Auction Scheduled
Found and unclaimed bicycles,'
as well as other hems, will" be
auctioned off by the Freeport
Police Department on Saturday,
October 7, 10 am, at the Police
Garage adjacent to headquarters
at 40 North Ocean Avenue.
All transactions must be in cash
and bicycles purchased must-be
registered with the Police Depart-ment
at a one time cost of 25*.
Cable TV Application
An application has been filed
by the Cablevision System, Long
Island Corporation with the
Federal Communications Com-mission
to operate within the
Village of Freeport.
The application may be viewed
by interested residents in 'the
Office of the Village Clerk, week-days,
8:30'am to 4pm. ;;-.
Our Twirling
Champ
Replenishing Blood Supply
Shown above is Lorie Comerford,
19, a life-time resident .of the vil-lage
who, with her. mother JNI..
teaches in the ever-popular Baton
Twirling program of the Freeport.
Recreation Department. Soon to
compete in the National Baton
Twirling Pageant,' Lorie has al-ready
won four national, regional
and state championships. Lorie, a
student at Nassau Community
College, was named Collegiate
Miss New York of Baton Twirling.
Mayor William White, shown having his blood pressure checked, led a
contingent of Village employees to the Inter-County Blood Services in
Rockville Centre recently. Each year Freeport municipal'employees
•donate blood in August, when the region's supply of blood is at its'
'lowest; '- ' ' '
Register For Kiddie Club At Rec Center
Registration for each month's
session of the Kiddie Club at the
Freeport i Recreation'Center will
be held -the last Tuesday of the
month before. Registration is on a
monthly basis, but parents may
register a child for more than one
month.' . • ; •
The program is run in two daily
sessions with a choice of morning,
9-11:30 "am, or afternoon; 1-
3:30 pm sessions. The monthly
costs are $20 for the two day a
. week sessions, $30 for three days,
and $40 for four days. The pro-gram
runs from Tuesday through
Friday. The-only .additional cost
may be for trips. ;
Designed for -children . ages
three-to four-and-a-half, the pro-gram
includes movement , and
games, music and dance-, arts and
crafts, puppetry, story-tellirig'
time and films. Special events are
planned including. use . of. -the
Center's gymnasium, ice rink and
swimming pool. ""„ I •.
Parents registering ,their child
should bring a birth certificate
and doctor's note regarding the
child's health. Registration is
limited- on a first-come, first-served
basis. - , "
"SOMETHING SPECIAL.. From Freeport"
Sundays • 11 pm »WGBB (12.40 on the AM dial) '
• Hear about your village
• Find out what is new
• Listen to your friends & neighbors on the air
Suggestions and comments about the show are
welcome and may be submitted by sending them in
with your electric payment.
SEPTEMBER 1978
News
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 8:00 P.M. . .
Arts Council
Concert Series
The Freeport Arts Council,
which is funded ,by both the
Village government and the Free-port
School District, will launch
its Fifth Annual Concert Series
beginning Saturday, October 7.
The performance that evening
will be by the Alwin Nikolais
Dance Theatre.
Other performances are:
"Thurber" as played by William
Windom, December 9; The
Acting Company in "Romeo &
Juliet" as produced by John
Housman, December 16; The
Ballet Repertory Company of the
American Ballet Theatre, Feb-ruary
3, 1979; Max Morath,
pianist, in "The Ragtime Years,
March 3; and the Howard Roberts
Chorale, May 12.
All performances are at the
Freeport High School Auditorium-;
and begin at 8:30 pm.
Cost for the complete series for
a resident adult is $18, $10 for a .
senior citizen and $8 for a stu-dent.
Cost to 'non-residents is
$24/Individual tickets may also
be purchased at-$5 with no dis-counts
available. To order, make
check payable to "Freeport Arts
Council" and mail, along with a
stamped, self-addressed en-velope,
to: PO Box 97, Freeport,
NY 11520.
Tickets may be available, at $5,
at the door on the evenings of the
concerts.
