Municipal Budget Hearing
The Board of Trustees will hold
a public meeting on Monday,
January 5, 8 pm, Village' Hall.
The subject will be the adoption
of the 1981-82 municipal budget.
Copies of a tentative, line-by-line
budget are scheduled to be
available for residents; several
days before the meeting, at ,the
Village Clerk's office. The tenta-tive
budget is compiled following..
extensive meetings between the
Board of Trustees and the various
department heads which are open
to the public.
Those wishing to speak at the
January 5 meeting will be asked
to fill out a slip when entering the
meeting room so all; can be heard
in turn. Speakers are limited to
residents and taxpayers of
Freepprt.
Pressured As A Parent?
Feeling the pressures of being
a parent irt today's; world?
Parenting is a skill that can be
learned and improved upon. The
Freeport Recreation Department,
Alcohor arid Substance Abuse
^Center: and the Town of Hemp-
"stead Department" of Drug and
Alcohol Addiction will co-sponsor
/.workshops ' designed "to ' help
parents develop'strong, "healthy
relationships with their 'children.
'The free sessions 'will fociis on
crucial aspects "of child rearjng
and stress the 'importance- of
'^parents and children maintaining
, an; atmosphere of /mutual' respect
; and consideration. " ' . - . " ' " ' - .
.....The Parent Awareness-work-shops
will be held at the Recre.-
, ation Center, Tuesdays,. 10 am to
noon, February 24 to,March 31.
Participants will have the op-portunity"
to share concerns while
learning techniques that are both
_ meaningful. .and_effectiye.^Ses^
sions will'dear with values', com-munication!
skills, sibling" rivalry,
creating a supportive structure
based on love arid developing the
ability" to . make decisions, and
utilize discipline to achieve goals
. in behavior.
Early advance registration is
required as groups will.be limited
in size. If there .is a. sufficient
need, a baby sitting service will
,be provided. Call 223-8000; ext.
. 325, for "further information;
Sunday Ski Trips Holiday Closings
The Freeport . Recreation
Department is again.sponsoring a
series of Sunday ski trips for
students'in .'grade seven through-
12. The dates will be January 11,
18, 25; February 1, 8, 15, 22; and
• •'.'''• March' 1. Destinations,'• according
Mo*ski "conditions,'will be' Hunter,
''^Catamount or -Great' Gbrge/Ver-
• "non- Valley.'A bus"will' leave the
' -Recreation Center atr5:45am each:
trip day arid return about 8pm.
"'The fee of $36 cbvers transport-atiori
via' deluxe .rhotorcoach; 'ski.
' equip'ment, lift ticket'and instruc-
"^ tiori;at'the b'egirine'r level. (CostIs"'
-'$30 for those owning their own ski
equipment.)' Insurance' is ayail-
• able at'$2' per "day. Lunch 'may be
• purchased at the, ski area 'or
brought from home. Students "are
urged to wear warm clothing in-cluding
a hat and extra pair of
socks and gloves!
. Advance reservations may be
phoned in to 223-8000. A signed
permission slip and the fee must
be returned to the Recreation
. Department no later than 4 pm
4. the Tuesday preceding each trip.
All Village offices will be •
closed on Fridays, December 26
and January-2 as well as Ch'rist-imas
and f New - Year's'!'. Days.
Municipal employees forfeited -
..the normal holidays of Election
Day. and Lincoln's'-.Birthday tff "
.-allow for- 'the energy savings
gained by the shutting'down-of
Village buildings for the -two-four-
.. day- periods'; •• The Recreation
.Center will close at 5 pm on both'
Christmas and New Year's-Eves
• but will reopen, on December 26
and January^. • ;. • .••••.; ••,_'
Garbage/trash Pickups
The holidays mean that the
northern section of the Village
.will receive no'trash or garbage
pickup on Decernber 25 or Jan-"
uary 1. Garbage only will be
picked iip the Mondays preceding
those dates. The Friday closings
will have no effect on the central
section as .the private carting
service employees will be working
those days.
Winter Season
At Rec Center
The winter season at the
port Recreation Center begin
January 13 and will continue until
May 31. Discount plans for un-limited
use of the Health Wing
will be available for.purchase as
of January. 6. Cost for a resident
family is $65, $30 for an individ-ual
and $15 for a senior citizen.
