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VOL. 15 NO. 1 For The Week of June 19 - 25,1980 20 cents per copy
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Street Closings
Anticipated Street Closings due to Sewer Construction for the
Week of June 23,1980 - June 27,1980.
Contract # 1002-3-B-l (Bethpage Laterals)
(Closed during working hours only.)
Queens Court from Barnum Avenue to Deadend
Barnum Avenue from Queens Court to Stewart Street
Garrison Court from Barnum Avenue to Deadend
Stewart Street from Barnum Avenue to Lincoln Road West
Sherman Avenue from Eileen Avenue to Patton Place
MacArthur Avenue from Deb Street to Floral Avenue
Lex Avenue from Deb Street to Floral Avenue
Bradley Street from Deb Street to Lex Avenue
Lincoln Road South from Meryll Place to Grohmans Lane
Stewart Street from Lincoln Road West to Barnum Avenue
Pine Avenue from Evergreen Boulevard to Locust Avenue
Locust Avenue frm Pine Avenue to Cedar Avenue
Stewart Avenue-restricted traffic
Contract # 1002-3-H-4 (Hicksville Laterals)
Long Island Railroad South and East, Northern State Parkway
North and North Broadway West
Contract # 1002-3-L-l (Levittown Laterals)
Wantagh Avenue from Red Maple Lane to Regent Lane
Mark Lane from Lynn Lane to Regent Lane
Hempstead Turnpike from Wantagh Avenue East
Wisteria Lane from'Water Lane to Wander Lane
Woodgreen Lane from Water Lane to Wisteria Lane
Wander Lane from Water Lane to North Jerusalem Road
NOTE: Subject to change due to weather conditions or other
unforeseen occurrences.
MEMBERS OF THE MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL Marching Uenerais visited Washington where
they played on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The Band members met with Congressman, Norman F.
Lent. Lent and Band Director James Kivisild posed with band members for a picture on the steps of
the Capitol after one of their songs.
Estelle Wenig
In & Around The Town
Each and every passing day
seems to bring additional
problems to Bethpagers as well
as residents in neighboring
towns. At the beginning of the
1980 year, Bethpagers were
shocked to find out that due to the
massive tax shift from com­mercial
to residential property
(resulting in a loss of $750,000 in
Bethpage due to Grumman's
reassessment) their taxes would
be increased $1.53 per hundred
for their assessed property value.
A few weeks later Bethpagers
learned that the state had
planned to purchase a home to
house eight mentally retarded
adults despite the very obvious
dangerous location. A short while
later residents in Old Bethpage
were fighting Nassau County's
proposal to erect a campsite
adjacent to the Town's in­cinerator
in an area filled with
methane fumes. Shortly
thereafter, Old Bethpagers
learned that over 100 beautifully
full grown oak trees were com­pletely
destroyed from the un­derground
seepage of the
methane gas at nearby Bethpage
State Park. And quite recently it
has been reported that despite
the HICA (Home Insulation and
Conservation Act) mandating
utilities to make available loans
to preserve energy, recent
reports indicate that the Long
Island Lighting Company has
only approved 189,000 loans for
energy conservation while the
New York State and Niagara
Mohawk have approved 630,000.
Ronald Grimaldi, president of
the Bethpage Civic Association
expressed his views after lear­ning
last week that the Town of
Oyster Bay had officially
received word that the State
planned to purchase the Robinson
home for the mentally retarded
on Haypath and Plainview Roads
in Bethpage. Grimaldi, seemed to
feel that the state's plan to
provide the mentally retarded
adults with a home-like at­mosphere
was an excellent one.
However, he felt that the state
was certainly not as familiar with
the problems of the selection of
the proposed home as is the local
town. His main objection was
that the state had the power to
override the local town opinion.
Assemblyman Louis J. Yevoli
expressed his concern on the
definition of ''community" that
was quite different from the
interpretation of the one giyeVi by
Roberta Marks, ' the
spokeswoman from the Office of
Mental Retardation; According
to Marks "community referred to
"Any area that has a name on the
map" - (meaning Bethpage)
while Yevoli felt that community
should refer to the Town of
Oyster Bay. His Republican
opponent, Douglas J. Hynes
however felt that the real
problems, whether it be taxes or
the state's proposal to purchase
the Robinson home lie in the fact
that the Democrats have taken
over the leadership of the
Assembly and tend to be city-oriented,
caring little for
suburban needs. Douglas Aloise,
president of the Bethpage
Republican Club agreed with
Hynes' statement stating that the
Republicans philosophy always
has been that the government
closest to the people is the most
responsive and most atuned to
individual problems. Aloise was
especially concerned over the
fact that the state has the power
to over-ride local zoning in the
Robinson case since it "flys in the
.face" of the Republican
philosophy.
This November's local elec­tions
sports some very
"Attractive" candidates".
Heading the list is State Senator
Ralph J. Marino (Republican)
from Mutton town. Marino stated
that he has introduced legislation
HONORING OUR HOSTAGES: Hempstead Town Councilman
Joseph Mondello is joined by relatives of the Americans currently
being held captive in Iran as he proclaims Honor Court of Flags
Day in the township in recognitioaof a ceremony held by the Island
Trees School Board in support of our hostages. Joining the
Councilman are Mrs. Barbara Rosen of Brooklyn [left], the wife of
hostage Barry Rosen and Mrs. Ann Larimore of Ossining [center],
the mother of hostage Dauherty Larimore.
to provide for an additional ap­portionment
to the Bethpage
School District due to Grum­man's
reassessment. His
Democrat opponent has not yet
been announced. Congressman
Jerome Ambro (Democrat) from
Huntington will be opposed by
Town Councilman Gregory
Carman from Farmingdale.
Douglas J. Hynes (Republican)
from Farmingdale will challenge
Louis J, Yevoli from Old Beth­page
for the 10th Assembly seat.
Hynes has stated that he is
presently fighting for legislation
to alleviate the growing threat to
the "continued well being of our
suburban way of life" as Nassau
County Special Counsel for
legislative liasion. Yevoli stated
that he publicly broke with the
leaders of this political party
regarding the state's property
law and voted "no" to
reassessment and feels certain
that the state law overcoming the
court ordered full value
assessment will be passed the
next time around.
On the Oyster Bay Town level
Councilman Joseph J. Saldino
from Massapequa will run for
District Court Judge. If he is
elected a successor will be ap­pointed
to fill his term as
Councilman for the Town of
Oyster Bay.