..m. Registration for the majority
of Fall programming offered by
the Freeport Recreation Depart?
ment will be held Saturday,
October 2, at the Recreation
Center, 130 East Merrick Road.
Discount Ticket holders may re-gister
on that date from 10 am
to noon and others from 1 pm to
3 pm. Allmust hold Freeport
Activity Cards. The .majority of
programs are free to Discount
Ticket holders with an average
fee of $5 per program for others.
ART courses at all skill levels
will be offered to adults on Tues-days,
1:30 to 3:30 pm and Wed-nesdays,
10 to noon; to junior and'
senior high school students on
Wednesdays, 3 to 5 pm; arid
children ages nine to 12 on Thurs-days,
3:30 to 5:30 pm.
ARTS AND CRAFTS for child-ren
in grades one to two will be
held Saturdays from 11 am. to
noon; for grades three to four, 10
to 11 am and grades five to six,
noon to 1 pm.
BATON TWIRLING is offered
on Fridays. Beginners, grades
one to six, are scheduled for 4 to
4:45 pm; intermediates, grades
two to seven, 5 to 5:45 pm; and
semi-advanced and advanced,
grades four to nine, 5 to 5:45 pm.
Fee for non-Discount Ticket hold-ers
is $10.
CREATIVE PLAY for children
in grades one to three will be held
on Tuesdays from 4 to 5 pm.
DANCE will be held on Satur-days.
Limited to elementary ages,
beginning tap is 10 to 11 am;
intermediate tap, 11 to noon;
beginning ballet, noon to 1 pm;
and intermediate ballet, 1 to 2pm.
Limited DRAMA classes for
youngsters in grades four and five
will.be on Wednesdays, from 4 to
5:30 pm. :
Instructions in FENCING will
be given on Saturdays at 10 to
11 am for beginners and 11 am to
noon for intermediates. Program
is limited to those 10 and older.
GUITAR is offered to child-ren,
grades four to eight, on
Tuesdays with beginners from 4 •
.to 5 pm and advanced beginners,
and intermediates from 5 to 6 pm.
Courses in GYMNASTICS will
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be held on Saturdays with grades
one and two meeting 10 to 11
am; grades three and four, 9 to
10 am; .and grades five to eight,
11 to noon.
SLIMNASTICS for women 18
years and older will be given on
Thursdays, 9:30 to 10:30 am and
. Wednesdays, 7 to 8pm.
Information on SWIMMING
and DIVING programs for tots
and adults may be obtained by
calling 223-4114.
; The Recreation Department
will again participate in an
American Junior BOWLING
Congress program co-sponsored
by the Freeport Elks and Free-port
Bowl. The program is for.
youngsters eight to 18. Regis-tration
for the Junior and Senior
divisions will be October 1,
3 pm, Freeport Bowl. Charge for
Juniors is $12 for two games a
week, shoes and an awards
dinner. Charge for Seniors is
$18 for three games a week.
The younger Bantams register
at 9:30 am, October 2, Freeport
Bowl. Charge is the saiava ra\ fast
Juniors.
Information on BASKETBALL,
SOCIAL DANCING for adults,
GOLF, programs for the HANDI-CAPPED,
JUDO, WRESTLING,
adult YOGA and activities for
SENIORS may be obtained by cal-
Jing 223-8000.
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The Recreation Department is
sponsoring a series of ADULT
TRIPS to New York City mu-seums.
The first will be on Wed-nesday,
October 20, when a bus
will leave the Recreation Center
at 9:30 am to travel to The
Cloisters, the uptown branch
of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art which is devoted to medieval
art and .artifacts. It is situated
in Fort Tyron Park. high • above
the Hudson River. This trip is not
suitable for anyone with a walk-ing
disability. The cost of $5.25
covers transportation and admis-sion.
A cafeteria is located in
the park or lunch may be brought
from home. The bus willreturn to;
the Center at about 5 pm. Monies
must be paid to the Department
no later than October 13 and all
must have a Freeport Activity
Card.
Residents knowing of a con-sistant
Jitterbug are urged to call
the Freeport Police Headquar-'
ters. The offender is subject to
a maximum of a $250 fine of 15
days in jail.
The Village's Commission on
the Environment, concerned
about the litter of paper, cans
and bottles around schools, the
central business district, small
shopping areas and major ar-terities,
is working with the
Freeport Police Department to
rectify the situation which is
deterimental to the appearance
of the Village and an unfair
burden to the property owner who
must be constantly picking up
others' trash. . •__,
Commission Chairwoman:
Marilyn Roller points out that
.pride has a lot -to do with alle-viating
the problem-. "When you
throw a gum wrapper or some
other item on the ground, think
what this Village would look like
if 40,000 residents chose to do the
same. We have a very beautiful
community. It will not be much,
longer if a mounting sea of litter <
covers its streets. The Sanitation
Department and its Litter Patrol
have limited resources. Expan-sion
of their services would hit
everyone in the ppcketbook.
