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This
page contains information listed in the Port Washington North Newsletter
and are also FAQs (frequently asked questions). Below is a brief
listing. If you don't see what you are looking for, please call
the Village office 883-5900 between 9 and 3.
The Village hired Peter Fagiola as ther Deputy Building Inspector. Peter
served as the Superintendent for the Mineloa Building Dept. for 26 years.
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You
must get a permit from Village Hall for $10. |
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Be
sure to call 1-800-272-4480 for a free utility markout to make sure
you don't hit a gas, water, cable or other underground utility. |
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Utilities
usually run along the property lines. |
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Markouts
usually take 3 business days, so plan ahead. |
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If
you hit an underground line without a markout, you may be liable
for the costs to repair the utilities. |
Leaf
Pickup 
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Leaf
pickup crews will pass through your street only once. |
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Please
do not park on the streets during the scheduled pickup date. |
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No
bagging is necessary. |
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Please
sweep leaves into the street no sooner than the day before the
pickup. |
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Please
take notice of the following dates.
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Thursday
11-8-01 and Tuesday 12-11-01
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Tuesday
11-13-01 and Tuesday 12-11-01
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Thursday
11-15-01 and Thursday 12-13-01
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Tuesday
11-20-01 and Thursday 12-13-01
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B |
Soundview
Drive |
Angler
Lane |
Boat
Lane |
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C |
Cove
Lane |
Bay
Drive |
Dock
Lane |
| Channel
Drive |
Radcliff
Avenue |
Cow
Neck Road |
Driftwood
Drive |
| Durban
Place |
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Marlin
Lane |
Fisherman
Drive |
| George
Street |
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Port
Drive |
Island
Ct. |
| Morgan
Place |
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Sandy
Ct. |
Seaview
Lane |
| Old
Shore Rd. |
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Schooner
Lane |
Waterview
Drive |
| Orchard
Street |
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Seagull
Lane |
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| Pleasant
Ave. |
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Steamboat
Drive |
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| Smull
Place |
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| Valley
Rd |
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You can donate household items, furniture or beds in good condition.
St Peter of Alcantara on Port Blvd has an outreach program and can arrange
for items to be picked up. Please call 883-0365
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Please remember that if you are having work done at your house and require
a dumpster, it must be placed in your driveway.
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Please be considerate to your neighbors. Please remember the following.
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Do
not place garbage at the curbside until after 6 PM on the night
before pickup. |
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Do
not place garbage on curbside on Friday night or Saturday for
a Monday pick-up. |
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Please
keep garbage in sealed garbage cans because of the stray cats
and raccoon problems. |
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Big
items (furniture, appliances etc) are only picked-up on Fridays. |
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Yard
waste is picked-up on Mondays.
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No
watering between 10 AM through 4 PM |
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Even
numbered house addresses can water on even calendar dates |
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Odd
numbered house addresses can water on odd calendar dates
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The Village hired JAC Planning Corp. (Great Neck) to study the Lewis
Oil Property and the Dallas Realty Property (aka 41 acres) and development
of the Village. The report was to demonstrate how every potential
future use of the properties would impact the Village. The report
is available at the Library and Village Hall.
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Port North is pleased to announce that Ms. Linda Kropacek (pronounced
Kropack) has taken over Yvonne Whitcomb's position as Deputy Clerk.
She has worked for Manorhaven for the past six years and has been the
Treasurer of Great Neck Estates. She is married with two children
and is a life-long resident of Port Washington.
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The Village is in the process of having several wooden signs made up.
The attractive wooden signs will be placed at the many entrances to
the Village. The First sign was place at Mill Pond near Fleet
Bank.
Old Signs
New Wooden Signs
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PLEASE DO NOT PARK YOU CAR IN FRONT OF THE DROP BOX AT
BLOCKBUSTER. Please take the time to park in a designated parking
spot and walk to the drop box. Parking cars in this area is a
dangerous situation, as traffic leaving the Soundview parking lot must
swerve into on-coming traffic to avoid the illegally parked cars.
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Please be considerate to your neighbors. Tell your
contractors and lawn crews the following times for working.
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Monday
through Friday, no work before 8:30 AM |
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Saturday,
no work before 9:00 AM |
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Sunday,
no work before 10:00 AM
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Please remember that your pool needs to be inspected yearly. The
inspection will check the following:
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To
ensure that the self closing/self latching gates are operational. |
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To
ensure that there is a continuous enclosure around the pool. |
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Call
Linda Kropacek (Deputy Village Clerk) for an appointment at 883-5900
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Work
started on 4-17-00. Work included tree removal, resurfacing the
roads and installing new curbs.
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Please keep your cars off the streets when it snows or
when snow is in the forecast.
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Speed bumps will be installed from 81A Radcliff Avenue down to Soundview
and from Radcliff Avenue down to Shore Road.
Before the work is done, a mailing will be sent out to the entire village,
including Police, Donno (garbage) and the Fire Department
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If you notice a street light that is out, please do the following.
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Note
the streetlight number located on the lamppost |
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Call
Lighting Maintenance (under contract with the Village) at 883-8855. |
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Lighting
Maintenance is located on Avenue A in Port Washington and should
be able to fix the problem.
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Street
Sweeping will resume on April 27, 2000. Street sweeping will occur
on every alternate Thursday after that date.
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Dates
include 4-27-00 |
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5-11-00 |
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5-25-00 |
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6-8-00 |
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6-22-00 |
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7-6-00 |
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7-20-00 |
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8-3-00 |
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8-17-00 |
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8-31-00 |
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9-14-00 |
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9-28-00 |
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10-12-00 |
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10-26-00
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Following the successful toy drives of the past couple
of years, the Village is again collecting gently-used or new toys to
be distributed by INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) at Chanukah and
Christmas to bring some pleasure to homeless children on Long Island.
INN's wil also accept
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Winter
Coats |
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Jackets |
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Gently
Used Toys |
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New
Toys |
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Toothpaste
& Toothbrushes (new) |
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Razors
and Shaving Cream |
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Deodorant,
Soap, Shampoo |
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Disposable
Diapers |
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New
Underwear and Socks |
Items
can be dropped off at Village Hall between 9 AM & 3 PM
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Please
note that a great majority of this information was taken from the Port
North Newsletters, which are prepared by Lee Healey and mailed to all
residents.
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