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VOL. 1 NO. 9
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1966
Bethpage Park
Ice-Skating
Weather permitting, Oyster
Bay Town residents can now
enjoy ice-skating at three com­munity
parks according to Coun­cilman
Ralph J. Marino, Chair­man
of the Town Board's Stand­ing
Committee on Local Govern­ment.
A maximum of four sessions-morning,
mid-day, afternoon and,
evening is available to any Town
resident interested' in joining.
Sessions will be available at Sy-osset-
Woodbury Park, 7800 Jer­icho
Turnpike: Marjorie R. Post
Massapequa Community Park,
Unqua and Merrick RoildSJ aM
Bethpage Community Park, Stew­art
and Cherry Avenues, start­ing
November 18 and running
through March 15.
Morning sessions are held
between 10 a.m. and Noon on
Saturdays, Sundays and Hol­idays.
Mid-day sessions are be­tween
12:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
and afternoon sessions between
3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Tuesday through
Friday. On the weekend and holr.
idays, the sessions are from V
- 3 P.M. and from 4-6 P.M.
Evening sessions are held from
8-10 P.M., Thursday, Friday and
Saturday and the evenings be­fore
holidays when there is no
hockey scheduled. There are no
regular sessions on Monday
which is set aside to maintain
the rinks. Hockey will be played
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes­day
froin 6:30 - 9j8G P.M. and
Saturday" mornings 8-10 A.M.
Free family sessions on Sundays
will be held 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Fees for ice-skating are 50#
for children through ages 15;
daily, Tuesday through Friday,
and 75^ for adults weekdays; on
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
the fee is 75£ for children and
. $1.00 for adults.
Special multiple admission
discount books are available to
each park. A special preschool
children's rate of 25£ is in ef­fect
Tuesdays through Fridays
during the 12:30 to 2:30 P.M.
sessions.
Those interested in the ice
rinks for community activities
should contact the individual park
managers for details.
The community parks and ice
rinks will be closed on Christ-mrfs
and New Year's Day ac­cording
to Gerard Trotta, Sup­erintendent
of Parks.
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TOB CIVIC GROUPS UNITE TO FIGHT
TAXES, SUPPORT COMMUNITY PLANNING
Over 50 representatives from
Civic Associations in the Town
of Oyster Bay, representing more
than 30,000 residents met on
Tuesday evening in Old Bethpage
to form a • 'United Front" against
runaway taxes, community blight
transportations ills and multi­ple
dwellings.
The meeting was conducted by
the newly- organized United,
Council of Civic Associations of
the Town of Oyster Bay.
The agenda included adoption
of the by-laws of the new or­ganization
and planningforfuture
social activities.
Interim officers elected for
Ihree months are: President
James Reade, First Vice-Presi­dent,
James Mac Donald, Sec­ond
Vice-President George
Barnes, Treasurer, Frank Hau-ser,
Corresponding Secretary,
Dick Cacciatore, Publicity, Sal
Iavaroni and Sargeant -at-arms,
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The goal of the council i s for
"Community Betterment" in the
town and also to act as a strong
non-partisan organization group
supporting the best interests of
the taxpayers.
The guest sneaker for the eve­ning
was Arthur Lerner, Presi­dent
of the Federation of Civic
Associations of Great Neck. Ler­ner
said the federations was
formed over 24 years ago for
the mutual benefit of citizens,
participating at the local leveL
By such citizen action coopera­ting,
and many times prodding
elected officials, progress has
been made in community planning
such as zoning, neighborhood
cleanliness, better schhols, edu­cational
policy, election of school
board and library trustees, re­creation,
transportation, housing
community beautif ication, public
building, narcotics, air pollution
and curtailment of traffic in
stolen goods. "Which, incidently
Lerner stated— i s fair same on
Long Island. The law i s lacking:
in tins area of "fenced Lerner
also painted out that Great Neck
Just completed a $100,000 plan­ning
study supported by State and
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Federal funds for a comprehen­sive
Community Planning Pro­gram.
The problems pinpointed
conditions existing in the Great
Neck area today such as ade­quate
narking space in the busi­ness
area, transportation, traf­fic
flow, parking and recreation,
upgrading of substandard hous­ing
(and there is some in Great
Neck), eontrol of multiple dwell­ings,
zoning and even the finding
of a suitable site for the new
library.
Lerner said "things begin to
happen when the citizens unite
and start to work together.
Alvin Schwartzman, President
Of the Plainview East Civic As­sociation
proposed new or­dinances
to combat air pollutions.