.Think too of the dangers of'
tossing a bottle out of a moving
car...someone could get hit...a
tire could-blow out."
JSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5
DEFERENCE ONLY
A Healthy Business
Community Lessens The
Burden Of The Taxpay-ing
Resident...
b by broadening the tax
base
o by providing employ-
..rnent
o by attracting more
tax-reducing develop-ment.
You can Help By Thinking
"Freeport First"
For Purchase Of Goods
and Services
SEPT. 1976
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE .TELEPHONE FReeporf 8-4000 WILLIAM H. WHITE. MAYOR
Public Meetings On The 1st and 3rd Mondays Of The Month. At 9:00 P.M.
The Freeport Board of Trustees
has voted to let-Village residents
decide whether the Village, will
continue -- to maintain its own
Police Department or contract
with Nassau County to provide
law enforcement services. A re-ferendum
will therefore appear
on the ballot in the Tuesday,
November 2, Presidential election
at all polling places within the Vil-lage.
The result of the voting will
be'binding on the . Board of
Trustees.
the decision to bring the mat-ter
before the residents was
based on discussions with Nassau
. County officials instituted in Jan-uary,
and a survey undertaken by
its Police. Department as to the
services which could be provided
and the -costs involved. The
Board's initial inquiry came at the
time of the preparation of the Vil-lage's
1976-77 municipal budget,
of which 14'/2%, or $1,706,738 is
concerned with the Police-Depart-ment
and its officers who have not
come to a contract agreement
since the 1974-75 fiscal year.
It is estimated that Freeporters
could expect a savings of from
$250,000 to $300,QOO per fiscal
year by paying for police protect-ion
via a County contract. The tax
savings to the homeowner is esti-mated
at about 30$ to 35<t per
$100 of assessed valuation of real
property,
The-full impact of the savings
' would not be felt for one or two
years, depending on the payment
plan. For example, under the pro-posed
contract with the County,
Freeport is obligated to pay all
negotiated costs'involved with'the
retirement -'of . 13 officers" who
-would not be absorbed into the
County police. Under discussions
now taking place between the Vil-lage
government and the Police
Benevolent Association; termin-ation
benefits would approximate
the savings of one year. .
Mandatory to the takeover by
the County is the retirement of
one Chief, two Captains, four
Lieutenants and three Police Of-ficers,
all with 20 years or more
service, allowing them to receive
maximum benefits.
With .a presently approved
force of up to 79 members, the
abolishment of the Freeport Pol-ice
Department would constitute
the greatest change in the struct-ure
of Village government since
its incorporation in 18*92. While
several other Village govern-ments
have chosen to join County
police forces in these economical-
- ly 'depressed times; Freeport, if
its residents so chose, will be the
largest municipality in the State
to have done so in recent years.
The takeover would be effective
as of February 28,1977.
Based' on various surveys and
analyses, the Nassau County
Police .Department has indicated
it can provide adequate protection
to the Village working out of Bald-win
or another County precinct.
The County force would be em-powered
to enforce all Village
ordinances but Village Meter
Maids would continue to handle
. parking violations. A member of
the Nassau County Police Depart-ment
would replace the Chief of
Police in being present at all pub-lic
meetings of the Board of Trust-ees
to hear comments from the
residents.
All positions under Detective
Squad, Marine Division, Com-munity
Relations, Juvenile Aid
and Police Clerical would be shift-ed
to County operations. All Pol-ice
Officers presently assigned to
those units would be retained by:
the County while positions in
other areas of government would
be offered to the; clerical staff.
The Meter Maids and the Special
Police would remain employees of
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At least one public meet-ing
will be held by the Free-port
Board of Trustees
daring the month of Octo-ber
to give residents am op-portunity
to question repre-sentatives
of the Nassau
County Police Department
regarding its possible take-over
of law enforcement
services hi the Village. The
timing is such that "Village
News" cannot be used to
notify all Freeporters of the
date of the meeting. Village
residents, are .urged, there-fore,
to watch the. local
media for further inform-ation.
Trustees: Thomas J. Loveliage, Ralph P. Franco, Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo-Treasurer: James J. Lyons - Counsel: Oakley Gentry Jr.
^ P:D. Oh>'N6v? Ballot
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the Village. . "
The Village Court would contin-ue
to function under an elected
Village Justice to hear cases con-cerning
infractions of Village or-dinances
as well as motor vehicle
violations. The County Police
would continue the liaison with
the Freeport Fire Department, its
emergency company and ambu-lance
crew.
The takeover of police protect-ion
by Nassau County via contract
rather than direct merger, allpws
for the reestablishment of a Vil-lage
force in the future. The con-tract
between the Village and
County would most likely be for
two year periods.