Mall Adds To Success
J
August's 50th Annual Dollar Days "was the best ever" according to-the
merchants on the Freepoort Mall with many out-of-towners noted
as well as Freeporters who had not been seen in the downtown shop-ping
area for several years. Free weekend activities sponsored by the
.retailers built up the momentum during, the summer which, will
continue during the fall. . " '. " . ' • ' • • - "
Roomer Law Clarified
Following a public hearing, the
Board of Trustees amended the
Code of Ordinances in respect to
the definition of (and .the
conditions prevailing) a roomer/
Under the new amendment, .
proof of payment of rent;will not
be required 'on the part of the
Village. A roomer will be anyone
not a member of the family who
has resided with other persons
continously for 30 days and does
not have a legal residence else-where.
Persons allowing roomers
to dwell with them will be liable
for summoning to Village Court
where they will face fines of up to
$250 a 'day for each day of vio-lation.•
:. ; .
TheVdefiniton. of family.-mem-bers
under' the Village ordiance
are: husband and wife; parents of
isband and/or wife.; child or
children of husband and/or wife;
husband or wife of child; grand-child
or grandchildren of husband
and/or wife; and grandparents of
husband and/or wife.
A different ordinance covers all
rooming houses licensed by the
Village.
Trustees: Thomas J. Lovelidge, Dorothy Storm, Wayne Jordan, Alfred Sirlin
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVlncenzo-Treasurer: James J. Lyons-Counsel: Michael Solomon
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Despite wide-spread ^publicity
on Freeport *s "•* otie-of-a-kind
Homesteading program, some
confusion exists. .Many .^ new
renters in the" Village are' unaware
of the program and there may be
residents with ; friends ,, and
relatives living , ,elsewherei,,' in-'
terested in participating '.in .Free -
port's 'Homesteading. .Jhe form' .
.below.;.. may be returned .with
electric payments, or sent, directly
to 1 the Freeport ."Community '
DevelopmenfAgency, 50 Liberty'
Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520'.;' ! 0 0 0 0 0 ; • • •
. '. . Q. . . What . does^.Homesteadr .
• - - ing^m" ;Free'pdrt7mean inVterms >.-.}'
'v.J'f.-^J -i .?..,- -jv.iii.-.i .-„-,..;, — • of my housing needs? - -,v.
-'•'.: -^/-A-; If deemed qualified,' you^I;'.
will be. able to 'purchase a
house ' for _'a; maximum of.
$10,000 to be paid back over 10
years'. A 'down, payment" 'of.'
$200 is, required. You must live.
in the house for five years after
which., you will, 'receive clear '
deed to the property.
Q'. How can Freeport offer
such a tremendous bargain?
A. The Village was part of
an Urban, Homesteading Dem-onstration
Program sponsored
by the U.S. Department of
Housing 'and Urban Develop-ment.
Under the , Demonstra-tion,
Freeport ".has., received ,'
'.' funds, and houses which were
FHA',' foreclosures, ' from:'!ttie
federal ' 'government*. '(Un'der a ' '.'
forthciimirig ''program; d..,the-;
'Village.;, .will _ purchase jOther^'"
'types of 'foreclosure's, at', market '_'
value and turn' them 'over !to '.,'
•iV":;- Hi;: ..-ia:!':.--!!- s'3:iJ-UII»mfl:}. .}«.* — Homesteaders -• -for?; sapproxuf< •
rnately $15,000.' With la' ;ex- •„.
'tended' pay -back period of 20//J
" • " ' - ' -
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years.
first '
'
cpmimfineiiif'will!be'''th"e' same
. a ,(
j'A".' It;has' at"jeast."jjw>^ptur-"'
ppses.^.''iboth ''of', ;equ&i? .im-.;..
jxirtarice. '(Jiie 'is.j''tp "'prb'viidee*<"
affordable^homebwnership 'to '•'.:.
th'oserj^rsons'whose^rriploy-^'.*(
ment income' would "otherWise
make it-'prohibitive* in today V5^
economy. "Another; 'is !-'to' re-move'-
foreclosed houses which "'
te'nd' ;t6." blight an 'otherwise'V
sound neighborhood1. '
Q: Where is the Homestead- •
ing area and what is it like?:
A. .The area is generally
known' as the" northeastern'
-section o£the Village.although"- /-binding.'pending:;'approyali-pf-
" the actual.boundaries are from -".^v^the ''VUlage.XffV-ypir^are^iapt-j
the railroad: to the. Village's
"-.northerly". Uhe-;"-and--" "from."
