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8 Living In Freeport
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Optimum and DirectTV. The Incorporated Village of Freeport Water System provides water to a population of roughly 40,000 residents through 10,000 services. The Freeport Electric Company, run by the village, has its own power plants and transmission lines. • Transportation — Twentyeight minutes from John F. Kennedy International Airport, Freeport has a Long Island Rail Road station and is served by NICE bus. There are taxis as well.
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• Area of Village — 4.8 square miles. • Population — 43,508 with a diverse community of families from all around the world, though many are from Latin America and the Caribbean. • Government — Fivemember Board of Trustees with an elected mayor. Current government is a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The village is also part of Nassau County, which is governed by a 19-member, elected Legislature and an elected county executive. The village is in the 5th Legislative District. The incorporated village is the second largest village in New York state. • Seaside village— Freeport is a waterfront community. • Houses of worship — Freeport is home to nearly two dozen churches and one synagogue, representing a
dozen different faiths. • Climate — In the summer, the island is consistently 12 to 13 degrees cooler than Manhattan, and in the winter, it is usually about 10 degrees warmer than the Big Apple. • Elevation — 20 feet, or a little more than six meters, above sea level. • Police/fire —The city is protected by its own police force, assisted at times by the Nassau County Police Department. • Utilities — The village is served by National Grid,
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Photo: The Woodward Children’s Center dedicated its new vocational center for educator George Singfield, second from the left.
