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About Our Village
• • • 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 A b o U T o U r V I L L A G E ! 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. with an elected mayor. • Transportation — Twenty
Current government is eight minutes from John a bipartisan coalition of dozen different faiths. F. Kennedy International
Democrats and Republicans. • Climate — In the summer, Airport, Freeport has a Long
The village is also part of the island is consistently 12 Island Rail Road station and
Nassau County, which is to 13 degrees cooler than is served by NICE bus. There governed by a 19-member, Manhattan, and in the winter, are taxis as well. elected Legislature and an it is usually about 10 degrees elected county executive. The warmer than the Big Apple. village is in the 5th Legislative • Elevation — 20 feet, or a little
District. The incorporated more than six meters, above village is the second largest sea level. village in New York state. • Police/fire —The city is • Seaside village— Freeport is protected by its own police a waterfront community. force, assisted at times by • Houses of worship — the Nassau County Police Christina Daly/Herald
Freeport is home to nearly two dozen churches and one synagogue, representing a • Department. Utilities — The village is served by National Grid, Photo: The Woodward Children’s Center dedi cated its new vocational center for educator George Singfield, second from the left.
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