REFERENCE
New FHAB Commissioners
John Paris, a resident of the
Rev. John J. Madden Senior Cit-izens
Apartments, and Mrs.
Marjorie Williams who resides
at the Moxey Rigby Apartments,
have been elected as commission-ers
on the -Freeport^Housing Au-thority
Board, it has been an-nounced
by John Williams, Ex-ecutive
Director of the Authority.
Mr. Paris was elected to a two
year term and Mrs. Williams for
one year. Both had previously
served on the Board after ap-pointment
by Mayor White but
resigned in order to run for elect-ion
when strict interpretation of
New York State law made their
appointment questionable.
The Freeport Housing Author-ity
board consists of five-commis--
sioners, three appointed by the
Mayor, and two tenants who are
elected by their fellow residents
of the housing governed by the
Authority. Rev: E. Mitchell
Mallette serves as Chairman of
the Board.
SHOP YOUR LOCAL FREEPORT MERCHANTS
IT HELPS FREEPORT GROW AND PROSPER
Holiday Schedule
Residents are reminded that
there will be no curbside trash
pickup on Wednesday, Septem-ber
8, because of the Labor
Day holiday. This is true of any
Wednesday throughout the year
when a holiday occurs during the
week since-the day is needed to
maintain a tvvice-a-week garbage
pickup schedule. It is important
that residents remember this for
the Village becomes unsightly
with trash set out on curbsides. .
The Freeport Board of Trustees
will not meet on Monday, Sep-tember
6. The first of the month
public meeting will be held in-stead
at 9 pm, Monday, Septem-ber
13, and again the following
Monday.
SERVICE REQUEST
Do you have a specific problem that needs the attention of a Village
department?
If so , please use this Service Request form to bring it to the attention of
your Village administration. It will be acknowledged and given to the appro-priate
department head for action.
We recommend that you include your name and address. It will not be
disclosed to any third party, but it will enable us to let you know what was
done or why it couldn't be done.
You may conveniently send your Service Request to Village Hall by in-cluding
it in the same envelope with your Electric Bill payment.
TO:
Mayor William H. White
Municipal Building, Feeeport, N. Y. 11520
Action Requested or Nature of Problem
Address or Location (Please be specific)
For Referral to:
D Sanitation
D Code Enforce
D Sewer
D Police
, D Sign Shop
D Highway . O Building Dept.
D Electric D Water
D Parking Meters D Parking Fields
(D Fire ' D Stadium
D .Recreation and Parks
D Narcotics Guidance . D Other .
Your Name-
Address
Phone
Village AUGUST N e ws
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE TELEPHONE FReeport 8-4000 WILLIAM H. WHITE. MAYOR
Public Meetings On The 1st and 3rd Mondays Of The Month. At 9:00 P.M.
Our Ambassadors To Britain
Mayor William White (right) congratulates Mr. and Mrs. John
Cheyney and their daughter. Jennifer, on winning the Bicentennial
Committee's Two-Weeks-ln-England-For-Two raffle. An attorney, Mr.
Cheyney has been a resident of South Long Beach Avenue for some 30
years.
Bike Auction
The Freeport Police Depart-ment
will auction off unclaimed
bicycles at the Department's
garage, 40 North Ocean Avenue,
Saturday, Sept. 4, at 9:30 am.
Winning bidders will be requir-ed
to pay cash immediately. The
new bike owners will also be re-quired
to register the equipment
at Police Headquarters the follow-ing
Wednesday, 8:30 aih to 4 pm,
so that an identification plate can
be affixed to prevent the bike
from coming up for auction once
again.
Heard A Rumor?
There is nothing more damag-ing
to a community and its people
than the spread of unfounded
rumors which, as they get retold,
tend to become more and more in-accurate.
When hearing such rumors,
residents are urged to contact the
Village to verify- their accuracy.
Either Human Relations Director
Michael Kirwan or the Office of
the Villageclerk mav be contacted
at FR 8-4000. The caller will not
• be required to give their name
when stating that they are calling
to check out a rumor.
Firehouse Theatre
Some communities are re-cycling
school buildings, but
Freeport may have a first in the
fact that it is recycling a fire-house.
The former headquarters
of Hose Company #3 on Atlantic
and Bayview Avenues, built in
the early 1900's. has now been
transformed into "The Old-Hose
3 Firehouse Theatre," by the
Freeport Arts Council in cooper-ation
with the Village government
and the Freeport Fire Depart-ment
.The main floor has been trans-formed
into a "Theatre-In-
The-Round which will be used for
musical and dramatic productions
by the Council's Teen Theatre
group. Little Theatre and Writ-er's
Workshop. The latter group,
directed by Robert Unger,
occupies the firehouse's second
floor.