For those families and individuals
who/purchased summer and ..fall
plans, there is a discount rate of
$45 and $25 respectively. •
- Registration for winter pro-gramming
for children will be
held on Saturday, January 24,
10 am to noon, arid for adults on
Tuesday, January 27, 7 to 8 pm.
Fee for most programs is $7.50.
Offerings for children-include art,
'arts and- crafts, baton twirling,
creative play^ ballet, tap, drama,
fencing, - guitar^ gymnastics,
lacrosse, soccer, swimming and
tennis. Activities'offered to adults
are • art,' disco dance, dancex-ercise,
tap, dog obedience, golf,
guitar, slimnastics/aerobic danc-ing,
slimnastics/fitness, swim-ming,
tennis and yoga exercise.
There is separate registration
for youngsters'-bowling-and ice
skating for all ages; Registration
for bowling will be held at Free-port
Bowl-O-Mat for the junior
and senior divisions on Friday,
January 2 at 3 'pm -and for the
bantam division -the following day
at 10 am'. Registration for ice
skating lessons to be given Jan-uary
10-to February 5 will be held
at -the.' rink' manager's office on
Saturday, January 3',' 10"am" to
4 pm. ..Cost is:$20 with ypungsters
receiving eight one _ half hour
lessons ' a n d - adults "'(Thursday
evenings only) receiving-four one
half hour lessons. .. . - . ,
Shop Your "Local Merchants
DECEMBER 1980
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport c
.46 North Ocean Avenue
telephone FReeport 8-4000
. . William,H. White, Mayor
Public Meetingsbn'the'istrandird.Mlohdaysdf'the Month^af8:bo'P.MT>;
It's Time For Greetings Of The Season
It wasn't Santa Glaus, but Mayor William White who recently visited with the youngsters enrolled in
the Kiddie Club at the Freeport Recreation Center."Shyness was overcome when the Mayor "used
"Oscar," a hand puppet, to wish the children all the joys of the season. ' '
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Timothy Peternana
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Treasurer: James J. Lyons; Counsel: Michael Solomon
/Residents and business pebple-of
the Village attending 'a recent:
public meeting-of .-'-''the; Freepbrt
Chamber of Commerce's'Boafd of.
Directors .hftard Gerry Binder
state that the value of Freeport
real estate has gone-.full cycfe and
now is on an'upward-trend. That
opinion had been aired'rmoments
before in 'a 'report by- Chamber
Real Estate Division Chairman
Sid Liebernian who'spoke onjboth;
recent residential and comhierical'
Asides. • '•-• '•' - • ' '•
. ' Binder, now under contract to
purchase the long vacant W..T.
,.,Grant~. retail , complex., on ..:the ,
i iFreepqrt Mall,, said he expects;to.
• shortly open the main building -as i
,a junior? department-\\'Store. .j;A
. .retailer.withiexperience-through-
< >out.ithe country, Binder has been~
: .president of Jack Kahn'.•Music
• Co., Inc. with its 23 outlets for
, close to 10 years. The piano and
organ chain operation has .'always
_.; had its headquarters-at, a. "hid-
L.'iden"' spot at 215- W. Sunrise
. Highway in the Village, .which,
according to Binder, does a high-.
er volume of business than any of
!,.'.his other outlets which .are .located
•, i.. in .regional shopping J malls
throughput the metropolitan' area
and at Macy's in Herald Square,
, Manhattan. • •_, . . - - . . . . . •
' i Binder told the Chamber how
he had met, the..longingrto-retire
Kahn at ,a convention"'and''had.
accepted an invitation to visit the
Freeport.headquarters. Born.and
raised in Trenton, N.J., he'd seen
his father's retailing operation:gb
gut xof. .business. jWhejr .jegional
shopping cenTers had sprung up
around that .state capital which is
surrounded'by.farms..''.The.limit-ed
number, 'of •consumers .were
drawn away,.fTpmjthe .traditional
: downtown, shopping area.' .[Trent-on,
too, [created a.modern mall. It
didn'it help. iThere just .aren't
enough consumers.£'•;,. . 4. ,-; ...<..
