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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.
Leaf Pickup
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 | Leaf pickup crews will pass through your street only once. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Please do not park on the streets during the scheduled pickup date. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No bagging is necessary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Please sweep leaves into the street no sooner than the day before the pickup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Please take notice of the following dates.
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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
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.
| Do not place garbage at the curbside until after 6 PM on the night before pickup. |
| Do not place garbage on curbside on Friday night or Saturday for a Monday pick-up. |
| Please keep garbage in sealed garbage cans because of the stray cats and raccoon problems. |
| Big items (furniture, appliances etc) are only picked-up on Fridays. |
| Yard waste is picked-up on Mondays. Back to Top |
| No watering between 10 AM through 4 PM |
| Even numbered house addresses can water on even calendar dates |
| Odd numbered house addresses can water on odd calendar dates Back to Top |
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 draft report is due in Early November.
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.
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
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.
Please be considerate to your neighbors. Tell your contractors and lawn crews the following times for working.
| Monday through Friday, no work before 8:30 AM |
| Saturday, no work before 9:00 AM |
| Sunday, no work before 10:00 AM Back to Top |
Please remember that your pool needs to be inspected yearly. The inspection will check the following:
| To ensure that the self closing/self latching gates are operational. |
| To ensure that there is a continuous enclosure around the pool. |
| Call Linda Kropacek (Deputy Village Clerk) for an appointment at
883-5900 Back to Top |
Plans are being drawn up by the Village Engineer to resurface Dock and Fisherman. The Village hopes the work will happen in the early Fall.
Please keep your cars off the streets when it snows or when snow is in the forecast.
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
If you notice a street light that is out, please do the following.
| Note the streetlight number located on the lamppost |
| Call Lighting Maintenance (under contract with the Village) at 883-8855. |
| Lighting Maintenance is located on Avenue A in Port Washington and
should be able to fix the problem. Back to Top |
Street Sweeping will resume on April 27, 2000. Street sweeping will take place on alternate Thursdays starting from this date. Please keep your cars off the streets on these days.
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
| Winter Coats |
| Jackets |
| Gently Used Toys |
| New Toys |
| Toothpaste & Toothbrushes (new) |
| Razors and Shaving Cream |
| Deodorant, Soap, Shampoo |
| Disposable Diapers |
| New Underwear and Socks |
Items can be dropped off at Village Hall between 9 AM & 3 PM
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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