?-Babylon -.' •Turnpike/ {west' to '
/Wallace Street. Some' 60% of
.the present .residents are .of
;-mmority,.groups.'"-TOe majority" '
~6f the -areajsl: residents are .,
, •homeowners.'' ' For "govern-',
mental- purposes-^the-iarea^is '^
referred to as % Housing .Im?
provement Area%#l :/^ ? .'«: ;"7""
... , Q. .Might any other;.area .of'-i
Freeport '• be designated.: • " "
selected the fo'sf^time-.arpund,
additional,"listings: of houses ^P
will be ~ sent'rUp ;,.ypu. ^ ftV-is: >'
important t6"vrealize: that1-the
Homesteadmg~;V-,p"rpgramO/.al-ways
has more,;applicants than
. .availablehouses':'^-'-_-•;;~ .»•/•-•'!'
n: ' Q." Since many .• of /these
-houses-have-been-bparded up
_ for-a long period:pf 'time '.what
- .^condition': willva"- house: be in
. when I.rnbve4nt6 it? •>'', > ^:'.-•'!
'••. ,-rA.-"':It ' wiUj-be ;. cp"inpletely
''Homesteading area."'jih^''the/1'.-.:"renpVated;up:to Village codes.
;=al to do s6;rToo; avgreat"deal-of
"non-Homesteading'.; federal
" money has" been'put into HIA
#1 '.for' road improvements;
'graphics, . property rehabilitar
tion loans and grants and up-coming
improvements to; the;
_rwb'parks in the area. . '•
..-' Q.How does one qualify for
..Homesteading? ''. '-•/ "- —
. A. Applicants must demon-strate,
the ability-to: meet the
monthly carrying charges on
the house- which,.with repay-ment
of the $10,000, taxes.and
utilities, averages out -to'
approximately $325. Employ-
. ment stability is-important and
-a credit check is conducted.". An.
in kitchens and bathrooms.
The exterior of the house will
_ be painted and inside all walls.
and ceilings "VjTll be prepared '.
v'; for painting,'wall papering ori '
-: panelling by yourself..' .That -.
.- plus'landscaping and perhaps'
•/upgrading wooden , floors .are
-••- the only /necessary do-it-
. r yourself chores.': '< \ . • •
; The cost of the rehabilita-
. -.. tion pf the house is your price
for the house. If repairs only '
amount to;$6,000, that is ybur.'v*
.cost. If, on' the other, hand,.' '
•; costs are.$18,OpO,,ypur.-costjs4
.^$10,000 with :the:federarfundsi
.^making up the.difference.^^ric-::
"""" What • " - • - " - " - - -
financially able to purchase a
-"liouseL .through .conventional
methods will be accepted.
;,U. S. citizenshipi! is.s required.;
.The._a.ctual prodedure includes.
.the. fijiing'outVof'jtwp appUca-.;
tions and a personal interyiew.<»s
'^gQi'l'tf\J,,Wm;Vaccept.ed- as.sa
Hp^mestea"der, w'hat "is the
and" make all 'monthly • pay
r;.j^ments,7 , •-< & ?•}(&?> ^Qf
">*,i;n.'Q-'.'^upppsert'I r;have^;a^job.;,->*
,:,J,{transfer*, at. ,fprl (any jjPther.-\'
^reaspn-must ,.give,;up the hpuse.thy
/^•before: ('the'; fivje-jt.years^ihavexjt!