An all-volunteer organization
funded by the Village, Board of
-Education and the New York
State Council on the Arts, the
Freeport Arts Council was pleas-ed
to accept a piano fromMr. and
Mrs. Francis Martin of Church
Street and the labor and expertise
of Mark Goldsmith in arranging
the lighting of the Theatre-In-
The Round.
.The Arts Council will occupy
the firehouse until the Village-owned
property is disposed of.
Major' concerts will 'continue 'to"
.be presented at the Freeport
High School. Information on. the
Council may be obtained by
calling 223-2522.
Trustees: Thomas J. Loveliage, Ralph P. Franco. Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo-Treasurer. James J. Lyons - Counsel: Oakley Gentry Jr.
Community Stabilization Group
Established, Coordinator Sought
Waterfront Thousands Recreation News
Community stabilization activi-ties
currently being conducted on
a volunteer and loosely organized'
basis, will now be coordinated
through "the Village government
which has set up a Stabilization
and -Affirmative Housing Task
Force composed of Village em-ployees
and private citizens.
Village employees serving on
the Task Force will be Human
Relations Director Michael Kir-wan,
Human Relations Com-mission
Secretary Marion Harvie,
Code Enforcement ^employees
Marilynne Moynihan and Warren
Greenwood and Village Clerk
Thomas DeVincenzo who will act
as liasion between the Task
Force and the Board of Trustees.
Service on the Task Force by
employees is in addition to their
regular duties and requires at-tendance
at mandatory weekly
meetings. The citizen members
are Sara Holly, Ellen Extract,
Martha DeSalvo and Helen
Warren.
In announcing the formation of
the Task Force, Mayor William
White stated that the program
"is intended to strengthen the
various activities in the Village
which are directed at stabilizing
the community, maintaining
Freeport as a well balanced and a
harmoniously integrated, fine
residential area."
Specifically, the Task Force will
take affirmative action to attract
middle income families to the
Village which will include ad-vertising
and promotion, assist-ance
to interested home buyers
from outside of Freeport, and the
referral of inquiries to any Free-port
realtors who are in agree-ment
with the goals of the pro-gram.
The group will, maintain a
liaison with . neighborhood
civic groups and interested
residents to keep informed of any
situation, physical or social, that
might cause neighborhood
decline. Whenever municipal
services ~can~-be used to' correct a""
situation, the appropriate depart-ment
will be contacted. In addi-tion,
the Task Force will be in-volved
in activities to combat
improper real estate practices
and to short-circuit any panic
selling situations by counseling
and by one-to-one discussions
with concerned homeowners.
The Stabilization and Affirma-tive
Housing program is similar
.toothers already being conducted
in such communities as New York
City and Shaker Heights, Ohio.
'A Task Force coordinator is
currently being sought. The
salary for the part-time position is
$5,000. The citizen members will
be paid $450 per year, the same
as members of Village Com-missions.
Office space will be
provided in Village Hall for the
coordinator who will also have
back-up clerical help as needed
from Village employees.
It will be the duty of the co-ordinator
to hold the program
together, provide direction, and
follow through. The coordinator
might be a resident who has been
involved in such Village and civic
activities and has demonstrated
an ability to organize, motivate
and follow through. The coordina-tor
will be come a part-time
Village employee with regularly
scheduled hours at Village Hall
and some evening and weekend
time in the field. Persons interest-ed
in the position are urged to
contact the office of the Village
Clerk.
Funding for the Task Force and
its activities has been allocated
from Freeport's Community
Development grant.
Commemorative Plate
The Freeport Bicentennial
Committee has announced a
limited edition of commemorate
plates for sale at $10 each. The
plates are off-white with gold
edging and carry, in brown, a
copy of an original painting by
Storm Robinson entitled, "View
of Sportsman Channel, Near
Woodcleft, Freeport, N.Y." taken
from an old photograph. The
wording on the back- of the plate
tells that, it was made exclusively
for Freeport's celebration of the
Bicentennial.
. Only 250 of the plates were pro-duced
and each is numbered. The
value of the plates is expected to
increase throughout the years and
they make fine gifts for collectors.
Purchase may be arranged by cal-ling
Adelaide Aims at FR 9-3051
or Samet's at FR 9-3300.
Sunday, July 18, was Nautical Day on the Nautical Mile and other
waterfront areas of the Village with the Chamber of Commerce holding
its 2nd Annual Canoe and Kayak Races which attracted some 150 pad-dlers,
and the Bicentennial Committee presenting a Nautical Crafts
Pair on Woodcleft Avenue. Literally thousands of residents and visitors
strolled the streets, jammed restaurants and lined the waterways.
