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After that, the roadbed will be excavated
and new pavement will be installed.
The Board of Trustees recently autho-rized
bidding for the Brooklyn Avenue and
North Long Beach Avenue Road
Improvement project. The village purchasing
agent will receive the bids in May, and con-struction
will begin shortly after that date.
After each one of the road projects is
completed, the Public Works Department
will install curbside trees. This project fulfills
our pledge to replace all the dead and haz-ardous
trees in the village on a one-for-one
basis at a rate of 1,000 trees
a year.
Our village parks are
essential to the wellbeing
of our residents. They pro-vide
a place for youngsters
to play, meet friends, par-ticipate
in sports, swim, pic-nic
or just enjoy a beautiful
day with friends and family.
Improving our parks is a
major priority, and so far
we have made great
progress. This month the
surface on the basketball
court at Martin Luther King Park is being
removed and broken drains will be replaced,
ending the hazard of rainwater accumula-tion.
After new court surfaces are installed at
Martin Luther King, North East and Glacken
Parks, the basketball hoops will be set to the
proper height and the courts will be marked
out and sealed. With the recently installed
lighting improvements at these parks, there
will be plenty of recreation areas available
for our youngsters this summer.
With all the construction in progress in
the Village and the heavy equipment on
many of the streets, it's a good idea to use
caution when driving around these areas or
walking through the streets. While these
improvements present some inconvenience
now, the good news is developers are calling
our office concerning vacant parcels of land
and business owners are interested in
expanding here in Freeport, the waterfront
jewelof the South Shore.
FREEPORT
YOUTH EARNS
EAGLE SCOUT AWARD
Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken congratulated Thomas McLaughlin,
a life-long resident of the Village, while presenting him with a cita-tion
on the occasion of his being admitted to the Eagle Scout Court
of Honor, along with three other members of Troop 214.
McLaughlin graduated from Holy Trinity High School and is a
freshman at Providence College in Rhode Island. He earned a num-ber
of scouting awards, including Ad Altare Dei. McLaughlin was
elected to the Order of the Arrow and earned a total of 24 Merit
Badges.
Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken, Eagle Scout Thomas McLaughlin, Mrs. Gertrude
McLaughlin, (grandmother), Mary McLaughlin, (mother), Peter McLaughlin, (father)
Michael McLaughlin, (brother), Cathleen McLaughlin (sister).
RECREATION CENTER TO HOST
HOT 97 EM CELEBRITY BASKETBALL GAME
DJ Ed Lover's Hotshots will play the Woodward Warriors in a charity match to benefit the Woodward Mental
Health Center at the Freeport Recreation Center on Saturday, April 24th, at 8 p.m. Proceeds from the game will
be used to help the Woodward Center operate its psychiatric day programs for emotionally disabled children.
Fans of Hot 97 FM disc jockey, Ed Lover will also have an opportunity to meet his radio partner, Kurt Flirt.
Tickets are $5. per person and can be purchased in advance by calling the Woodward Center a 379-0900. Any
remaining tickets will be sold at the door the night of the event. Compare Foods Supermarkets, which has three
stores in Freeport, is-sponsoring the game.
APRIL, 1999 www.FreeportNY.com THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
SIGNS OF PROGRESS THROUGHOUT FREEPORT
In the two years since the Glacken
Administration came into office a lot of
changes have taken place in the Village.
Roads have been repaired, the parks are
being upgraded, the Woodcleft Avenue pro-ject
is well underway and Village Hall is
undergoing a renovation project restoring
the historic landmark to its original
grandeur.
Anyone attending recent Board of
Trustee meetings will have seen the improve-ments
to the Main Conference room. Our
Village Hall was modeled after
Independence Hall in Philadelphia. With this
in mind, the conference room was repainted
in authentic colonial colors accenting the
architectural details and the floor was
covered with a replica of that period's style
carpeting. The benches were restored to
their original dark cherry finish to enhance
be placed in the ground. These conduits will
carry the existing overhead wires under-ground,
eliminating forever the unsightly
overhead wires and ending the problems
caused by downed power lines during
storms. When completed, Woodcleft Avenue
will feature a waterfront Promenade and
Esplanade to encourage visitors to walk
along the street, visit restaurants and browse
in local shops.
Residents in the Meister Beach area will
see that new catch basins and roadways
are being installed and set at the higher
elevation, in some cases, nearly two feet
above the existing roadway. This project is on
schedule and should be completed by July;
Reconstruction work has begun on
Colonial Avenue. The contractor has moved
the water services from a small water main
the beauty of the wood. Restoration of
the Village Court has begun and even-tually
the entire building will be reno-vated,
reflecting the positive future of
the Village.
Freeport's working waterfront is a valu-able
jewel that the Glacken Administration
promised to maintain and improve. We are
well into the major renovation of
Woodcleft Avenue, and if the weather
remains as mild this spring as
it was through the winter, we
expect to finish this project by
this fall. In just the past three
months, we have installed the
new storm water drainage
system, the utility manholes,
and the new water main. Soon
the water services will be
transferred to the new main,
and conduits for the electric,
telephone and cablevision lines will
that will soon be eliminated and transferred
the services to a larger diameter water main.
