Freeport, New York

Freeport is a village located in Nassau County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 43,783. Freeport is near the south shore of Long Island.

Famous Freeporters

Graduates of Freeport High School include:

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• Musician Lou Reed.
• Entrepreneur and philanthropist Mitch Kapor.
• Nobel laureate Harold Varmus.

Freeport was also the home to Guy Lombardo during the latter portion of his life. His former residence on South Grove Street (now Guy Lombardo Boulevard) included a boat house where he kept his powerful speed boats, which he raced on the ocean.

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