"; He quickly saw,,that JFreepprt
and Long. Island : are , different
stories, Binder reported.;he. was
amazed to see the number of cars
carrying people go. by just. the
Freeport store which, he. admits
does not enjoy great Sunrise
Highway visibility. .("But they
find us. The circle of customers to
the store.is always widening. I'm
not going to give. up'that store
when we open on-the Mall. -1
-,:knpvirTve got a good thing going
atthepresent'lpcation.) He point-ed
;but that the Nassau-Suffolk
region has proven to be among
the top three 'retail markets in the
:'nation".- "That's, because the
Island is,of flat topography, with a
: large,;- affluent;",population and
,.; wide and speedy-roads." i
! Pointing out thatc Freeport had
,price.vbeen a .viable part of the
iJsland'.s. retailing ^picture; Binder
;;.said j'he) was i making 'a 'Jarge :'iin-ij-
yestment- in Village real'estate
.how because,he feels sure itts-on-the.
way-jup again. "Years from
now they'll-be saying,. "Gerry,
: you are a; lucky fellow .> -You -got-, in
•: on the ground^ floor.! "It will -not I
, have b.een luck.,I hav.e.;perceiye"d
i a good business opportunity. in
investing in- the -Village. :Jt.'s
•'bargain .basement time' Bright
now in Freeport, but I know that's
• not going to last too much longer.
They say Freeport's going down
the'tubes. WenV-it is:my feeling
that at the end of-any tube there's
' a: guy .waiting: with - .a/.catcher's •
. niitt ready to get. all the: goodies..
.Thatguy isgoingtoibeme.'''1' i:.-.
..Noting that i the arrival of -.new.
'young families ht! Freeport.-'re- .
minded-, him of the brownstone
revival. of Brooklyn, Heights,
Binder spoke of the Village's
"biggest problem." ' ,-
. "I take all my visiting business
associates down to the waterfront
.".and .they all say,...'Wow, this is
really."exciting;:'.''i've :had Free-porters,
with-that certain tone of,
voice,, ask; me,-,."What. :are: .yon
doing :here?'"-'Making money '-.is
my answer.; Perception ,of rthe
Village^ bycthe.. people •. living ."and
doing business here is our biggest
• problem. Most, i outrof-towners
simply think-. of Freepprt as!;a
community v^af. iloyely-.-older
homes.-''-.'- .-->'•.• -.':;»;:v, .;
• Again; speaking , of •'perception,;
Binderv.said,: "One-fat the best
kept secrets in: town is how well
many, of the merchants are doing
on.the Freeport :Mall.'"-He noted
' that when he took over the,music
store chain he'd had the.Freeport:
store painted and weeds .cut, down;
with an immediate, improvement
in sales. "As for.crime, I've never
experienced any here. You may
think a piano is .pretty big to steal
but it's happened .to us else-where."
In the '6Q's'there were at: least-five
music stores in Freeport,
Binder reminded the audienc
"sort of Long Island's Tin
Alley." Pointing out that with i
. highest volume in his chain of 23*
' stores coming but of tht Freeport
headquarters, there is no quest-ion
the audience is still there,
even'for major investment items
• of pianos and organs; he made an
"educated guess"-as to why Jack
Kahn-Music Co. is thriving-today •>'
in Freeport while the others Have 'i- •
. *":"'•-•..::"'%. "-1"' " '•'.
