Kennedy was a Freeport Village trustee from 2009 until 2013 when he was elected Mayor. He and his wife Mary are the proud parents of three sons. Kennedy, a U.S. Navy veteran, owns a successful mechanical contracting company and is a former vice-president of one of the nation’s largest management/engineering firms. He is exceptionally experienced in all phases of mechanical systems, building operations, contract negotiations and bid approvals. An experienced boater, Mr. Kennedy holds a 100-ton U.S. Coast Guard Masters license and is a flotilla commander and branch chief of Atlantic East U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He teaches a safe boating course to residents of Freeport and surrounding South Shore communities. In his spare time he enjoys scuba diving, boating, fishing, flying, horseback riding and rooting for the Giants and Yankees. His favorite quote is “Do not put off ‘til tomorrow what you can do today,” a paraphrased version of a Thomas Jefferson quote as told by his father Thomas, a retired NYPD sergeant, which has been his motto ever since his mom, Frances, told him, “Listen to your father!”
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Jacques Butler has been a resident of the Village of Freeport for 24 years. He is the proud father of 2 daughters, who are both graduates of Freeport High School. With 35 years of experience in the communications field, Jacques currently holds several key positions in our community: he is the Second Vice President of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, a Commissioner for the Freeport Housing Authority, the Executive Vice President of the Freeport Police Athletic League (PAL), and the President of Freeport PAL Soccer. Additionally, he is a former Board member on the Freeport Community Development Agency.
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Evette Sanchez was born in East Meadow, NY to Cuban immigrant parents, Emilio and Sonia. She also has 2 siblings, Jesus and George Sanchez. Her family resided in Rockville Centre until they moved to Freeport when she was 12 years old. Evette and her siblings were raised in their family business, a bodega named “La Finquita Grocery”, which was one of the first Hispanic grocery stores in Freeport. After school, it was straight to the bodega to help out their parents. To this day, people still ask her, “Aren’t you Sonia and Emilio’s daughter?” They never remembered her name, but still knew who she was. Evette attended Jr. High School at Our Holy Redeemer, then went on to Freeport High School, where she graduated in 1981. She continued her education at Nassau Community College, where she majored in business. From 1983 through 1985, she worked at the Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC), assisting the Hispanic community. Evette started her Civil Service career in the Freeport Village Court as a clerk from 1985 through 1990. After which, she went to work for the Garden City Police Department as a Police dispatcher and at the Garden City Justice Court. In 2000, she was asked to return to the Freeport Village Court to be the office Supervisor/Chief Clerk. Evette Sanchez was the Chief Clerk for the Freeport Village Court for the past 20 years, until her retirement in August of 2020. During that time, she held the positions of Recording Secretary, Vice President and then President of the Nassau/Suffolk Magistrates Court Clerks Association. She was the proud and deserving recipient of the Village of Freeport Hispanic Heritage Award in 2013 and the Town of Hempstead Hispanic Heritage Award in 2015. Her entire career has been serving the public, which is something very important to her. Evette does, and will continue to serve her Freeport community. If she can assist in any way, she will do her best to help. Evette and her husband, Randy Aguirre reside in the Village of Freeport.
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Roy Cacciatore is a native Freeporter with a successful law practice and exemplary record of service to the community. He is married to Mary Clark Cacciatore and has two sons and five grandchildren. He served six years in the U.S. Army, commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army infantry. His involvement in local affairs, charities and youth sports is well known. Cacciatore is a member and past president of Arrows Amateur Youth Hockey Association, former governor of the Long Island Hockey League and past manager of the Freeport Little League. He is a former deputy village attorney, counsel to the Zoning Board of Appeals and special prosecutor in the Village Court. He served four terms as village justice for the Incorporated Village of Freeport. Cacciatore is a graduate of Freeport High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa, where he was elected vice-president of the student body and president of the student Senate. He was awarded his law degree from St. John’s University Law School.
