Fair, Fishing Tournaments,
Boat Races Mark Freeport
Summer
The summer fun in Freeport
begins June 2 when the Arts
Council at Freeport, ' in con-junction
with the Freeport Rec-reation
Department, presents an
Ethnic Festival on the grounds
of the Recreation Center, 11 am-
5 pm. Admission is free. Pre-
;,.--''sented will be the food, crafts,
dances and other displays from
the many different ethnic groups
on Long Island. Entertainment
and games will round out the day.
Info: 223-2522.
The first of the summer's fish-ing
tournaments based in the
Village is sponsored by the Hud-son
Anglers, with their 13th An-nual
Shark Tournament to be held
on June 22 (rain date June 23).
Everyone is welcome to attend
the weigh-in (deadline 6:3(3 pm)
at the Town of Hempstead Guy
Lombardo Marina, foot of Guy
Lombardo Avenue. There will be
refreshments; the excitement
and education of watching marine
biologists dissecting the sharks —
and free for the asking, for as
long as they last, shark steaks.
Info: 867-9608.
Other upcoming tournaments,
known as of this date are: 10th
Annual Charvin Open Shark
Tournament, July 6, Info: 378-
8748; llth Annual Freeport
Fishing Festival sponsored by
the Freeport Tuna Club, August
3, info: 378-9717; the 2nd Annual
Arthur Smith Bluefish Tourna-ment
of New York; August 29-30,
Info: P.O. Box 7343, Freeport.
The llth Annual Great Canoe
Races of the Freeport Chamber of
Commerce will be runfrom Water-front
Park, foot of So. Long Beach
Avenue, on Sunday, July 7. This
ever-popular event pits amateur
conoeists against each other on
Little Swift Creek and is open to
all ages.-Info: 378-74502.,
It is planned to bring off--
shore powerboat- racing back to
the Village this summer with
The Scorpion Grand Prix sched-uled
for • September 7. Info:
546-5585.
The summer's nautical fun
will close- with the 9th Annual
Greater New York In-the-Water
Boat- Show;-, sponsored by the
Marine Trades Association,- will
be held at the Guy Lombardo
4 Marina two weekends in October.
Cease And Desist Orders
Prevent Blockbusting
Freeport's Stabilization and
Affirmative Housing Task Force
. urges all homeowners who have
not already done so, to sign a
cease and desist order to be for-warded
to the Secretary of State.
These orders prevent mass
solicitation of homeowners and .
undue pressure to sell.
The cease and desist drive
began some years ago when
solicitations of homeowners in
the Village by a few unscrupulous
real estate brokers led to ' 'block
busting." Discussions between
the Village and State govern-ment
led to the program whereby
residents signing and filing such
orders with the State would be
.protected from unwanted solicita-tion
by real estate brokers and
salesmen. Those realtors refusing
to obey the order are subject to
punitive action by the Secretary's
office which can lead to suspen-sion
or revokation of the license
to operate in the real estate field.
If you have never signed a
.cease and desist order — or if
you have but have since moved
within the Village to another
house — clip out and sign the
form below and return it to the
Village with your electric pay-ment.
the Task Force urges all
Freeporters to add their names to
the hundreds of their neighbors
who have already afforded them-selves
of this form of protecting
their property, their Village and
themselves. The signing of the
order will not prevent anyone
from selling their home in a legit-imate
manner by merely contact-ing
any reputable realtor or the
Village's Homefinders Service.
The difference is that the contract
is initiated by the homeowner
and not by a real estate dealer.
All cease and desist forms • re
ceived will be recorded by the
Village and forwarded to the Sec-retary
of State. When you have
received an acknowledgment
from the State, you will know that
you are covered by the non-solicitation
order. If you are sub-sequently
solicited, save the post-card,
business card or other
material received, or if solicited
by phone, make a note of the
'time, date and name and broker
affiliation of the caller, and then
notify the Village's Human Rela-tions
Office at 378-4000.
Honorable Secretary of State
State of New York
Dear Secretary:
I (We), the undersigned registered owner(s) of property
located at ,'"
the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Nassau County, N.Y.,
do not wish to sell such property. Accordingly, I (we) hereby
revoke my (our) implied invitation to solicit in any manner
whatsoever.
I (We) hereby request you, by virtue of the power vested
in you as Secretary of State, pursuant to Article 12A of the
.Real Property. Law, to order all licensed brokers and salesmen
to cease and desist from soliciting the undersigned until such
time as I (we) may notify you in writing to the contrary.
Signed .
