Mayor Bill Glacken (second left), presents a Village Proclamation to Rev. Eric Mallette (second right) as his mother,
Lady Lee Mallette (center) and Police Chief Michael Woodward (left) and Fire Chief Allen Gosser (right) join in con-gratulating
him.
New Office Furnishing Store
Opens in Industrial Park
._ MayorBill Glacken.presented.a Village-Proclamation to MiehaehGallahan,-"7,
Sr., owner of the AMC Transfer Inc., located on Buffalo Avenue. The firm offers /
a full service operation for businesses, which need to move their office, or
bring additional desks and other equipment to their current locationr"We
provide delivery and installation services for first-time buyers and we can also
re-configure or provide modifications to existing office layouts," said Mr.
Callahan. "Our staff is trained in the implementation of a total turn-key solu-tion,"
he added.
Among those on hand to wish owner Michael Callahan, Sr. (holding the Proclamation with Mayor Bill Glacken) good luck were
members of his family, friends and employees including Richard Brown, Freeport Chamber of Commerce President Peter Vita,
Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson, Mr. Callahan, Mayor Glacken, and Michael Callahan, Jr.
Mayor Glacken and
Other Officials
Join Rev. Mallette
At Anniversary Celebration
The occasion was the 10th Pastoral Anniversary of
Reverend Eric C. Mallette of Greater Second Baptist Church in
Freeport. Mayor Bill Glacken, along with other local officials,
was among the many guests who attended the event. They
congratulated Rev. Mallette and his family on the accomplish-ment
of leading the church for the past 10 years and on cele-brating
28 years in the gospel ministry.
FREEPORT VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION TO BE HELD ON NOV. 10THf 2006
This year, the Veterans Day Celebration will beheld at 10:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10th. The Library's newsletter, listing the event as
at the Freeport Memorial Library on Friday, November 10th, 2006. scheduled for Saturday, November 11th, is incorrect. The ceremo-
The holiday falls on a Saturday, and in order to accommodate the ny will be held in the upstairs meeting room, everyone is invited,
youngsters who perform at the ceremony, it had to be moved to
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Freeport Report
OCTOBER, 2006 www.freeportny.gov THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
deport LIRR Station receives
$1 million for Repairs
Grant Secured by Senator Fuschillo
Mayor Bill Glacken discusses the improvements to the LIRR station with Senator Fuschillo and Assembylman David McOonough.
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Mayor Bill Glacken gave New York State
Senator Charles Fuschillo and State
Assembyman David McDonough a tour of the
sections of the LIRR train station where the
renovations and improvements will be made.
The Mayor thanked both legislators for their
efforts in securing the funding for the
improvements to the Freeport Long Island
Railroad station. In commenting on the pro-ject,
the Mayor said, "The LIRR station is an
integral part of our.village, serving thousands
of riders daily who use either the train or the
bus to get to their jobs, to school and to shop.
The complete renovation of the station is a
key objective of the Glacken Administration
and a principal goal of our downtown revital-ization
efforts. These improvements will have
a positive effect on the economic growth of
the village, and on our residents and com-muters,
who will benefit from these upgrades
to their safety and comfort while using the.
Freeport station."
Senator Fuschillo explained that the more
than $1 million in grant money will be used to
improve the heating system, install new secu-rity
cameras in the waiting room and elevator
entrance at street level, upgrade the lighting
system, install new wall and floor tiling, new
doors, and windows in the platform level
waiting room, and provide additional renova-tions
to the platform elevator area. "It's very
gratifying to be able to deliver the funding
for these critical improvements to the local
train and bus station which gets so much use
by commuters from Freeport and neighboring
communities," Fuschillo stated.
A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Freeport's Finest Take High Honors
I recently had the opportunity to
speak to the members of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce at the organiza-tion's
September luncheon meeting. I
presented an update to the members
concerning several ongoing village pro-jects,
including plans for improvements
to the Long Island Railroad station and
the current progress on the reconstruc-tion
of Guy Lombardo Avenue.
Freeport's Long Island Railroad sta-tion
will benefit from major renovations
and improvements, including upgrades
to the lighting and security systems,
thanks to the more than $1 million
grant secured by New York State
Senator Charles Fuschillo. The renova-tion
of the train station, which sees
thousands of riders a day either taking
the LIRR train or meeting an MTA bus, is
one of the major priorities of the
Glacken Administration's overall plan to
revitalize our downtown business dis-trict.
When this administration took
office nearly 10 years ago, in April 1997,
we promised to rebuild the village from
the ground up; and that is exactly what
we have been doing. The Guy Lombardo
Avenue project is nearly complete, and
we will soon be scheduling an official
ribbon-cutting ceremony for the street.
The reconstruction of Guy Lombardo
Avenue, an important connector to our
revitalized waterfront, from Sunrise
Highway to Atlantic Avenue, is a major
accomplishment, and a significant
improvement for the village's down-town
business district.
This portion of Guy Lombardo Avenue
has been a Nassau County road for
years, which prevented us from repair-ing
or repaving it. However, through a
unique inter-municipal agreement that I
was able to negotiate with County
Executive Tom Suozzi last year, the $5.3
million project has been funded by
Nassau County and managed by
Freeport's Department of Public Works.
The reconstruction of this major north-south
connector had been in the plan-ning
stages since 1994, but only reached
the actual work phase following this
inter-governmental agreement.
Under the terms of this arrange-ment,
the village's DPW provided the
engineering work required to complete
the design of the project, and acted as
the project manager, handling contract
administration and inspection services.
