her tenure, Mayor Storm was
named Citizen of the Year by the Nassau
Society of Professional Engineers; received
the US Conference of Mayors Award for
outstanding anti-drug efforts; the Arts
Council at Freeport's ARTY Award; and the
Jewish National Fund's Shalom Peace
Award.
"Thank you Freeporters for allowing me
to serve my beloved Village for the past
twenty years," the mayor said. "It has been
an honor and a privilege to be your public
servant and I now look forward to wearing
the best title of all—'Grandmother.'"
FREE HOLIDAY
FESTIVAL
Once again the Freeport Recreation
Center will become Santa Land on Sunday,
December 13, from noon to 5 p.m. Santa and
Mrs. Glaus will be in his workshop to greet
and give each child under age 10 a small
present.
Also included in the free Annual Holiday
Festival is free ice skating in the Center's
bubble-enclosed' rink.
RATEPAYERS
TO GET REFUND
The Freeport Electric Department has
received a refund of over $86,000, in the form
of a credit, from LILCO via the State Power-
Authority.
The refund pertains to LILCO's overtoiling
of wheeling (transmission) charges from
June through July 1992. This refund is being
passed on to electric customers and appears
on your November bill for service as a
reduction in the fuel adjustment factor.
HOLIDAY GIFTS
AVAILABLE
Don't forget the Freeport Recreation
Center when making out your shopping list
for holiday gifts.
Offered through the Center are annual
plans for the use of the Health Wing's indoor
and outdoor pools, gymnasium, exercise
rooms, steam and sauna and handball court.
Plans are also offered for only the summer
months. One can also purchase a gift
certificate for a variety of courses running
from ballet to body sculpturing and suitable
for toddlers to seniors. A certificate for one
of the day trips to area museums, dinner
theater, etc. are available for your favorite
senior citizen.
The^enclosed ice rink, open October to
April, also offers gift opportunities. Discount
booklets for 15 sessions of skating and
transferable among the family is one.
Another is a gift certificate for group lessons
at all skill levels. Stop in the Center's office
or call 223-8000.
The Arts Council At Freeport also offers
ideas such as a school recess series for
children. Their off ice is also in the Recreation
Center or call 223-2522.
Village
News
iformation Bulletin
bf,The Village of Freeport
North Ocean Avenue
: FReeport 8-4000
thy 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 1992 -
MAYOR STORM TO RETIRE IN APRIL
Mayor Dorothy Storm released the following statement last month:
"I have purposely waited until the conclu-sion
of our Village's Centennial Celebration
to announce that I will not seek reelection
for a third term in office.
"My government career has spanned over
20 years, haying been appointed by Mayor
William White as the first woman member
of the Board of Trustees, in 1973. I success-fully
ran for reelection as Trustee in 1974,
1977 and 1981, and was elected as the first
woman Mayor in 1985 and 1988.
"I will complete my term and retire as of
April 5, 1993. With my husband Bob's
retirement imminent, we plan on spending
more time with our family and especially our
two grandchildren with a third one on the
way. We also look forward to visiting
relatives, both in the United Sates as well
as traveling to Australia for an extended
family reunion, a luxury of time I could never
fit into my busy scheduleTas'Mayor."
The Mayor's eight years in office resulted
in the successful recruitment of major
regional retailers to invest in the Village,
bringing tax monies and over 750 jobs into
the Village. Gone are the unsightly vacant
structures such as the Grant's building, the
Azure Diner, the Freeport Theater and the
fire-damaged Cannon Taxi, Jamaica Tire
building and the Tropicana. In their place
is the $40 million Meadowbrook Commons,
Home Depot, Staples and Caldor's, to name
a few, giving a much needed facelift to these
areas.