i|l'-;'Dwelling -oh: perception again, •
.'"he • told;'the audience that he
'4 thought the''music merchants of
•20 years ago began to feel that as
the Village .'evolved and the' shop-ping
centers went up, they would
" be losing customers? As a result,
'"he'felt; Tthey' cut' back'on";the
• quality ~arid' quantity 'of their; ih-
• ventories -and the :customers? re-acted
by goirig'elsewhereT Binder
• said,' "Kahn> never realized-Free-poet
-was supposed1;.to beja
bummer and continued to flourish
as <a first class operation." ' . ' . ' ' '
; -Binder said the; cooperation <He • '•
: had' feceiyed; from the Village :
.-government'over the long months
of acquiring the 'W.T."'''Graht •
• property'was1 aripthef' '''reason
-"that Freepbrt'.is fa'good'place to
do business;" Thefactual opening
. .of the store1'-depends' on; "a^'few
things to be;wbrked but:'' One is
the demolition of-the car-wash^ oh '
Henry "Street • 'and1* Suririse^'High- '
.way for the store's parking lot arid
a similar! demolition by -the; Vil-
-lagb' '-!of i several- structures -on;
Newton7 Boulevard for additional
'muhicipal' parkirig'T "Binder'^sa'i'd," ^
•-. that,once'openisd',-hisjle!partment.,
^ store^^^iil^ serjfe^as.|in^enticing^
'• entrance"into?tne;:Fneepo'rtl-Mall '
•, from Sunrise. Highway-'with-the >
"' rnbtorist: seeing parking practical- '|
; ly.down to Merrick Road.; When '£
..; questioned, ,hej said',he could see .r
;; "On. Stage,"' the ."old Freeport ~
• Theater,' across the 'high way from 2
i- his store, becoming, a /valuable •'-
^ piece of real estate.." " • " ' ' *
"High ..traffic items,",. such.as ::
';.shee'f music,''will be.his. own
> firm's contribution to"the.Grant's "
-• site, Binder,said. High traffic and
.quality merchandise is.what'rie'll :-
be looking for. in seeking tenants '
for the 37,000 square feet of retail
space, he said. "I'm not a shlock
. operation. The Freeport .Mall
doesn't need "shlock operations
and I'm not going to consider.
• them." „ . .!-' ^ ••• '<••
. "The action (of going;to self-
..insurance) by .Mayor. William
White. and,theBoard!pf,Trustees
in 1978 is resulting in an on-going
reduction of 20%, per year in. the
j cost.of.providing insurance pro-tection
to the Village.','TFhat was
the comment made rby.-the, icqn-
., suiting firm pf'Weber-Euclid in.,|5
reviewing.the. status of Freeport'st\\
..self;insurance .and risk manager;,
-. %ment.program. Further, "This is;.
'.money. :either-.in , the. Village,;
'.sayings account earning.interest %
':,or in the pocket.of .your taxpaying
. .residents;. Either way,, it is better
.r.placed'thainiwbrking fofthe--bene-fit.
of.some,, insurance, .-.company.
,The bottom line saying, including
...the; value :pf rhaying your , own
' money-in the bank, is over One
Half Million Dollars." V -V
Th^ Risk -Management .-Pro-
' gram is administered by:;.Village
.; Clerk. Thomas aiDieyincenzOvi.as- •
.sis'ted by .twp Se.nior..Clerks-injhis
"office;' E^feile^Sternj.and; Joseph
A'Sahtroniv.""..- >, ' _' ,.;.V .^'' . <-.-
;l.... Weber/.Euclid has.Tecpmmend-ied^
a total.allocation pf-$7lb,000
fprlnsurancelpr the 1981-82 fiscal
..year. This is the same amount al-
.lotted for •. the, current -fiscal- year
and it is estimated:there will be a
$21 .OOp.surplus at year's end. Al-
•thpugh the same allocation is.rec-.
ornmended, excess-liability-.cpyer-
<age would.increase-to $2 million
.instead of the currenXSl'million.-;'
;rUndejr New York State ^w", tht
\ owner ~6f ;;i;':d6g '(which is {riot;
j currently''licensed is '•liable! for;
> summons irito'Vijlage jtburt Vyiitfi •
• resulfirig fines :;of up &io: $250, :
"Any unlicensed dog may also'be •
^seized^hd'ldispo^sedof. ' s ' ' '
Neutered Male or Spayed Female.; 1 ""(With1 Spaying or Neutering',"
••^Certificate) ; "^'?' . ' $4.35.^
ynneutered-Male or Unspayed
:;'; r:Fefnale ';""r"":'v'.$10^35'
'APPLICATIONS1 MAY BE"OB- J
"TAINED FROM THE REGIS-jTRAR,
VILLAGE HALL. Self-
' addressed, stamped envelopes
^should'accompany all mail re-1.:
^quests.'.'
