So, with another big winter storm on the way, I'd like to take a minute to post some news updates, large and small!
The Headline: Winter Storm Janus
What Hercules wasn't, Janus might be; still, let's remember the snow-storm advice TWF put out when Hercules came through...
- Try to stock up on anything you need before the snow gets heavy.
- Help your neighbors do the sidewalks if you can. If possible, clear out a 3-feet circle around your nearby fire hydrants. (via TJ Johnson.)
- Avoid driving! If you absolutely have to, drive carefully! Go slowly, allow yourself lots of time to stop, do not make sharp turns, and have your lights on!
- If the power goes out, be careful with candles!
- Keep a cell phone handy; a battery-powered radio is a good idea, too. If you need to report a non-life-threatening emergency, call the Nassau County line at 1-888-684-4274. For medical emergencies ONLY, use 911.
- Get your car off the road! Park your cars in your driveway, if you can. (Via FFD member Robert Volpe). Additionally, the Village has suspended all parking meters until Thursday - there's no excuse, Freeport. Park your car off the road so the plows can get through!
- Bring your pets inside! If it's too cold for you, it's too cold for them!
We're expecting about a foot of snow, this time around. Be safe!
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| Image courtesy of The Weather Channel |
I've received word that Freeport Public Schools will be closed tomorrow as a result of this storm. All after-school activities have been cancelled, today.
Freeport High School swimmer Jon Ruiz-Soto breaks an FHS record!
Sadly, I wasn't even aware this swim meet was going on until I got there, and I missed getting accurate times! However, Jon Ruiz-Soto, who I've written about previously, broke a long-standing record on January 10th. The event was the 200-Yard Individual Medely relay (50 yards of Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle, each, one after another).
The record was previous held by Kendall Smith, who holds many others for FHS Swimming. The IM is arguably the second-most difficult race, just a touch less painful than my old stand-by, the 500-Yard Freestyle.
Freeport Parking Meters Suspended Until Summer
As you may recall, The Weekly Freeporter seized on reports about municipal parking meters being installed at the Nautical Mile and other places in Freeport. Incensed business owners reacted as one might imagine; these new regulations had, in fact, damaged winter-time business.
In what is perhaps the most telling sign of the Kennedy administration's willingness to listen to business-owners and residents alike, at the Monday, January 13th Village Hall meeting, the recently-installed munimeters have been suspended until warmer weather reaches us.
This is still a far cry from the "Resident-Employee" system this publication has proposed, and some of the damage has already been done, but it's good to know that a willingness to re-examine bad policies has returned to Freeport.
The Weekly Freeporter is produced by Jesse Pohlman. Jesse is a writer from Freeport, NY. Click this link to check out his new webpage!
Thank you for reading!