Print Name,
Dated :\-
DEFERENCE ONLY
MAY 1985
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
. Dorothy Storm, Mayor
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
Message From The Mayor
Dear Residents:
As you will see elsewhere in this edition of Village News, the New York Times has joined the numbers
of those now recognizing Freeport's Renaissance. Indeed, we've come a long way, but we are not at the
end. It is in that spirit that I'm now personally asking for the cooperation and involvement of every resi-dent
and business person in what I see as a major goal of my administration — the improvement of the
appearance of pur Village — not only for the benefit to our image to visitors and prospective homeowners
and business establishments, but also for our own pride, and protection of property values.
Freeport is among the oldest communities in Nassau County. Weather, time and disease have been
taking a toll on the trees we've long been noted for. Old buildings can be attractive, but only when kept in
good repair. Lawns are only attractive when kept trimmed and neat, and not fronted by cracked and
raised sidewalks. Graffiti and littering are people-produced plagues which have hit the suburbs and can,
and will, be controlled.
The Village is doing its share. See elsewhere on these pages where I have directed the Public Works
Department to assist residents in a special Clean-Up Program. An eight-year program has been begun to
replace all street lighting with higher density but low-cost, energy efficient, high pressure sodium light-ing.
Programs are being studied in order to assist property owners in removing dead trees and stumps,
and replacing curbside trees. A similar program is being investigated for the repair of broken sidewalks
and curbs. Our Community Development Agency continues to offer Facade Improvement matching
grants for the commercial sectors; as well as low-interest Home Improvement loans, or, in some in-stances,
outright grants for the residents.
The goal of improving the Village's appearance cannot be accomplished overnight. Most importantly,
a Mayor cannot do it alone; Village employees cannot do it by themselves. But together we can do it; I
know. Some can do more than others, but with every flower, shrub or tree planted, a difference will be
made. So will a coat of paint applied, a lawn mowed, a sidewalk repaired, litter picked up and graffiti
removed.
Many, Many Freeporters came together during the past few years to successfully turn our Village
around. We need to count on your-continuing energies now to put Freeport's very best looking face
forward for its bright future.
Yours for a finer Freeport,
Summer Recreation Programming
Registration for the Recreation
Department's summer programs
-•will-be- -held at the Recreation
Center for children, 10 am to
noon, Saturday, June 15, and
for adults and teens (16 years
and older), 7 to 8:30 pm, Mon- .
day, June 17. All registrants
must hold a $3 1985 Freeport
Activity Card.
Those-wishing to enroll in the
Department's summer camps
must register that Saturday.
The camps are Kiddie (age 3 to
5), Youth (6 to 10) and Sports
(11 to 13) with the cost $55 for the
Kiddie Camp and $65 for the two
older groups. Also offered for
youngsters are art, Kiddie Park
Program, swim and tennis les-sons.
Separate registrations- are
held for diving lessons-, lacrosse,
soccer, softball and street hockey.
Offered for -adults are art,
jazz dance, dog obedience, gui-tar,
aerobic dancing, acquacise,
body • conditioning,. -. dancexerr.-
cise, slimnastics, yoga, swim and
tennis lessons-. Separate regis-.
trations are held for diving les-sons
and body building. Teens
may sign up for art, dog obedi-ence,
guitar, dancexercise, jazz-aerobics,
slimnastics, swim and
tennis.
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Trustees: C. James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo, Ralph Smith, Victor Cohen
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Counsel: Harrison J. Edwards; Treasurer: John Schmidt
Village Appointments Made
The 1985 Annual Organization
Night meeting of the Board' of
Trustees was highlighted by the
installation of Mayor Dorothy
Storm, Trustee Ralph Smith,
Trustee Victor Cohen and Village
.Justice Ralph Franco. State
Supreme Court Justice Patricia
Collins administered the oaths
of office before the large crowd of
residents attending the April 1
meeting.
As her first appointment,
Mayor Storm appointed Trustee
C. James Clark as Deputy Mayor
to act in her absence. John
Schmidt was appointed Village
Budget Director, Wilma
Buchanan Deputy Village Clerk
and Michael Haran Deputy
Village Treasurer, each for a term
of one year. Barry Dunn was
appointed Village Assessor for
the coming year. Michael Solo-mon
was appointed Acting Vil-lage
Justice for one year.
Appointments to the Village's
Boards were as follows: Rev. E.
Mitchell Mallette, member for
five years, and William Glacken,
member for four years, Board of
Ethics; Milton Sanders, Chair-man
for one year and mem-ber
for five, William H. White,
Jr., member for four and Kenneth
Bagatelle, member for one, Zon-ing
Board of Appeals; John Di-
Grazia, Chairman for one year
and member for five, Planning
Board; William Comtnos, Chair-man
and member for one year
and Ted Forker, Les Endo,
Bruce Willets and Godofredo Ruiz
de Zarate, members for one
year, Electrical Board; John
Marshall, Chairman and mem-ber
for one year and Gil Krog
and William Bateman, members
one year, Plumbing Board;
and Milton Chester Chairman and
Vincent Gambino, Marion Got-tschalk
and Edward Martin Sr.
members, all for one year, Archi-tectural
Review Board. Michael
Kirwan was appointed Liaison
Officer to the Nassau County Rent
Guidelines Board for a term of
one year.