The energy crisis has forced the
public to seek cheaper, sources of
,heat. Many Freeporters have in-
. stalled wood, and coal burning
:stoves (for which a permit from
the Building. -Department is re-
, quired). Others have obtained
i portable: 'electric . heaters, and
^given the Village's cheaper than
(elsewhere ^electric .rates, these
may prove .the /most- ec'onornical
:way. to. generate' auxiliary heat in-ahome.
i, -ri':f: :•» •• • .: " •-•
•'(• Portablet kerosene r heaters "re-;
main banned in ,the'-'Village -re-:
•gardless' of Nassau '• County's
•recent 'allowance •• of-- 'certain
'Underwriters'/ approved- models.
:Sectiori 115-30 of the Village Code
pf- Ordinances states' that 'the ruse >
ofiportable heating ' equipfn'eht •
employing' a flame and 'any heat- •
ing equipment using. -gasoline- or
-kerosene not connected to a flue
is . prohibited - in .-any dwelling,
.office,' , ..building, - I . public .. hall,
lodge ..kropmv':-*r club,':.-> business
establishment; ;•••;-, .' cbrnme'rcial •
building, and' all places of public
*
.Kerosene) heaters'-are' banned
because they represent ;a 'definite
.fire. and health hazardv.Theyi-re-
' ' '
quire the storage of a flammable
liquid. Kerosene oil is a petrole-um
distillate with a flash point of
98-135 ^degrees. Kerosene when.
. cold does not evaporate as readily
but when heated • to .above 100
degrees F., i(t gives off explbsiye
•, vapors;like .gasoline. Kerosene
fires cannot be extinguished
• with water -but with; salt /-.baking
soda,;a dry/;chemical OR a GO2
extinguisher'. , - ..' «-. .,n
' . Kerosene u heaters, give' off
radiant heat and must be kept at
. least' 36 inches;• away[rfrom'! com-
. bustible materials. r\ Adequate
ventilation is also a.must because
:pf the,danger of the formation of:
carbon monoxide, 'a'killer,''when
,:ithe "air,"supply -is •limited::'!Tod,
, there is a question as to insurance
, coverage should an accident with
such a heater occur. '
''••Againy-1 regardless" "of any
"safety": •" features, 'kerosene
heaters''rerriain ' banned' in the .
Village of Freeport; Anyone hav-'
'••ing questions; -as";to*;'auxiliary:
heating methods is urged to call
. Chief 'John: Proverizario'," fire in-spector
for th'e;Village's Building
Department.- He can be reached
by calling 378-4000, ext. 241'. T
,
.<•• All i tho'se - connected witfr'the
Ereeport: Homefinders Service;
Freeport Arts Council and the
Freeport .'Recreation. Departrnent
were; honored :-by *the! Long "Island
Tourism Commission recently.for
their, work on -behalf of the
"Long Island Is A..Fall Festival"
campaign which successfully
elongated. the tourism season be-yond'the
traditional.'Labor^Day
end in the Nassau-Suffolk region;»
: One of a handful of communi-
. ties-4selected1'-to .be spotlighted
during-the campaign, Freeport's
Homefinders conducted two very
successful boat/' tours of- the
Village's residential canals which-were
enjoyed by some 200 out-of-tbwners.
As their contribution,
the Arts Council and 'Recreation
Department launched a 'Fair at-the
-'Recreation Center '•' which
attracted over 3,000 persons. '
-p-*/* : -;^'' ,- '>^gV.c ,
'-,f¥^
••:'• Nassau : County 'Executive
Francis Purcell was:; present'-'at
the"- awards' •ceremonies-"'at the-
Old Bethpage'Village Restoration
to' ?"p'reseht*' !'cbifiinetnbrative
medallions to participating com-munities
and a group of Freeport
representatives were present: r
Village :Publicity"Director; Jean
Peters, who had served as"Free-port
's Fall .Festival, Community
Coordinator, accepted the award
on behalf of all the volunteers:and
employees': who had'"1 made the
events 'possible^ Pe'ters ;Was then
asked to ' accept 'ah 'additional
medallion on behalf of ' Mayor
William White, the only'.local
government. official to be so
honored that evening. On each of
Freeport's two, two-hour boat
tours,'the Mayor had acted as on-board
commentator 'with! his
navigational skills being called
upon in several instances.
