Nautical Festival To Focus on
Family Fun
The Village's annual water-front
festival will take place, on
June 4th and 5th along the
Nautical Mile, and will feature
entertainment that will appeal to
the whole family with carnival
rides, ice cream treats, craft ven-dors,
music, games and favorite
cartoon characters ready to pose
with the youngsters.
The carnival will be set up in
the parking lot of the Long Island
Marine Education Center on
Woodcleft Ave. directly across
from the Esplanade. The arts and
crafts exhibits, along with many of
the food concessions, will be locat-ed
along the roadway. The full
length of the Nautical Mile will be
closed to traffic to encourage
everyone to stroll along the street,
frequent the shops and restaurants
and visit the special exhibits.
Village police estimate that more
than 100,000 people will attend
the event, and have arranged for
special parking at the Hempstead
Town Marina with shuttle buses
available to bring visitors to the
Festival.
Freeport to
Welcome German
"Friendship"
Delegation
Two years ago a group of
Freeport residents, including
Mayor Bill Glacken and
Trustees Don Miller, Bill White,
Jr., and Don Mauersberger,
journeyed to Walldorf,
Germany to establish a "mutu-al
alliance" between the two
villages to promote goodwill,
student exchange trips and
encourage economic develop-ment.
This year, Freeport is
playing host to the German
delegation, and has scheduled
a special ceremony to com-memorate
the partnership at
the Esplanade on the Nautical
Mile at noon on Sunday, June
5th, during the annual
Nautical Festival.
A group of Freeporters
has maintained an informal
relationship with the residents
of the Village of Walldorf,
since the early 60's. Last Fall,
16 German high school
students took part in an
exchange program with
Freeport Fnd a visit to
Walldorf by Freeport students
is being planned for the near
future.
Freeport Memorial Day Parade theme:
"Freedom is not Inherited"
The year's speakers at the annual
Memorial Day event will focus on the sacrifices
made by our servicemen and women who laid
down their lives to protect the freedom of
every citizen of the United States. Mayor Bill
Glacken will welcome the guests and partici-pants,
and retired Brig. General Harry J. Mott,
III, will pay tribute to the brave Americans who
made the ultimate sacrifice for us.
The parade will commence at 10 a.m. in
front of Freeport High School on Brookside
Ave., and continue along Merrick Road to the
reviewing stand opposite the Freeport
Memorial Library, where the introduction of
guests and the formal program is scheduled
to take place at 10:45 a.m. For further infor-mation
contact Charles Jackson at 516-868-
5373.
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Main Street Mews Officially Opens To Public
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The unveiling of the first major construc-tion
project in downtown Freeport in 50
years, the Main Street Mews, was met with
interest, praise and dozens of requests for
tours and further informa-tion
from many of the peo-ple
who attended the
event. The $3 million com-plex
combines commercial
space with 16 residential
units specifically designed
to attract artists to a unique
•live/work environment. The
building is located in the
Village's Central Business
District on South Main
Street between Sunrise
Highway and Merrick Road,
and is easily accessible to all
major highways, the Long
Island Railroad and Nassau
County's bus service.
"This project repre-sents
a partnership
between the public and pri-vate
sectors," said Mayor
Bill Glacken, explaining
that the Village's
Community Development
Agency used federal fund-ing
to acquire the property.
Specifically, federal
Community Development Block Grant money
helped purchase the property and clear the
land for redevelopment. Manhattan-based
Time Equities, Inc. (TEI) was the developer of
the commercial/residential complex. "This pro-ject
represents the progress that can be
achieved when government is willing to pro-vide
the seed money to local communities in
need of revitalization," he added. The Mayor
introduced Francis Greenburger, Chairman of
Time Equities, Inc. Village of Freeport and
thanked him for having the
foresight to recognize the potential of the
site and the faith to invest more than $3 mil-lion
in the development of the Main Street
Mews.