Appointments to the Village's
Commissions were as follows:
Robert Burger Chairman for one
year, John Bonner member for
one year and Peter Cattano
member for five, Sewer and
Sanitation Commission; Edward!
Voelker Chairman for one year
and Sidney Stark member for
five, Water and iight Com-mission;
Angie Cullin Chair-person
for one year and John
Cunningham member for
five, Park Commission; Steward
Yanover Chairman for one year
and Joseph Badalucca member
for five, Highway Commission;
and Marilyn Roller Chairperson
for one year and Ernest Harris
member for five, Commission
for the Conservation of the
Environment. The makeup of
the Commission on Human.
Relations for the next three
years will include Marion Doug-las,
Rabbi Reuben Katz, Rev.
Donald Babinski, Felix Raja,
Roger Martin, Ramona Neal and
Gladys Johnson as members and
Rabbi Katz as Chairman for the
first year.
Appointments to Committees
were as follows: Robert Raynor
Chairman and Clinton Metz,
Wilfred Morin, Randolph Gil-berti,
Raymond Malone and Ira
Schildkraut members, all for
one year, Historic Landmarks
Committee; George Washington.
Thomas DeVincenzo, Ruth
Haack, Martha Salas, Velma
Johnson, Anna Hurtaldo, Michael
Kirwan, Marie Forker, Al Little
and Godofredo Ruiz de Zarate
members for one year, Stabiliza-tion
Task Force; former Trustee
Alfred Sirlin Chairman and
George Bellisis, Joseph Scala-mandre,
Paul Beggins, John
Keegan, Mark Katzman, Chet
Barkan, John Davies, Jerry Hal-pern,
Michael Ocera, Lee Strat-ton,
John Molinari, Morris
Sussman, Richard McLaren and
Bernard Rader members for one
year, Business Development
.Committee; and Cathy Butter-field
Chairperson and Kay Staros,
Cathy DiCostanzo, John Mitchell,
Jane Jersic, Anna Feile, Judy
Reilly, Jim Wehram, Iris Andujar
and Patrick Variano, members,
all for one year, Property Im-provement
Committee. The latter
two Committees are new groups
formed by Mayor Storm.
Terrence Harris was appointed
to the Freeport Housing Author-ity
for a term of four years. Drs.
Rudolph Joseph, Howard Grill,
David Grill, Peter Chak and
Mohanda Aman were selected to
serve as Police Surgeons for the
upcoming year. Josephine Don-nelly,
Mary Volpe and Sharon
Levy were appointed Police
Matrons and Touche Ross- as
the Village's Public Auditors:
National Westminster Bank,
Chase Manhattan Bank, Citi-bank,
Long Island Trust Com-pany
and Chemical Bank were
•designated as depositories of
the Village's funds, "the Lead-er"
was designated as the official
newspaper of the Village.
Set Public Hearing
On Landmarks Code
The Village Board of Trustees
will hold a Public Hearing in the
Main Conference Room of Village
Hall at 8 pm on Monday, June
24,1985 for the purpose of adding
to the Village Code a "Land-marks
Preservation" ordinance.
The public is invited to speak on
the issue.
Summer Recreation
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Center Health Wing
Single admission to the Recrea-tion
Center's Health Wing of
pools, diving tank, steam and
sauna, showers and lockers,
gymnasium and exercise rooms is
$1.50 for children under 18 and
adults 60 and older, and $3 for
adults.
Summer discount plans for un-limited
admission from May 25
to September 2 are offered at
$85 for a family, $40 for an indi-vidual
and $20 for seniors: An-nual
plans, good until May 11,
1986, are available only until
September 1. Cost is $185 for a
family, $90 for an individual and.
$45 for seniors:
PROPERTY &
STORE OWNERS!!
LANDLORDS!!
The Village of Freeport
will assist you in
LEASING &/or SELLING
Your Store or Property
A NO-FEE unique
community service
which brings
buyer/seller,
leasor/leasee together.
FREEPORT RETAIL
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Village Hall
40 North Ocean Ave.
Freeport, N.Y. 11520
378-4000, ext. 336
Tues. • Wed. «Thurs.
N.Y. Times Prints Story On Village's Renewal
The Sunday, April 7, Real
Estate Section of the New York
Times carried a half page article
by reporter Diana Shaman,
entitled "Office Project Paces
Renewal in Freeport — Diner and
Theater in Heart of Village Being
Converted."