Hi -transpired?H ^r;i^t:S>3<^%-H s'riou
fi< eA;)Theihpu!5e.reyertSibacttol,{Je
,,., A..You;wili^,gjyen,a.list,pf;.-..t»h's<--fe(ConKonrnextpage) ^2V?*M
. all the..houses^currentlyt;ayail- ~_f^jll^^:^^^«^_«?j*.«n_*f!!f_ir»i;
able which you can view from j 'r('(RtE^SE<PRINT')!r<s t.^s-'h^
.jthje^exteriors. You will then be,,!...
aAs«.kfreAd«t t*o« s»»uWbMmAi£t* aA lllifs^t onjSf t*lh«<ok«sde% jI Please send Homesteading
houses you wouldv»cpnsider;, ,stpreliminary-application to:
purchasing hi order of"pref- jV-""-
erence. Your selections 'will'.'p
then be weighed against those |
bf'bther current applicants as |
to size of house "vs. size' of |
family, etc. If' a .'house is |
'selected for you, you. 'will be |
shown the inside after "which j
your acceptance is considered L
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Town & Zip ^ •
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Shown In top photo Is a camera crew filming a commercial for a tire
manufacturer on Delaware Avenue. In the lower picture Homesteaders
Linda and Tom Drew sit oh the steps of the Dutchess1 Street horhia they
wlll^soon -be occupying*' ,M;thiBy lare filmed' for "a NiBwsday-produced
documenta^movle,;''LI At The'Crossroads," which will feature Fr
port's Homesteading as an answisr to young marrleds' needs for afford-ablethousing^
Other'flim!?crews In the Village Included Channel's
News for a spot onsthe electric department'andiehannel 21 for a feature
ontjhe Canoe.RacesJollowed,.by,-a 1 S^ifnlnute'lipOTlal^''The;Past,
Presentandir!uturepf;Freepprt" ] "'f^ &t;:.'. *"••-' &*•'•£->"-•>' •';
(Continued from^preceedlngpage) *->Jj- r/ ' * "
•the Village to be turned over ito • '~ Q^Whafjobligatipn 'dol'have
•another Homesteader.''Your' ' 'after five yean?',' '. V,' .
•payments are then considered, ' " A.^The same'as^ any ptheir
vas having been "rent" and t homeowner. You receive full
'another Homesteader will be t title'and may sell the property
inamed for the house. if that is your wish. 7 .
Freepprt's method of disposing
of trash "and garbage through a' '[
priyate^'cpritractpr'using privately-";
owned equipment was the subject"
of a/fbur pag'e~articlie irrthe; July ~!"'~
issue of "Solid Wastes'.Manage1 „.'
me'ntf."«a' monthly magazine read-..-,
by municipal officials throughout
the nation. . • - ' ••' "
The article tells how the Board
Public ~W6rKs£ttwin*&Qfet?lin ..£..'
1976«were,2faceS^ith jtYfieTIprpp^. •>>,:;
lem "thaTln'OTde'r "tp~nieet new
environmental standards, it
would, cost $2 million to upgrade
the" municipal incinerator with no
guarantee that it would not be in
violation under future .standards.
The;'alternative'' of shutting down
the incinerator'and hauling Free-port's
daily average of 100 tons of
solid wastes woufd riot 'only' be
expensive in terms 'of. man. hours
but would' increase the wear and
tear on 'vehicles' and it was
.questionable how. long' landfill,
dump areas would be available.
After a conference with private
haulers a. unique plan was
develppe'd;.by..'the Village and
implemented.* .After .advertising
for ;b"'id|,,' the.'^Donrio. Company .'
signed a" cpnt'r^ct with Frfeepprt to : . .
convert. ttie',wcuxtii\x>t into ,a
compacting, transfer 'station and
providV'the"rolling stock. to .carry
the .compacted. ;refuse. ,4The '"only'
cost"to the yiirageras p^r the "mif "
tract,'is $16.98 per tonj rising to
$17, j^ pi the third year!,'A strictly
Village pperation would cpstsjft[a
ton J.'Alsp. under, the .cpntract the ;
Village' 'can "buy • the: j transfer
station after.twp.years, pri.with iib
payment a!ftertiiree: .years; with .
the option to buy the rolling s'tbck
at ;a,' depreciated .value.. The
Donno pperation.begain m August
of last year with dumping ;bpera-tions^.
imJ.NeWv. Jersey.,; until .;ihe
sorijrecycling'plant isppen.' ,l,^r>.;
The article also,,points ,out«the
transfer, station ,is -ta.H-fiye^inap
operation -while- the incinerator
had previously needed 18 Village
employees.. .Those previously
assigned, to the incinerator .were
placed. in vacancies created by
retirements .and resignations.