Village Forming Citizens Budget Committee
Acting on a suggestion brought
forth by Trustee Dorothy Storm,
the Village Board of Trustees has
approved the creation of an inde-pendent
Budget Workshop
Committee to consist of some
eight to ten interested residents.
As formulated, the Committee
will sit in on meetings between
The Board of Trustees and de-partment
heads, as each depart-ment's
budget for the upcoming
year is presented for Board
approval. According to Trustee
Storm, "this will allow the citi-zenry
to grasp the 'whys and
wherefores' of how certain items
. are deleted and others remain
intact,"
In calling for volunteers to
serve" oil" th~e"Corhmittee, Mayor
William White stressed that he
wanted the group to be totally
objective. Therefore, no indi-vidual
who serves'as an officer
or committeeman of any political
group will be appointed. The
members of the Committee will
be designated by Mayor White
with the approval of the Village
Board.
"The residents who serve on
this Committee will be taking on
a heavy responsibility and be
asked to devote a great deal of
time in helping the board keep a
realistic and workable budget, the
Mayor stated. "Budget meetings
begin early in the Fall and con-tinue
through to January. All-day
meetings are held each Sat-urday
with at least one evening
session scheduled during the
week. Concerned residents who
are willing to take on such a
committment are urged to write
to me at Village Hall as soon as
possible."
Mayor White pointed out
'"further" that it was the' Board's
hope that such a group of resi-dents
would be able to suggest
economies which the Trustees
might not see because of their
total involvement. Too, they will
act as a "sounding board" for
any cuts in services proposed
by the Board. ,
A GALA "OFFICIAL END
OF SUMMER "76" is planned
for the afternoon of Labor Day,
Monday. September 6, at the
Freeport Recreation Center, 130
East Merfick Road. Swimming,
diving and other contests will be
held beginning at.l. .pm with a^
host of prizes to be awarded. A
giant Pool Show will end the
athletic events. Beginning at
8 pm Lila Kirk will return with her
popular "HAWAIIAN REVIEW"
of the music and dance of the
Islands. A special Hawaiian menu
will be served by the Center's
caterers on the outdoor dining
terrace. Please watch the local
newspapers for further details.
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Residents are reminded that as
of Labor Day all Summer season
Recreation Center DISCOUNT
TICKETS EXPIRE. All may now
purchase the Fall tickets running
from Labor Day to January 15
at the same rate: $55 per family,
$50 for a couple, and $25 for an
individual. As always, seniors,
60 years or older, receive a 50%
discount. Those Ticket Holders
extending their membership
through the Fall receive a sub-stantial
reduction when purchas-ing
the Winter Discount Ticket
which is good through January 1,
1977 to June 1. The fee for those
having purchased two conse-cutive
seasons drops to $30 per
family, $25 for a couple and
$12.50 for an individual. Those
choosing the Fall-Winter com-bination
can also enjoy free
skating when the outdoor rink is
open .from , November to ..March
as well as further savings by
participating in the programs
for which non-Discount Ticket
holders may pay a fee of ap-proximately
• $5 per season.
Those who did not hold Summer
Discount Tickets this year will be
able to. purchase them-at the-re-duced
rate next Summer by join-ing
for the Fall and Winter.
The Recreation Center will be
CLOSED September 7 through 10
to allow for maintenance and
gearing up for the Fall season.
The Center will maintain a six
day (closed Mondays) week
throughout the year. Only
ADULTS may use the Center
after 6 pm on Wednesdays and
Sundays. REGISTRATION for
programs offered to both adults
and children will be held Octo-ber
2.
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The Recreation Department is
sponsoring a FAMILY TRIP to
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn.,
Saturday, October 2, at the height
of the fall foliage season. Price
is $11.75 per adult and $9.25 for
children between the ages of six
and 15 who must be acompanied
by an adult. Fee covers transpor-tation
by deluxe coach and ad-missions
at the Seaport. Facilities
are available for a picnic lunch
and many restaurants are located
in the area. The bus will leave the
Recreation Center at 8 am and
return about 8 pm. A deposit of
$5 is -required to hold reserva-tions.
All monies must be in the
hands of the Department no later
than September 17. For further
information call 223-8000, ext. 10.
Want To
WORK CLOSE TO HOME ?
Then Talk To Your Boss About Freeport...
Tell him how the Village's Community Develop-ment
Funds are being used to modernize our
Central Business District and to assemble land
which can be offered at write-down prices. Tell
him the local .government stands ready to.be of
every assistance possible, in locating his business
in Freeport.
Talk To Your Boss
About Freeport. ... and you may get to
EAT LUNCH AT HOME
