New Plumbing Wholesale/Retail Store Opens in Freeport
Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson presented a proclamation to Green Art Plumbing Supply owner Lou Okin as he
cut the ribbon to officially open his new store and showroom on Sunrise Highway.
Mayor Attends Zion Cathedral's
International Festival
Among the individuals honored at Zion Cathedral's annual event was
Army Sgt. Felix Vargas who suffered debilitating injuries from wounds he
received while serving in Iraq. He was injured during the same assault that
took the life of his close friend and fellow soldier, Private First Class
Wilfredo F. Urbina.
Mayor Glacken presented a Village Proclamation to the honorees and
their families for their courage and endurance in the face of severe suffer-
-ing. Among those attending the event was the family of Winston A. Grant,
for whom the Humanitarian Award is named. Mr. Grant perished in the
9-11 tragedy in his office in the World Trade Center while trying to help
evacuate his fellow workers.
Mayor Bill Glacken presents a Village Proclamation to Sgt. Felix Vargas, while his fiancee, Arlin Urbina,
and her mother, Mrs. Urbina, along with Bishop Frank 0. White, Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams,
and Mrs. Winston Grant and her two children, look on.
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The Green Art Plumbing Supply store, long a fixture on Merrick Road
in Baldwin, has now opened a second operation in Freeport. The shop has
a distribution center for plumbing equipment and supplies, as well as a
showroom displaying all the latest sought-after items in bath and kitchen
accoutrements.
Sinks that appear to float in the air, shining copper basins and bathtubs
equipped with whirlpool jets are all on display at the hew site, located on
Sunrise Highway just west of Meadowbrook Parkway and the Home Depot
store. Among those on hand to wish owner Lou Okin and his employees
good luck, was Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson. The Deputy Mayor
explained that Freeport was pleased to have the showroom located among
the other commercial operations on Sunrise Highway. "I'm sure that this
new plumbing supply operation, with its customer base of both retail cus-tomers
and trade clientele, will attract shoppers and other businesses to our
commercial business area," she said.
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SEPTEMBER, 2006 vww.freeportny.gov THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
Freeport Observes the Fifth Anniversary of 9-11
There were several services honoring the memory of those killed
on September 11, 2001, held on the anniversary of the tragedy. The
Village-sponsored event took place at 8:30 a.m. at the Village's 9-11
Memorial situated on the Village Green at Brooklyn and Ocean
Avenues,
Mayor Bill Glacken reminded the attendees that five years ago,
Sep,t. 11th dawned much like this September 11th, as a magnifi-
Freeport Board of Trustees Don Miller, Don Mauersberger, Bill White, Jr., Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson, along
with Rev. Marianne Tomecek, and Mayor Bill Glacken observe a moment of silence during the 9-11 Village
Memorial Service.
ChSdren from ihe neighborhood
took part in reciting ihe Fledge of Allegiance at the Bayview Traffic Circle memorial event.
cent day with bright blue skies and a warm sun that held so much
promise, only to ultimately witness the worst attack America has ever
endured on its own soil. He asked the group to honor those lost on
that tragic day by going forward. "We honor the courage our friends
and family members showed us by having faith in our country-and
hope for the future," he stated.
Reverend Marianne Tomecek, Pastor of the Christ Lutheran Church
on North Grove St., gave the Convocation and called for prayers for
the eight Freeporters and all the other souls lost in that horrible
attack. "We preserve their memory by praying for their families, that
their lives will be filled with compassion and faith in the Lord," she
said.
Other services included one sponsored by the Freeport High
School Navy Junior ROTC, which featured a wreath-laying ceremony.
The Reverend Eric Mallette, Chaplain of the Freeport Fire
Department and Pastor of the Greater Second Baptist Church, gave
Freeport Village Trustee Don Mauersberger and Mayor Bill Glacken posed with the other participants at the Freeport
High School's Navy Junior ROTC services. Left to right. Fire Department Chaplain Rev. Eric Mallette, Police Chief
Michael Woodward.Trustee Don Mauersberger, Major Donald Moore, Mayor Glacken, Fire Dept. Chief Allen Grosser,
1st Assistant Chief Joseph Stallone, 3rd Assistant Chief Richard Layton, and Petty Officer Edward Lewis.
the Invocation and the Benediction. There were several inspirational
readings performed by the cadets. High School Principal Kimberlee
Pierre, along with Superintendent of Schools Eric Eversley, Major
Donald Moore, Senior Naval Science Instructor, Cadet Commander
Justin Moskowitz, and Naval Recruiter Petty Officer Edward Lewis
participated in the wreath-laying ceremony.
The event at the Bayview Ave. traffic circle across from
the Bayview Avenue Firehouse Hose Company #3 included the
recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by local youngsters.
Mayor Glacken and the Trustees were among the attendees at
the Bayview Ave. ceremony.
A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR
Freeport's reputation as a waterfront
community is well deserved, with more
than ten miles of "coastline", which
includes the commercial area on the
Nautical Mile (Woodcleft Ave.), as well as
the many "finger-type" canals that jut into
local neighborhoods, creating waterfront
residential sites.
Recently, the combined efforts of sev-eral
local agencies, along with the village
government, were recognized for the
accomplishments achieved through their
public-private cooperation. These organi-
People exploring the recent addition of a FUN boat at the Esplanade'
on the Nautical Mile.
zations worked together toward two
important goals: first, to make the local
waterways clean and safe and, second, to
educate the public on the long-term ill
effects of the disposal of trash and pollu-tants
into the canals and bays, with the
hope that, ultimately, Freeporters and visi-tors
alike may revel in our unique nautical
heritage for generations to come.