The story focused on the pro-posal
of Paul Beggins, owner of
CMC Professional Services, an
engineering and consulting con-cern,
who will be moving his
Levittown offices to the long
empty diner next to the Freeport
Theater on Henry Street and Sun-rise
Highway. Beggins also owns
the Theater which he is renovat-ing
for office use. The Times
reporter quotes Beggin as "see-ing
in Freeport a place of op-portunity
for others as well as
himself."
The Beggins proposal referred
to in the article involves "an
eight-story, 200,000-square-foot
office building on a 4Vi acre
municipal parking lot across
the street from the theater. The
project would include parking
for 600 cars."
Reporter Shaman described the
recent history of Freeport:
"Though it is only 40 minutes
from Pennsylvania Station on
the Long Island Rail Road, the
village has, for the most part,
been bypassed by new com-mercial
and residential construc-tion.
But developers are now
taking another look at a com-munity
that is well served by
public transportation, has rela-tively
low land prices and offers
an amenity few others can match:
cheap power...rates at about half
of those charged by the Long Is-land
Lighting Company.
"Freeport suffered a down-turn
in the 1970's when some
brokers, seizing upon the begin-ning
of integration began en-couraging
whites to sell their
homes and steered white buyers
away. But village officials, aided
by volunteers, aggressively pro-moted
the community's housing
stock, and white flight sub-sided.
Today, the racial mix has
stablilized at 70 percent white
and 30 percent minority, and ef-forts
are being made to lure
commercial and retail develop-ment
and to upgrade existing
businesses."
In referring to the Freeport
Mall, the article points out-that
Mayor Dorothy Storm "has made
the revitalization of the Mall a
top priority" and outlines a
"shopsteading" program cur-,
rently under study whereby low-interest
loans would be given to
retail tenants for' property -im-provements,
with landlords,
who would benefit from- the
improvements, assuring no rental
increase for a specified period.
Also mentioned was Freeport's
new Retail Business Develop-ment
Office. "This agency will
concentrate on • the Mall but
will also list stores throughout
the village that are for rent or
sale. Patterned after the Home-finders
Service, a federally fi-nanced,
municipally operated
agency that helps buyers find
homes without a fee, the new
agency will try to attract
boutiques, high quality food
shops and other specialty
stores."
North Main Street was also
discussed in the article. Pointing
out that the Freeport Community
Development Agency has several
vacant parcels on the main
artery with a fair-market value
of about $3 a square foot; the
Times mentioned the purchase
of one such lot by Steven Singer,
owner of Modern Tool Service
in Rockville Centre, who will
build three 2,500-square foot,
stores on the site, one of which
he will occupy himself. On shop-ping
plazas, the developer of
three, including the 15-store;
almost completely rented Elks
Plaza, is quoted as saying the
he is looking at property to build
another.
In new residential construction,
the Times article reported that
the 160-unit Anchorage co-op,
under construction off Guy Lom-bardo
Avenue below Howard
.Avenue, was sold out in 30 days
with prices for one the one and
two-bedroom town houses rang-ing
from $58,000 to $99,000
with a monthly maintenance
fee of $250-$300. The same
developers are building the 152-
unit, four story Wharfside
condominium between Ocean
and Miller Avenues. Put on the
market last spring, the majority
of units are sold: Priced originally
at $80,000 to $130,000, the
/average price is now $149,000.
Another developer told the.
Times that many people have al-ready
expressed interest in the
40-unit waterfront-co-op on West
End Avenue.
Village Clean-Up
Program
The Public Works Department
will conduct a Village-wide clean-up
program during the month of
June. Residents will be permitted
to put an unlimited amount of
trash and debris (but NO kitchen
garbage) on the curb for pick-up
in accordance with the following
schedule and rules only. All
material must be placed on the
curb before 7:00 a. m. on the day
scheduled for their area. Pick-ups
will start at that time and continue
through the remainder of the
week until it is completed.
SCHEDULE
Monday, JUNE 3-
Northwest Section
Sunrise Highway north to the
Village Line, including Sunrise
Highway. West of North Main
Street to Village Line.
Monday, JUNE 10-
Northeast Section
Sunrise Highway north to the
Village Line, including Sunrise
Highway. North Main Street
east to Village Line, including
North Main Street.
Monday, JUNE 17-
Southeast Section
Sunrise Highway south to the
Village Line. South Long Beach
Avenue east to the Village Line,
including South Long Beach
Avenue.
Monday, JUNE 24-
Southwest Section
Sunrise Highway south to the
Village Line. West of South
Long Beach Avenue to Village
Line.
RULES
1. There is no size limit. However,
the weight is limited to fifty
(50) pounds per item. This is so
the items can be safely lifted
into our-trucks.
2. Loose items must be bagged or
bundled to facilitate lifting.
3. Items that will not be accepted
at the landfill will hot be picked
up. This includes toxic mate-rials,
poisons, oils and tires.
4. This is a one-time pick-up only
and there will not be any
returns to property if the
material is not put out on
schedule.
