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Marking a village’s history on the roadside Church, at 61 N Grove Ave; and Freeport Memorial Library, at 144 W Merrick Rd. The library Freeport unveiled three new is already the site of a marker; historical roadside markers the one being added to the proplast Saturday. Two more will be erty focuses on the history of Merrick Road. presented later this month. In order to erect the markThe initiative was spearheaded by the Freeport Land- ers, the Landmarks Preservation Commission marks Preservation had to have the Commission, with property owners’ support from the permission, and all William G. Pomethree granted it. roy Foundation, in Each site was Syracuse, which selected because of provides historic its historical signifmarkers at no cost. icance, its imporRegina Feeney, robert KeNNedY tance to the comwho serves as both Mayor of Freeport munity and its age village historian — at least 100 years and a librarian at the Freeport Memorial Library, old. “The hardest part about the played a pivotal role in securing the markers by applying for markers is that everything you say in a marker has to be the foundation’s grants. “The applications for these backed up with a primary documarkers are not available every ment,” Feeney explained. “If year, so they will be closed out you want to say that something for a number of years,” Feeney happened in 1909, then you said. “We applied for these need documentation from 1909 markers in April 2023, and the saying it happened. This is entire process from start to fin- where the process gets more ish took about a year and a difficult — tracking down those primary documents.” half.” The Police Department tracThe three sites designated last Saturday were the Freeport es its roots back to the appointPolice Department, at 40 N ment of the first village officer Ocean Ave; Christ Lutheran Continued on page 16
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Fia davis, superintendent of Freeport public Schools, addressed parents and faculty, assuring them communication with parents would be revamped in the event of any emergency.
Freeport schools prioritize safety Pledge to upgrade communication amid recent threats by MoHAMMAd rAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
The Freeport school district is taking significant steps to enhance student safety and improve communication with parents in the wake of multiple threats — which were deemed to be non-credible — that recently targeted two school buildings. During a Sept. 25 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Fia Davis outlined the district’s ongoing safety efforts and the need for upgraded communication with the community. “I want to begin my superintendent’s report by talking about safety, which is at the forefront for all of us,” Davis said. “I
want to share with you the incidents that have happened in our district, as you may have seen in the news. There are national issues at hand, and there have been threats and issues across Long Island, but also across our country.” She detailed several non-credible threats that had been made against John W. Dodd Middle School within a recent two-week span, as well as other incidents that have taken place at Freeport High School. The incidents included two hold-in-place orders at Dodd Middle School — on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Thursday, Sept. 23 — and three occurrences at Freeport High School. Two of the noted events at Freeport High Continued on page 5