The present concrete curbs and sidewalks
will be removed next and replaced.
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FREEPORTFIRE DEPARTMENT HONORS ITS
HEROES AND CELEBRATES AN ANNIVERSARY
Dear Neighbor,
In last month's Message from
the Mayor, I described the steps'
we are taking to guarantee that
Freeport continues to enjoy the
lowest electric rates on Long
Island. To ensure the delivery of
low-cost electricity, the Village
contracts with Consolidated
Edison for low-cost hydroelectric
power from Niagara Falls. This
electricity is delivered to the
Village by a cable line or "trans-mission
path." Unfortunately,
there have been three interrup^
tions in Con Ed's cable line over
the past five months. Each time
this occurred, Freeport's electric
department turned to the Long
Island Power Authority (LIRA) to
supplement our delivery of elec-tricity
to our customers. The pur-chase
of higher-priced electricity
from LIRA required passing along
that additional cost to our cus-tomers.
Three interruptions of
power to Freeport consumers
within five months, coupled with
the need to purchase high-cost
electricity from LIRA, is unaccept-able
and we are activity pursuing
our legal options against Con
Edison.
As I mentioned in last month's
message, the Village's legal con-sultants
for energy matters have
examined this situation and we
are moving forward in filing a
complaint against Con Edison with
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC). We will follow
that action with a lawsuit in New
York State Supreme Court for
breach of contract and negligence
to recover from Con Edison the
monetary difference between the
original price of electricity con-tracted
with the utility and the
actual cost to the Village to
acquire that power from LIRA due
to the failure of the cable line.
The men and women employed
by Freeport's Electric Department
are dedicated to delivering low-cost,
dependable electric power to
its customers. I pledge to continue
this 100-year tradition of service
and reliability and guarantee that
if there are any financial damages
collected from Con Edison, that
money will be passed along to
you, the ratepayers. If you have
any questions or concerns, please
contact our Electric Department at
377-2220.
DODD
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RECEIVES
COMPUTER
DONATION
FROM CHASE BANK
Principal James Brown welcomed Richard F. Mangogna,
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of
Chase Manhattan Bank, along with Managing Director
Bridget-Anne Hampden, to a special luncheon to thank them
for the gracious donation of the state-of-the-art computers.
Mrs. Hampden is a Freeport resident whose two sons attended
Dodd Junior High School.
Chief Arthur Burdette, Jr.,
along with Mayor Bill Glacken,
Deputy Mayor Renaire
Frierson-Davis and Trustee Bill
White, Jr., congratulated the
many fire fighters cited for
bravery at the annual Medal
Day celebration at the Fire
Department's headquarters
recently.
Among Freeport's bravest
honored at the event were four
fire fighters singled out for
their valiant efforts to save the
life of a woman trapped inside
a burning building on Grand
Ave last year.
Fire fighter Jerry Festa of
Truck Co. No. 1, fire fighter
Darren Eberhardt of Hose Co.
No. 1, Ex-Captain Stan Kistela
of Truck Co. No. 1, and Ex-
Captain Joseph Stallone of
Hose Co. No. 3 placed them-selves
in grave danger hoping
to save the life of the burned
victim. They worked through
extreme heat and a heavy
smoke condition to find the
unconscious woman and get
her out of the burning building
using a tower ladder basket to
transfer her from an attic win-dow
to the ground.
Unfortunately, the victim did
not survive the blaze. The fire
fighters received Class III and
Class A awards in recognition
of their heroism.
Trustee Bill White, Jr., Fire Chief Arthur Burdette, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-Davis,
and Ex-Captain Joseph Stallone.
CONGRATULATIONS RESCUE COMPANY 9
Pictured in the photo are: Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken, Dodd Junior High School Principal James Brown, Richard
Mangogna, Freeport Superintendent of Schools Josephine Moffett, and Bridget-Anne Hampden. The student in
the photo is Dea Anderson.
Mayor Bill Glacken was honored to
present his congratulations and a
proclamation to Freeport's Emergency
Rescue Company 9 at its recent 40th
Anniversary Dinner. The company was
loosely organized in the '40s when a
group of fire fighters recognized the
need for an emergency squad to respond
to medical and rescue calls. During the
tenure of Mayor Bill Glacken, Sr., in the
late '50's, they officially formed
Emergency Company, and began estab-lishing
a reputation as the finest rescue
operation on Long Island.
With each addition of emergency
equipment and medical apparatus,
Rescue Company increased its ability to
respond and treat serious situations
successfully. Mayor Glacken officially
thanked all the members of Emergency
Rescue Company 9 for the thousands of
rescue calls and medical emergencies it
responds to each year.
Trustee Don Miller; Hempstead Town Councilman, Anthony Santino; Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes, Angle Cullin; Emergency
Rescue Company 9, Captain John McGuire; Mayor Bill Glacken, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-Davis, and Trustee Bill White, Jr.