The Mayor also thanked Congressman Peter
King and Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
commercial space, which is ideal for the
location of a restaurant or retail use, and two
upper floors containing a total of 16 residen-tial
units designed to provide artists and pro-
Hempstead Countirwomon Dorothy Goosby, Deputy County Executive Patrick Duggan, Trustee Bill White, Jr., County Executive Tom Suozzi, Mayor Bill Glacken, Time Equities, Inc. Chairman and
CEO Francis Greenburgsr, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, Countilwoman Angie Cullin, TB Project Manager Glenn Eriduon and County Legislator David Denenberg.
for fighting to keep the Community
Development Block Grant Program funded so
that projects similar to the Main Street Mews
could be undertaken by communities like
Freeport in partnerships with the private sec-tor.
He also thanked Assemblywoman
Earlene Hooper for helping to obtain a
$220,000 Downtown Development Initiative
Grant from the Empire State Development
Corporation to provide necessary "gap
financing", without which the project could
not have been built.
The three-story complex consists.of
approximately 5,000 square feet of first-floor
fessionals with loft-type open space. The
rental apartments offer floor-to-ceiling win-dows
providing maximum natural light. The
apartments are wired for high-tech access in
order to appeal to a variety of work-at-home
entrepreneurs. TEI is also the developer of
the $60 million Plaza West project located on
Sunrise Highway in Freeport. That project,
which includes the complete renovation of
the historic Meadowbrook Bank Building, the
construction of approximately 25,000 square-feet
of new retail space and 224 apartments
is expected to break ground by the Fall
of 2005.
A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Freeport Fire Department Installs Chiefs and other Officers
As the Glacken Administration begins
its third term, we can point with pride to
many major accomplishments in the
Village. Over the past eight years we have
built a new, 47-megawatt generation
plant, installed three new water wells and
replaced an older well, bringing our total
number of wells to eleven, thereby guaran-teeing
an ample supply of clean, safe water
for the next 60 years. The revitalization of
the Nautical Mile has created a climate for
business growth on our waterfront and in
our traditional downtown. In addition, the
commercial facade and street improve-ments
in the downtown business district,
along with the official opening this month
of the innovative Main Street Mews com-plex,
have added to Freeport's reputation
as a community committed to progress.
Along with these improvements, we
have also been reconstructing the many
roads and streets throughout the Village,
among them the section in the southwest
known as the "flood bowl", which is locat-ed
in the Cedar/Casino Streets area. These
additions and improvements have had a
positive effect on the Village by encourag-ing
economic development, improving its
overall appearance, and establishing
Freeport as a community on the rise. Over
the next four years, we will continue with
our plans to rebuild this village from the
ground up.
At the top of our list of priorities this
year is the reconstruction of Guy Lombardo
Ave. from Sunrise Highway to Ray St. just
south of Atlantic Ave. This portion of Guy
Lombardo Ave. is a County road that has
been in need of major repair work for over
a decade. The Village recently was, finally
able to negotiate an arrangement with
Nassau County to allow Freeport to handle
the work, while the County pays the $6.2
million cost of the project. After the recon-struction
is complete, the Village will own
the road and will be responsible for all
future maintenance.
Other roadwork scheduled for this
year includes the reconstruction of Ann
Drive, Laurette Lane, Jeffrey Court and
Gladys Lane in the southeast, rebuilding
Albany Ave. south of Merrick Road, and in
the northwest section, Willowbrook Lane,
Tanglewood Lane, the upper portion of
Delaware Ave., Moore Circle and Delaware
Circle.
By early this Fall, we expect to break
ground on the Plaza West project, the $60
million plan to refurbish the landmark
Meadowbrook Bank Building on Sunrise
Highway and construct residential and
retail space adjacent to the former bank.
The developer, Time Equities, Inc., which
also built the Main Street Mews complex,
has made a major commitment by investing
in Freeport's future.
Finally, we plan to begin the bulk-heading
work on the waterfront property
at the foot of Miller Ave. formerly known
as the "Johansen property." With this
improvement, and a walkway stretching to
the Scenic Pier at the end of Nautical Mile,
we will have greatly extended the public's
access to our waterfront.
We can be proud of what we have
accomplished as a community over the past
eight years, but there is no time to rest with
so much left to be done. Over the next four
years we will move forward with several
major projects while continuing to upgrade
and maintain our infrastructure. Freeport
has become known as the community to
watch for innovative programs and success-ful
economic development. We owe our
children and grandchildren nothing less.