Residents are urged to study
the wording of the referendum
carefully before voting. The lang-uage,
not known at this time, is
determined by law and is often
confusing to voters. The word-ing
may be: "Shall the Village of
Freeport abolish its Police De-partment
and'contract for law
enforcement services with the
County of Nassau?" in which case
those wishing to. keep the Village
Department would vote "no" and
those wishing to go to the County
force would vote "yes.''
The next Village-wide com-munications
tool the Village gov-ernment
has available prior to the
referendum is the October issue
of "Village News." In that publi-cation
we will attempt to answer
as many questions on this matter
as are brought to our attention
prior to deadline. It is expected
that the Board of Trustees will in
the meantime receive additional
information of importance to
voters, which will appear in the
local weekly newspapers.
Use Letterbox
A letterbox has been placed
on the door of the Village Hall at
46 North Ocean Avenue for those
wishing to correspond with the
municipal government or pay
their electric or water bills.
The box is for the convenience
of those unable to come to the
Hall during the work week
between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.
Use of the box also enables you to
save the 13<t necessary to use the
mails.
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Work is now underway on the
first phase of the Village's re-newal
of the downtown shopping
district which, when both phases
are completed, will see a South
Main Street pedestrian mall with
a nautical theme between Sun-rise
Highway and Merrick Road.
The mall is scheduled to be
completed by December of next
year. All costs are being cover-ed
by the Village's Community
Development grant from the
federal government.
With a deadline of the end of
this month, the rear structures, or
rear sections of four retail stores
are being eliminated to allow for
expanded parking in the munici-pal
lots serving the shipping
district on Church and Henry
Streets. Through a lease arrange-ment
between property owners
and the Village, the privately
owned land between the rear of
the stores and the lots will be
Concert, Ball Coming
Hold off making plans for New
Year's Eve! The Freeport Bi-centennial
Committee which
brought you "the" social event of
the year last February in the form
of a Presidential Birthday Ball
attended by some 700 persons, is
currently working on plans for
a "Farewell to '76" party at the
Recreation Center, Friday,
December 31. Preliminary plans
indicate that only 400 tickets
will be offered and will probably
range from $12 to $15 each
covering live music by the same
band that was a hit of the Febru-ary
affair, hot hors d'oeuvres,
setups, and a champagne break-fast.
Television will hopefully
play an important part in the af-fair
so all present can see and
hear a certain Freeporter wish a
special Happy New Year's to his
neighbors.
*****
A concert by the combined
choirs of the temples and
churches of the Village is tenta-tively
scheduled for Sunday, Oct-ober
24, 2 pm, Freeport High
School auditorium. The free event
is headed by Doris Nickerson,
Chairwoman of the Bicentennial
Committee's Heritage Division,
and Kirk Dunklee, Director of
Music for the Freeport School
District. Please watch the local
newspapers for further details.
utilized by the public through a
. series of walkways, sitting areas
and planting sites.
Also underway is the recon-struction
of the Church Street
parking lot, the resurfacing of the
Henry Street lot, the relining of
both, and installation of side-walks,
lighting, trees and plants.
Concurrent with the work on the
parking lots is the construction
of the walkway from Church
Street to the future mall and the
modernization through new light-ing
and graphics of the present
walkway from Henry Street, both
Carol Green's and Monaco
.Fashions, which plans to expand
its building to the north, will have
entrances onto the Church
Street walkway and its plazas.
According to the construction
contract, work is to be completed
by November 15. All stores in
the area are operating normally
and invite residents to visit
South Main Street and witness
the work that is going on to re-vitalize
the downtown shopping
district.
Land To Be Sold
The Village Board of Trustees
voted last month to make avail-able
four parcels of Village-owned
land to the Town of Hempstead
Local Development Corporation.
The undeveloped land, totaling
five acres and located adjacent to
Freeport Industrial Park, will be
sold for a total of $517,800 at
$2.50 per square foot. An addi-tional
three acre site may also be
sold shortly, bringing a total re-turn
to the Village of $866,300.
The Town of Hempstead Local
Development Corporation is
a non-profit membership cor-poration
which is empowered
under State law to sell the land for
manufacturing usage on behalf
of the Village.
Aside from the direct purchase
price, .the sale will benefit Free-port
by putting the land on the tax
rolls and by creating an expanded
job market for residents.
Shop Your Local
Merchants
Some Recent New Businesses In Freeport
Tri-Boro Beauty Supplies and the Colonial
Book Store in the South Main Shopping district,
The stone House on lower South Main Street, the
CPR Printing Company on Merrick Road and Ed's
Workbench at the foot of Woodcleft Avenue are
just some of the new businesses that have come to
the Village recently, adding to the tax base and
providing new services and employment oppor-tunities
to residents. The attraction of new esta-blishments
through advertising, direct mail and
personal contact is just one aspect of Freeport's
Community Development program which will
see a pedestrian shopping mall on South Main
Street by the end of next year.