Mayor Storm, with the assistance of local
legislators from both sides of the aisle, was
also successful in attracting some $10 million
in federal and state grants to the Village since
1985. These funds have been invested-in our
community creating more jobs, utilized in the
war against drugs and rebuilding the Vil-lage's
infrastructure. The Board of Trustees
is currently holding hearings to finalize the
redevelopment of the Lydia Hall Hospital, a
project initiated by Mayor Storm's aggressive
and successful fight to salvage the structure
as a health care facility for our community.
Another goal of the Mayor's is the soon-to-
be adopted local Waterfront Revitalization
Program which will serve as a Master Plan
for all of the Village's eight and a half miles
of waterfront.
Mayor Storm opened her war against
drugs by committing to, and accomplishing,
ah increase in the police foVce. In addition
she advanced the Village's affirmative action
program by attracting minority and female
police officers as well as for other Village
positions. It is to be noted that she appointed
the first black Trustee and the Village's first
black Deputy Mayor.
Mayor Storm, facing ever increasing
shrinkage of federal and state aid, has
succeeded in finding alternate funding for
much needed municipal programs ranging
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Trustees: Ralph Smith, Victor Cohen, Vincent Campion, Catherine Collins;
Village Justice: Michael Solomon; Village Clerk: Karen A. Navin; Counsel: William Glacken; Treasurer: Michael Haran
FREEPORTERS CELEBRATED THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
FREEPORT
ATHLETICS
From March through October, the residents of Freeport marked the 100th anniversary of its incorporation as a Village. A full schedule of events was offered under the direction
of the Freeport Century One Celebration Committee.
The events included an Inter-faith Music Festival, an Art Auction, the 100th Day ceremonial renaming of Cannon Square to Century Square, a Ragtime Concert a combined
meeting of all service clubs, a 50s Family Festival, oldtime baseball games, participation in the Summer Festival, an old fashioned sidewalk sale, all capped off by Centennial
a^aVea°a^ 6 f°"Owed by a Block Party' an exhibition at Wage Hall with historical papers and photos with DAR costumed guides, and
A °th<T ®ven*8. *'£ a Centennial flavor were held by different Village groups. They included the Freeport Historical Society's 30th anniversary dinner the American Legion's
Annual Memorial Day parade, a series of poolside jazz concerts at the Recreation Center sponsored the LI Arts Council At Freeport, a special slide show of Freeport at the
Memorial Library, the annual house tour given by the Old House Society as well as their oldfashioned family picnic, and the rededication of the landmark four-sided clock
at Sunrise Highway and North Grove after repair and renovation through the Village's Landmarks Preservation Committee
A Testament greeting the Freeporters of the Bicentennial in 2092 was signed by the Village Board of Trustees and witnessed by the Village Historian. It was given in custody
to the Freeport Historical Society for safekeeping over the next 100 years.
Robert J. Raynor served as Managing Director of the Century One Celebration Committee and former Mayor Robert Sweeney served as Chairman of the Advisory Board
which consisted of Edward Martin, Ray Malone, Anna Jean Cacciatore, Raquel Pachas, Harold Held, Jeannette Klemper, Rev. Robert Dawley, James Parola, Joseph Presti Robert
I erry, Jack Lundergan, Charles Jackson and Ed Monroe. ^J \
Serving in an administrative capacity or heading up the different program divisions were Marilyn Leibman, Kathy Kuchens, Michael Byrne, Steve Karr David Opatow Charles
Puricell,, Edward Yam.n, Jeanne Raynor, Donald Giordano, Bob Grempel, Jean Peters, Sue Morgan, Ira Bryck, Larry Grebinar and Kathi Keating. While not actually members
of the Celebration Committee countless other Freeporters and businesses located in the Village contributed a great deal to the celebration, such as Village Historian Charles
Zimmerman who contributed articles on Freeport history to this and other publications loiunan ^iidnes
^ * H * a °"e and a half h°Ur feature on the Centenni*' and the ceremonies thereafter. It was shown the same week of the Parade. It will be rebroadcast on Cable's Channel 25 on Saturday, December 12, 6:30 to 8pm.