When the roadwork is officially com-pleted,
the county will turn over owner-ship
of the street and responsibility for
all future maintenance to the village.
Our administration has placed a
high priority on road maintenance and
repair, and since 1997, we have concen-trated
on rebuilding those streets in
every section of the village where the
need is greatest. Two other major resi-dential
road projects are just about com-plete
now: the repaying and repairing
of the streets in the Colony Park area,
including all of Ann Drive, Laurette
Lane, Gladys Lane and Jeffrey Court. In
the northwest, we are nearing comple-tion
on road improvements on
Willowbrook Lane, Tanglewood Lane
and Delaware Avenue between
Brookside and Seaman Avenues. With
the planting of new curb trees in these
neighborhoods and along Guy
Lombardo Avenue within the next
month, the jobs will be finished.
Now that the reconstruction of Guy
Lombardo Avenue is nearly complete,
we will begin work on the renovation of
Church Street, South Main and Henry
Streets in our downtown business dis-trict.
Following the completion of those
road projects, we will turn our attention
to renovating both sides of Merrick Rd.
between Henry Street and Guy
Lombardo Avenue. Eventually, we
hope to extend that roadwork one
block west to include South Ocean
Avenue as well.
We are continuing to rebuild and
renovate the downtown business dis-trict
as we work to reconnect it with the
waterfront. We are building bulkhead-ing
and a transient marina on the for-mer
Johannsen property, which will pro-vide
all of the necessary hook-ups for
boats, including water lines, electrical
outlets, and even Internet service. We
hope it will become.,a, place.where .peo-.
pie from Maine to Florida will visit our
community, spend time and money
here, and perhaps even decide to
remain in Freeport after having a pleas-ant
experience in our community.
For the past nine years, we have
hosted a visit from the U.S. Naval
Academy midshipmen and women each
Summer. We had a very successful visit
again this year when eight Annapolis
sailboats docked at the Espanade. In
the past we have accommodated any-where
from four to six boats, but this
time we were surprised to see eight
boats arrive late on a Saturday evening.
Fortunately, we had a full complement
of Freeporters standing on the dock
ready to greet them. Events such as the
Annapolis visit are economically benefi-cial
to Freeport, and are good for the
positive perception it provides to the
neighboring towns and"viliages7
As we continue to make changes
and improvements to Freeport, you will
see the Glacken Administrations's phi-losophy
continue to take shape in bricks
and mortar. Freeport is a unique com-munity,
which deserves only the best,
and we will accept nothing less. The sta-tus
quo is just not good enough for our
village or our people.
Three Freeport police
officers, Richard Murray,
Barry McGovern and Daniel
Dean, were presented with
the Town of Hempstead's
2006 Police Service Award
for their bravery and quick
thinking in stopping an
armed robbery in a Chinese
takeout store on North Main
Street last winter and arrest-ing
the armed robbers who
were later convicted of the
crime.
The officers were con-gratulated
by Freeport
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irustees Don Miller and BUI Angie Cullin, Trustee Don Miller, Supervisor Kate Muiray and Trustee Bill White, Jr.
White, Jr., Police Chief
Michael Woodward, along
with Hempstead Supervisor
Kate Murray, and Town
Councilwoman Angle Cullin
at the recent ceremony at
Hempstead Town Hall.
As a result of the use of
specific police training and
proper tactics, the officers
were able to capture the
three men without firing a
shot, or endangering the
store employees who were
being held at gunpoint but
the criminals.
Join Freeport's Volunteer Fire Department As
An Emergency Medical Technician
If you are interested in helping to save lives and provide service to your community, you may want to take part in the training and
experience offered by Emergency Rescue Company #9. The Fire Department will provide the necessary training for the certification
requirements for fire medics and other positions. Anyone interested in the program may contact Fire Department Headquarters at 516-
377-2190.
De La Salle School Students Visit Village Hall
Mayor Bill Glacken welcomed the fifth grade
boys attending the De La Salle School, located
in the former Our Holy Redeemer School
building on Pine Street in Freeport. The
youngsters learned about local government
and the services offered to residents by the
Village, including police and fire protection,
as well as electricity, and
water service.
The boys were
impressed with the Main
Conference Room and the
Village Court. They had
dozens of questions for the
Mayor concerning the oper-ations
of village govern-ment.
The Mayor also
described a typical Board of
Trustees' meeting, and
explained how, in Freeport,
residents have easy access to
their lawmakers.
Christian Brother
Thomas Casey, Executive
Director of the school.
sion to the Mayor. "We are here to teach
young men who are considered either eco-nomically
or academically at-risk of failing or
leaving school before getting a high school
diploma. Presently, we are preparing our
eighth grade boys for the entrance exam for
placement in parochial schools. Others will go
on to their local high schools, but all will ben-efit
from the solid foundations in education
and discipline they learned at De La Salle."
The school depends almost entirely
upon individual philanthropy, corporate
contributions and foundation grants to cover
the cost of educating each student. While the
school is not tuition-driven,
families show their com-mitment
to their child's
education with a $750 con-tribution
each year. There
are currently 56 students,
in grades five through
eight, with about half the
student body from
Freeport and the other half
from surrounding commu-nities.
Anyone interested in
learning more about the
De La Salle School in
Freeport or in making a dona-tion,
may call 516-379-8660
or email DeLaSalleLI@hot-described
the school's mis- Mayor Bill Glacken in his office surrounded by the fifth grade youngsters from the De la School. mail.com.