Transfiguration Parish School Celebrates a Week of Poetry
Mayor Bill Glacken posed with the children and teachers Tiffany Tesheira (standing) and
Dawn Jones (seated) from the pro-kindergarten class and two of the students who read
their poems, Symantha Wilson and Tymel Wilson.
The students read and wrote
poems for their class assignments as
the school celebrated National
Poetry Week from April 18th to the
22nd. Mayor Bill Glacken and
Deputy Major Renaire Frierson
heard several original poems writ-ten
by the youngsters. Several of
their works involved the weather
and nature, which was a fitting trib-ute
to the official celebration of
Earth Day on the 22nd.
Mayor Bill Glacken,
Deputy Mayor Renaire
Frierson, Trustees Don
Miller, Bill White, Jr., and
Don Mauersberger officiat-ed
at the 113th Annual
Installation Dinner held
recently. Mayor Glacken
told the firefighters and
their guests that Freeport is
very proud of its volunteers.
"You are the very best," he
stated to cheers and
applause from the crowd.
Chief of the Department
Joseph Koestner, along with
1st Assistant Chief Allen
Grosser, 2nd Assistant Chief
Joseph Stallone, and 3rd
Assistant Chief Kevin
Muldowney, were officially
installed in a ceremony that
included swearing in all the
department's officers.
Nassau legislator Kevan Abrahams, Trustees Bill White, Jr., and Don Miller, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson,
• •' Mayor Bill Glacken, Chief Joseph Koestner, 1st Assistant Chief Allen Grosser, 2nd Assistant Chief Joseph
Stallone, 3rd Assistant Chief Kevin Muldowney and Ex-Chief and Trustee Don Mauersberger.
Great South Bay Model Railroad
Club Celebrates
its 25th Anniversary
It's no secret that Mayor Bill
Glacken is a model railroad buff, and
so he was pleased to take part in the
event honoring the quarter-century
anniversary of the Great South Bay
Model Railroad Club. The group cele-brated
the occasion by driving a
Golden Spike into the "Freeport
Southern Railroad" tableau on display
at the Firemen's Exempt Hall on Long
Beach Ave. "For a model railroad
enthusiast like myself," declared the
Mayor, "this club is a delight. Each
January, I look forward to the winter
train show that the club sponsors at
the Recreation Center to see all the
new equipment and the incredible dis-plays."
Looking on as the Mayor drives the Golden Spike into the display is (left) immediate past President
Tom Raynor, Founder and first President, Bob Raynor, Mayor Bill Glocken, and Kevin McKay, the
coordinator of the Annual Train Show.
NeighborWorks Week Celebration set
for Northeast Park on June 4th
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Freeport, in partnership with
the Community Development
Corporation of Long Island, will
be participating for the third
year in the national program,
NeighborWorks Week, a project
that encourages volunteers to help
revitalize local neighborhoods. On
Saturday, June 4th, from 9 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., 40 people have signed
up to help paint, do light garden-ing
and yard cleanup at two homes
in the northeast section of the vil-lage.
Following the morning activi-ties,
there will be a picnic at
Northeast Park from 12 noon to 3
p.m. with plenty of food, music,
and special activities for young-sters,
along with information for
local residents on the various
programs available at CDCLI's
HomeOwnership Center located at
54 West Merrick Road, Freeport.
During the past two years, the
Freeport Community Development
Agency and CDCLI have worked
with local, state and federal assis-tance,
to rehabilitate and preserve
valuable housing stock in the
northeast section of Freeport. The
Ford Foundation has also
contributed to this innovative
pilot program, known as
Weatherization Rehabilitation and
Asset Preservation (WRAP). To
date, more than 100 homes have
directly benefited from repairs and
energy saving improvements made
during the first two years of the
WRAP project. In addition, another
142 families have purchased their
first homes with the advice and
guidance of the staff of the
CDCLI's HomeOwnership Center.
To obtain further information on
these programs, contact Annette
Wright at the Freeport CDA at 516-
377-2223.
Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson was photographed
with the fourth, fifth and sixth grade classes.