On a recent September afternoon,
more than 100 visitors and representatives
of the local groups arrived on Woodcleft
Ave. to board the Nautical Princess for a
tour of the western bays. The occasion was
the annual "Day on the Bay" boat ride
sponsored by the South Shore Estuary
Reserve Council to thank its many partners
- government officials, business men and
women, environmental advocates, proper-ty
owners and citizen volunteers from all
corners of the South Shore - and to pre-sent
with the Council's 2006 Stewardship
Awards. Freeport's Operation SPLASH
received the group award, while Wilfred
Kleisler, a Babylon Village resident active in
effortfto restore and protecfthe estuary"
received the individual award.
Fred Anders, from the NYS
Department of State's Coastal Resources
office in Albany, remarked on the changes
made to the water quality improvements
that were noticeable in Freeport as the
boat, with Captain Michael Danon at the
wheel, moved down Woodcleft Canal to
begin the tour. In presenting SPLASH with
its award, Maureen Dolan Murphy,
Chairperson for the Citizens' Advisory
Council of the SSER, cited the SPLASH orga-nization
for "its effort and innovation in
working in partnership with local govern-ments
to design and construct a floatable
marine debris/oil trap at Mill Basin on
Freeport Creek."
When SPLASH President Rob Weltner
recently showed Council members the
experimental device, which has been
installed on a test basis at the head of
Freeport Creek just south of the Recreation
Center, he credited the cooperation of the
Village's Department of Public Works in
helping with the installation phase of the
debris traps and with the trash removal
procedure. The Chamber of ^Commerce,
which has also adopted this cause by con-tributing
filters for the outfalls along
Woodcleft Canal, is another partner that
has worked with the DPW to address this
issue.
Since it was established more than a
decade ago in Freeport, SPLASH volunteers
have devoted countless hours to clean-up
tasks. The members recognize that the
problem of floatable trash begins far from
the water's edge. The Village's street
sweeping program has provided the first
line of defense against debris that would
ultimately find its way to the water. But all
Freeporters who pick up pieces of paper or
plastic trash and dispose of them properly
before they can reach a storm drain should
consider themselves "upland volunteers"
for Operation SPLASH. Educating our chil-dren
and the general public on the critical
need to dispose of all trash properly, as the
way to prevent the loss of pristine water-
Young children playing on the FUN boat located in the play area at
Waterfront Park.
ways, is part of the task SPLASH has set for
itself.
Indeed, two of the founding members
of Operation SPLASH, Al Grover and his
wife, Artie, haven't forgotten that educa-tion
goes down easier when children are
having fun. They recently donated two
FUN boats for children to use as part of the
play areas in Waterfront Park and at the
Nautical Mile Esplanade. And just as they
helped to name SPLASH as an acronym for
"Stop Polluting, Littering and Save
Harbors," they hope the FUN boats will
remind youngsters that "Freeport's
Uniquely Nautical" heritage can only be
protected and preserved if we all work
together to keep the surrounding water-ways
clean and safe for now and for future
generations.
Fifth Annual Muldowney Old Fashioned Tournament
was Major Success
uals who lost their lives on
September 11, 2001 as a result of the
terrorist attacks.
More than a dozen teams of fire-fighters
representing companies from all
over Long Island competed in a variety of
events using only hand-operated equip-ment.
Several members of the
Muldowney family were on hand to
thank all those who participated in the
fund-raising event
Freeport volunteer firefighters competing in the Old Fashioned Tournament.
On Sunday, September 10, 2006, the Richard T.
Muldowney, Jr., Old Fashioned Tournament and Drill was
held at the Freeport Fire Department's Hanse Ave. training
center. The goal of the annual fundraiser is to raise enouigh
money to cover the cost of erecting a memorial to^Ex-
Captain Muldowney, a member of both Freeport's Fire
Department and the New York City Fire Department.
Muldowney was among the total number of 3,030 individ-
Among those attending the event were 3rd Assistant Chief Richard Layton, Sharon Primavera, Brian Muldowney, Mary Muldowney,
. Mrs. Muldowney, 2nd Assistant Chief Kevin Muldowney, with his daughter Lauren, Fire Chief Allen Grosser, Mayor Bill Glacken,
Trustee and Ex-Chief Don Mauersbergerjrustees Bill White, Jr., and Don Miller.
Freeport Welcomes Another Eagle Scout
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Eagle Scout Patrick Cooke
of Troop 225, the Pequott
District of the Theodore
Roosevelt Council, was congrat-ulated
by his family and friends
along with local officials at his
recent induction ceremony for
his hard work and dedication
in achieving the honor, the
highest advancement rank in
the Boy Scouts organization.
Patrick completed his
requirements toward Eagle
Scout by organizing a
volunteer effort to help the
environmental group
Operation SPLASH (Stop
Polluting, Littering and Save
Trustee Don Miller (center) presents a Village Proclamation to Patrick Cooke (second left) as his father Steven
(left), mother Linda, and brother Corey posed with them.
Harbors) install 600 decals on
local storm water drains located
on streets in Merrick, Freeport
and Baldwin. The decals remind
people not to dispose of oil,
grease and other noxious mate-rials
in the drains. In presenting
Patrick with a Proclamation
from the Village, Trustee Don
Miller praised him for his con-cern
for the environment and
his abilities in gathering
together his friends, family and
others for the volunteer effort.
Trustee Miller is a longtime
member of SPLASH organiza-tion
and helped establish the
decal program.