A meeting on Tuesday, December
6 at 8:30 p.m. in the Plainview
Library will be held an this sub­ject.
Dr. J.H. Kinneman, Com­missioner
of Nassau County
Health Department will sit on a
panel with Supervisor of the Town
of Oyster Bay, Michael N. Petito, .
Supervisor of the Town of Hemp­stead,
Ralph Caso, Supervisor
of the Town of North Hempstead
Sol Wachtler and the Town of
Oyster Bay Councilman Ed.
Ocker. The public is urged to
attend.
The U.C.C.A. will hold its next
meeting on January 18 at the
Plainview -Old Bethpage library
In the iterim, plans are beiflg
made to attend the December 2
budget hearing on Eugene Nicker-son's
proposed 1967 County Bud­get.
The estimated 35% budget
hike is "too rich for the tax­payer's
blood, observed one
member. . .people will be forced
to sell their homes if this keens
up." *
The United Council also plans
to urge the TOB to work quickly
and complete its master plan for
the Town. The Council plans to
attend all Town Board Meetings
concerning community decisions
and to encourage- ib»>ttiwn» to­mato
their voices heard. Aa one
observer put It. . ."the citizenry
i s aroused." •
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TOB Gains In Buried Treasure!
Island Trees
Approves Tax
Cut For Elderly
A 50 per cent reduction in house
assessments to elderly persons
was approved by the Is land Trees
Board of Education at its regular
meeting Tuesday night.
Preceding the session, Board
president Con Carrano presided
over a public hearing on the tax
exemption hearing. More than 30
persons were present, with no op­position
to the idea of granting the
tax exemptions.
Qualifications for the assess­ment
reduction include ownership
by a person 65 years of age or
over, residence in the house for
five years or more, no children
The Oyster Bay Town Board
recently agreed to accept an ad­ditional
$128,000 from UJS.
Dredging for material the com­pany
dredged from Cold Spring
Harbor in 1959. The Board ac­tion
came after Supervisor Mich­ael
N. Petito, last month, charged
that the Town Attorney, without
consulting either him or the
Board had refused the money
saying mat $31,500 paid by me
company to the Town in I960*
was sufficient.
hi 1959, John Nance brought
a taxpayer's suit against Oyster
Bay Town, U. S. Dredging and
the Town of Huntington, charging
that material being taken from
Cold Spring Harbor waters be­longed
more to Oyster Bay then
it did to Huntington. —
Nance was winning his suit
and Oyster Bay Town agreed to
settle for a payment of $31,500.
But Nance refused to allow the
Town to settle for so little and
continued litigation. Earlier this
year,. UJS. Dredging agreed to
pay $128,500 more.
But, according to Supervisor
Petite, the Town Attorney's Of­fice
went to Nassau Supreme
Court in August and refused the
additional money without consul­ting
either the Supervisor or the
Board.
When Petite, in October,
learned of this action, he charged
the Town Attorney's Office with
handling the case in a manner
mat 'borders on the ludicrous."
His discovery of the Town At­torney's
action was brought to
the attention of the Town Board
and the Town Attorney was asked
to study the court action and ac­cept
a full settlement.
Petito had included approx-
.imately $70,000 from UJS.
Dredging as income in his pre­liminary
1967 Budget which lie
submitted to the Town Board
on October 10th. Although the
Board subsequently refused to
accept the Supervisor's prelim­inary
Budget and upped it by
$1.5 million, it left the $128,000
—which will be reduced to about
$70,000 after payment of legal
fees—in.
"My position, taken some
months ago in this matter has
been completely supported by
today's action," the Supervisor
said. "The Town was at one
time prepared to waive claim
to this money. The taxpayer's
were my original concern in this
matter and it is they who are
the winners."
BROADWAY
MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION
INVITE YOU
TO JOIN THE
BROADWAY
CHRISTMAS
JAMBOREE
FREE DRAWINGS
of school age and a gross annual
income not exceeding $3,000.
Residents who qualify must re­quest
the proper form from the
Department of Assessment, Nas­sau
County Office Building, 240
Old Country Road, Mlneola.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE will be presented six times by the Drama Department of Chaminade High
School-Friday and Saturday, nights, December 2nd and 3rd, and December 9th and 10th, and two mat­inees,
December 4th and 10th. Rehearsal scene above shows, left to right, Rosemarie Hanes of Man-hasset,
Steve Griffin of Seaford, Eileen O'Reilly of Manhasset, and Bob Lingvall of Bethpage.